
Debbie Wagler, RP
Individual & Family Therapy Clinical Supervision Speaking & Training
Pivotal moments shape how we think, feel, and relate with others. Therapy can support pivotal movement in these areas.

Pivotal moments shape how we think, feel, and relate with others. Therapy can support pivotal movement in these areas.
~ Henri Nouwen
I meet with individuals of all ages who are facing a wide variety of concerns. I seek to understand your strengths, resources, and challenges, including how therapy has worked or not worked in the past. Let's chat about your goals!
Sandtray, expressive arts, games, and books are vehicles for children and youth to express their feelings and explore new ways to cope. I collaborate on goals with parents of children and youth (with youth's consent).
I meet with individuals and families who long to improve their relationships. I help you explore the true intentions, emotions, and needs that are often disguised within confusing patterns of hurtful communication.
Whether you're a manager, CEO, therapist, healthcare professional, teacher, first responder, or other care provider, your work centres around caring for others. Please remember you deserve care, too. Is now your moment to reach out?
Change can be disorienting. E.g., relationship, school, or career changes, burnout, becoming a parent, a big move, graduation, or retirement. I help you explore your values and goals as you navigate life transitions.
Worry, fear, and despair can begin to overshadow your sense of purpose and hope. We can explore new ways of relating to these "danger signals", understand their role, and reconnect to your values.
After trauma, you may feel on "high alert", disconnected from your body, or unsafe. Through EMDR and other trauma-informed approaches, I help you build "felt safety" and increase confidence to face life's challenges.
You may feel alone or that your grief is misunderstood by family or friends who are eager for you to "get over it" and "move on". I hold compassionate, unhurried space for you to express your pain and explore living with loss.
I LOVE talking about mental health, attachment, and trauma. Please reach out if you have a team that you would like to equip with tools to improve their personal, professional, and community relationships.

As of March 1, 2026, Pivotal Moments will move to 50 Kent Ave, Kitchener, with the hope of improving your client experience. We're excited to offer a bigger room size, free on-site parking, proximity to an ION stop, and an accessible building - no more stairs, unless stairs are your thing! In our cozy office, you can sit on the familiar couch or armchair and enjoy the live plants and natural light through two large windows. Help yourself to a soft blanket and have a tea or water. We'll try to keep it a sensory-friendly space with soft lighting, fidget toys, and room for movement. Toys, games, and expressive arts materials are available to use when words just aren't enough. Until the end of February, sessions will take place at 276 Frederick Street as usual. Arrival instructions for our new office will be included in your appointment notifications.
Pivotal Moments is located on the traditional territory of the Anishnaabe, Haudenosaunee and Neutral peoples. I am committed to ongoing learning about the history of exploitation and oppression on this land, acknowledging how I unfairly benefit from this history as a descendent of white settlers, and seeking ways to live in harmony with my neighbours.
Debbie Wagler, RP, CCC, MA, BEd
226-840-3203
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