About Walter
Walter Holloway is a licensed professional counselor with 16 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem struggles. He focuses on practical steps that make daily life feel easier. Walter listens carefully and works with each person to set simple, realistic goals.
He uses straightforward conversation to identify what is getting in the way. Then he introduces tools people can try between sessions to notice patterns and test out small changes.
How Walter works
He often teaches breathing and attention practices to reduce overwhelm and skills to handle strong emotions. Walter has long experience helping people who feel isolated or stuck after big life changes. He helps with communication problems, relationship strains, parenting stress, work-related burnout, and challenges tied to identity and intimacy.
He also supports people dealing with addiction, grief, trauma, and sleep or eating concerns. His approach mixes client-centered listening with practical methods from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapies. He brings motivational interviewing when someone needs help finding reasons to change, and mindfulness techniques when slowing down helps.
The overall focus is on usable skills and steady progress. Walter practices in Georgia as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor. He offers sessions in English and uses formats that fit a range of schedules and comfort levels.
People who want a clear plan and a calm, direct guide often find his style helpful.
Walter lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Walter works with
The areas below are the ones Walter selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Walter’s approaches work online
Client-centered therapy starts with the therapist listening closely to what matters most to the person. It focuses on understanding, reflecting feelings, and helping clients find their own answers; this approach is useful when someone needs space to be heard and make sense of emotions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It breaks problems into smaller parts and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation and coping skills for intense feelings. It teaches breathing and grounding techniques, distress-tolerance tools, and ways to improve interpersonal effectiveness for relationship and anger challenges.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, try methods, and adapt strategies based on what helps. Decisions about techniques are made collaboratively to match the client’s needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for full sessions when face-to-face interaction matters. Phone sessions can fit a short break from work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules.
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