About Chad
Chad Walters is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Wisconsin who uses practical, straightforward methods to help people regain control of their thoughts and emotions. He focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, self-esteem, and motivation. Chad sees therapy as a collaborative process where the person’s experience guides the work.
In sessions Chad aims to identify strengths and build usable skills. He helps clients notice unhelpful patterns, try small changes, and track how those shifts affect daily life.
Background and approach
The style is direct but respectful, with attention to what feels meaningful to each person. Chad draws on approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to make sense of thoughts and actions. He also uses Client-Centered and Mindfulness methods to steady attention and strengthen self-understanding.
These methods are adapted to the specific concerns a person brings to therapy. Over four years of clinical experience, Chad has supported people dealing with relationship strain, grief, career transitions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.
He also works with issues related to attachment, codependency, and alternative sex cultures like BDSM and kink, helping people navigate emotions and communication around those topics. He communicates in English and provides care through several online formats. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
Chad’s focus is practical progress - small steps that fit a person’s life and goals.
Evidence-informed approaches for online counseling
Chad frequently uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide online work. ACT helps people notice what they value and take steps toward those values even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and practicing new ways of reacting that change daily outcomes.Client-Centered Therapy is also part of his approach, which means sessions center on the person’s perspective and goals. Chad treats choosing a therapeutic approach as a collaborative process. He will listen to your concerns, discuss how different methods might fit, and adjust the plan as progress and preferences become clearer.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and fuller nonverbal cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing tracking, or people who prefer written communication. These options aim to increase flexibility and help therapy fit into everyday life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
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