About Wayne
Wayne Hoagland is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Oregon with 12 years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and compassion fatigue. Wayne uses calm, direct conversation to help clients find manageable steps forward.
He begins by meeting clients where they are and building simple, concrete goals together. Sessions emphasize noticing bodily signals and thoughts, then testing small changes to ease distress.
Background and approach
Wayne encourages practical skills you can try between sessions, along with gentle reflection about meaning and values. Wayne often draws on mindfulness and somatic techniques to help people reconnect with their bodies when emotions feel stuck. He also uses client-centered and existential ideas to hold room for whatever feels most important to each person.
That mix helps people work through panic, obsessions, grief, loss, and the long-term effects of trauma. In sessions he prefers clear language and short, achievable practices. He helps clients facing shame, guilt, abandonment, body image concerns, and control issues to notice patterns and choose different responses.
Wayne also supports people coping with hospice and end-of-life concerns and questions about life purpose. People meet with him by phone, video, live chat, or text-based messaging. He accepts international clients and conducts therapy in English.
Wayne uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time.
Practical approaches for online healing
Wayne uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify their values and take small actions that match what matters most. ACT focuses less on getting rid of difficult thoughts and more on living in ways that reflect personal priorities, which can reduce the power of anxiety and avoidance.He also incorporates Somatic Therapy to bring attention to bodily sensations and how they hold stress. This work uses simple body-focused exercises and grounding practices to ease panic, trauma responses, and dissociation by helping people notice and change physical reactions.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Wayne works with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals, and he adjusts techniques over time. Clients can expect a collaborative conversation about what helps and what to try next.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you work face to face and practice skills together. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text-based messaging is useful for quick check-ins, short coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow therapy to fit different lifestyles and routines.
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- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English
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