Walter Wilches
I have been fortunate to help many individuals who are struggling with challenging emotional issues. My approach is eclectic combining cognitive-behavioral, relational, short solution focused therapy, and couples therapy. There's no "one size fits all" advice for dealing with emotional issues.
I would like to encourage military and senior individuals to sign up for my sessions I feel that my prior military experience and my age will be a good match for you also.
I will approach your individual therapeutic needs by tailoring the treatment plan to meet your unique and specific individual counseling needs. I believe that my experience and therapeutic approach can be very useful with the type of challenges that you might be facing at this time. I have many years experience of meeting with individual adults, of all ages. I would like to encourage military and senior individuals to sign up for my sessions I feel that my prior military experience and my age will be a good match for you also. I speak fluent spanish too.
First session
My goal and hope in working together is a two-fold. On the short term, I’d like to help you with your immediate crisis by helping you learn certain tools that can give you a sense of control over your environment. On the longer term, I hope that we can get to the bottom of all issues related to your individual struggles.
Strengths
I am aware that you are seeking my therapeutic assistance because of the emotional challenges that you are experiencing at this moment. My main objective is to help you become the driver of your own bus. Life can be full of conflictive and challenging issues, but their detrimental effect is controlled by how we approach these issues. I will help you to find that control.
Ideal clients
It must be hard for you to be experiencing your current emotional conflicts. Conflicts in general have an entangle effect and it can drain you to the point of making you feel wordless and without self-control. Issues that I have worked with include but are not limited to: • Depression, stress, and anxiety • Couple issues • Relationship issues • Trauma and abuse • Family conflicts • Coping with grief and loss • Sleeping disorders • Parenting issues • Motivation, self-esteem, and confidence • Anger management • Career difficulties
Origin story
My path to counseling began in college back in 1987. I was inspired by a Psychology 101 professor who taught me about psychology, and how powerful it could be to us, as individuals, couples, and children in that constant quest to acquire emotional stability and enjoyment of life. Later that year, I confirmed my call to become a psychotherapist, while working in a psychiatric research ward at a state hospital in Southern California. I learned that healing begins with presence and not just technique. These academic field experiences and my own personal experiences of loss and life challenges inspired me to become a psychotherapist. I remember been the person that family and friends turned to in difficult moments, opening the opportunity to experience sensitivity and respect towards emotional pain. All these experiences reinforced my desire to assist others through their emotional and at times challenging healing path. Today, I offer a safe, and respectful healing space to my clients, virtually from the privacy of their home and face to face on my full-time job. It is an emotional healing space where your story is protected, your pain is honored, and your dignity will always come first.
Treatment methods
Interpersonal
I’ve been using Interpersonal approach in my practice. With these therapeutic approach, I tailor it to the therapeutic needs of my clients. This approach has helped dozens of clients challenge reoccurring thoughts and manage their anxiety, depression, and stress. We will be using this approach to recognize how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors influence your inner self and how these challenging emotions impact your relations with self and others. Once you understand the nature of your feelings then we will use that knowledge to change your thinking patterns, which will help you lead a less anxious, stressed, and depressed life.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I’ve been using CBT approach has been part of in my practice eclectic approaches for more than 20 years. With these therapeutic approach, I have been able to tailor it to the immediate therapeutic needs of my clients. This approach has helped my clients challenge reoccurring thoughts and manage their anxiety, depression, and stress. We will be using this approach to recognize how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors influence your inner self and how these challenging negative emotions impact your relations with others. Once you understand the nature of your feelings then we will use that knowledge to change your thinking patterns, which will help you lead a less anxious, stressed, and depressed life.
Couples Counseling
I am a California License Marriage and Family counselor and I have been using the Couples Counseling approach in my practice for those couple clients that need help. I am an Arammu certified counselor, so I include this short and effective two-day relational checkup to start our couple sessions. If the couple needs more than two sessions we will continue regular couple's counseling. With these two therapeutic approaches I have been able to help couples identify their marital challenges and the reoccurring resentment that a problematic relationship leaves behind. They are able to understand how their negative relationship brings anxiety, depression, and stress to them as a couple and how this behaviors affect their children, if they have. We will be using one of these approaches to recognize how these current negative behaviors influence the couples ability to enjoy their relationship and leads them to a live a less anxious, stressed, and depressed life.
Solution-Focused Brief Treatment
I’ve been using Solution Focused Brief Treatment approach in my practice for more than five years now, specially with the military members. I have been able to tailor this therapeutic approach to the immediate therapeutic needs of all my clients. This approach has helped dozens of clients challenge reoccurring negative thoughts and manage their anxiety, depression, and stress. We will be using this approach to recognize how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors influence your inner self and how these challenging emotions impact your relations with others. Once you understand the nature of your feelings then we will use that knowledge to change your thinking patterns, which will help you lead a less anxious, stressed, and depressed life.
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Virtual sessions
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- CaliforniaLicense 46696