About Walter
Walter "Baruch" Zeichner welcomes people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or worn down by life. He helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and struggles with identity or intimacy. Walter also supports people facing addiction, eating concerns, bipolar mood challenges, and major life transitions.
He brings four decades of clinical experience to sessions, working with individuals and couples. Walter uses straightforward conversation, creative exercises, and practical coping skills. He listens for what matters most to each person and adapts the work to fit those needs.
Background and approach
Clients can expect an approach that blends attention to feelings with hands-on strategies. That may mean noticing patterns in relationships, trying new ways to handle intense emotions, or learning tools to manage stress day to day. He also attends to issues like caregiver strain, chronic illness, and the effects of trauma.
Walter holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor credential, and he has practiced in New Mexico for many years. He draws on several therapy styles, including attachment-focused work, client-centered methods, cognitive-behavioral techniques, dialectical skills, and emotionally focused approaches. Sessions are tailored to where someone is at now and what they want to change.
Walter aims to help people find clearer perspective, more reliable coping, and better connection in their relationships. He encourages open conversation about goals and adjusts the pace as needed.
Approaches that translate to online work
Attachment-based work helps people notice and change patterns in close relationships by naming what they feel and need; it can be useful for intimacy and trust issues. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and following the client's pace so people feel heard and can decide where to take their work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers concrete tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which is helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Walter will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that match those goals. He checks in regularly and adjusts the plan so therapy stays useful and relevant to what the client wants to achieve.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and try exercises together, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing contact between sessions or a way to reflect in writing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Vermont, Oregon, New Mexico
- Languages
- English