About Chad
Chad Walters is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin who focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem. He helps people who are struggling with motivation, addiction concerns, or changes that feel overwhelming. Chad writes simply and directly, and he centers the client's experience in sessions.
He believes each person knows their own story. Sessions focus on identifying strengths and building small, manageable steps forward. Chad aims to help people gain more control over thoughts, feelings, and everyday choices rather than relying on jargon or one-size-fits-all solutions.
Background and approach
Chad draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered work to tailor support. He uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques when they fit the situation. Those methods are chosen to match a person’s goals, whether that means improving mood, managing impulsivity, or reducing anxiety.
He has four years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including relationship and family stress, grief, caregiver strain, and ADHD. Chad also addresses issues like codependency, attachment difficulties, and loneliness through practical conversation and skill practice. In session, he aims for clear, doable strategies and steady encouragement.
People can expect direct guidance, collaborative planning, and attention to everyday barriers. The work focuses on what someone needs right now and the next steps they can try between meetings.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Chad often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. ACT focuses on values and small steps toward a meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck.He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try different behaviors. CBT is practical and goal-oriented, which can be useful for stress, impulsivity, mood shifts, and coping skills training.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Chad will work with each person to pick strategies that fit their goals, preferences, and daily routines. He adjusts methods over time based on what is helpful in session and between meetings.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this work. Video calls let the therapist and client connect face to face for deeper conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging supports shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These formats give flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or varying energy levels.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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