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Richard Wagner

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in Chicago, IL, The United States

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Self Help, Children's, Psychology

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Richard is psychotherapist in private practice since 1981. He lives and works in Anacortes, WA.

He has been working with terminally ill, chronically ill, elder and dying people in hospital, hospice, and home settings for over 40 years. He facilitates support groups for care-providers and clinical personnel, and provides grief counseling for survivors both individually and in group settings.

He founded Paradigm Programs Inc., an innovative nonprofit organization as an outreach to and resource for terminally ill, seriously ill, elder and dying people.

He was honored with the prestigious University of California San Francisco Chancellor’s Award for Public Service in 1999 for his work with sick, elder and dying people.

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Average rating: 4.47 · 19 ratings · 2 reviews · 4 distinct works

	The Amateur's Guide to Death and Dying: Enhancing the End of Life 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Longfellow And The Deep Hidden Woods by Richard Wagner (Goodreads Author), David Cantero (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Very Extra-Ordinary Place by Richard Wagner (Goodreads Author), David Cantero (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Balloons to Color and Fly 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Necessary Fiction

by Eloghosa Osunde

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Richard Wagner rated a book it was amazing Time of the Child by Niall Williams (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
such a wonderful, wonderful book. this is the sequel to one of my all time favorite novels, This Is Happiness. i admit, i hesitated reading this because i couldn't imagine it living up to my expectations. so glad i finally launched into it. it is as ...more
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Richard Wagner rated a book it was amazing Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
this was an exhausting read for me. it's a page-turner for sure. it's just that on nearly each page there is the depiction of one harrowing experience after another that the crew must face just to survive. and this happens over the course of a couple ...more
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Richard Wagner rated a book it was ok Caucasia by Danzy Senna	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is my second attempt at reading this. The first time I got about 30 pages in and put it down. This time I got more than halfway through and decided I couldn’t continue. There’s just not enough story here. I wasn’t particularly impressed by the w ...more
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Richard Wagner rated a book really liked it Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman Capote	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
a melancholy short story that only Capote could write. i've known about this story since the movie premiered in the early 60's. i never saw the movie and of course never read the story till now. but i had a distinct idea in my head about what the sto ...more
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“I can't see the logic in medicating a grieving person like there was something wrong with her, and yet it happens all the time... you go to the doctor with symptoms of profound grief and they push an antidepressant at you. We need to walk through our grief, not medicate it and shove it under the carpet like it wasn't there.”
― Richard Wagner, The Amateur's Guide to Death and Dying: Enhancing the End of Life