Graduate student in Bryn Mawr College's Social Work and Social Research program
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CHRISTIAN BAGWELL
"The world can feel heavy, but you don't have to carry it alone. Asking for help is often seen as a weakness, but I believe it to be a strength. I'd love to see if we're a good fit and do some amazing work together!"
MEET CHRISTIAN:
Christian Bagwell is a graduate student in Bryn Mawr College's Social Work and Social Research program. He welcomes individuals, couples, and families into his therapy room, drawing on relational theory and family systems theory to build genuine connection with the people he supports. He approaches each session with radical curiosity, a concept he learned in Dr. Young Larance's Foundations Practice class, which taught him to explore difficult subjects without judgment. As a clinician, Christian is patient, curious, warm, present, and intentional.
Christian believes deeply in the power of language and collaboration, using "I" statements to create a space where he and his clients work alongside one another rather than positioning himself as the expert on their lives. He is attentive to the ways people exist within systems larger than themselves, recognizing that our interactions with the world shape how we understand our own feelings. His areas of focus include LGBTQ accessibility and mental health, family therapy, couples therapy, children's therapy, individual therapy, grief counseling, trauma, depression, and anxiety.
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Christian's path to this work wound through careers as a chef, a children's lacrosse instructor, and a construction worker before he found his calling in social work. Early in his career, he worked in psychiatric rehabilitation at a long-term structured residence, where he used his culinary background to help residents connect with one another — building group attendance to levels the program hadn't seen in 21 years. He went on to serve as a children's blended case manager in Philadelphia County before returning to school for his graduate degree. The Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller has had a lasting impact on him, offering a framework for processing grief that has stayed with him through significant loss in his own life.
Outside the therapy room, Christian treasures time with loved ones, cooking food inspired by his culinary school training, and hiking — being surrounded by trees is where he does his clearest thinking. He describes himself as an open book, always ready for the conversations that help the people he serves.
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