- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Walter
Walter Scull is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with seven years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping adults, teens, couples, and parents who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma recovery, and relationship or parenting challenges. Walter draws from straightforward, practical approaches to help people manage symptoms and make day-to-day life easier.
He earned a master’s degree in Counseling from the University of Missouri–Saint Louis and brings experience from prior roles in the United States Coast Guard and corporate sales.
Background and approach
That background informs a calm, goal-oriented style in sessions. Walter often teaches coping skills and short-term strategies people can use between meetings. His work commonly incorporates client-centered methods, solution-focused techniques, and cognitive behavioral strategies.
Those methods are used to identify unhelpful patterns, try new behaviors, and build clearer plans for difficult moments. He also uses mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative approaches when they fit a person’s goals. Walter regularly helps with parenting stress, career transitions, grief, sleep problems, anger, ADHD concerns, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
He also offers support for people affected by caregiving strain, chronic health challenges, adoption or foster care questions, and multicultural adjustment. Sessions aim for practical progress and skills that people can use right away. Outside of work Walter is married, has a teen daughter and a rescue dog.
He enjoys walking, cooking, music, kayaking, and travel. He invites people to set goals together and work toward more satisfying daily life.
What Walter works with
Everything Walter lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Walter helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Walter lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and supports them in setting and following their own goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the thoughts and habits that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep, and parenting stress.Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, try methods that seem promising, and adjust plans based on what helps most. This collaborative process aims to match techniques to the person’s needs rather than applying a single fixed method.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins, live chat suits brief updates, and messaging lets people check in between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules, travel, or work breaks while keeping focus on progress and usable skills.
Questions people ask about Walter
What concerns does Walter commonly address?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, trauma recovery, anger, sleep problems, ADHD, self-esteem, career and caregiver fatigue.
How would you describe his therapy style?
Sessions are practical and collaborative, using client-centered, solution-focused, and cognitive behavioral ideas to teach coping skills and make small, useful changes.
What is his professional background?
He holds a master’s degree in Counseling from the University of Missouri–Saint Louis and has seven years of counseling experience plus prior service in the United States Coast Guard and corporate sales.
What credentials and region are listed for Walter?
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Missouri.
Which languages are offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Costs vary by location and therapist arrangement; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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