Walter "Baruch" Zeichner
Seasoned clinician blending practical strategies and insight
LPC, LCMHC New Mexico
- Experience
- 40 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Walter
Walter "Baruch" Zeichner is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people manage present-life difficulties and work through past wounds.
Background and approach
With four decades of clinical experience, he offers support for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, trauma and abuse, and a wide range of life transitions. He also addresses specific issues such as LGBT concerns, self-esteem, eating and food-related struggles, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and career-related challenges.
Trained in the early 1980s by clinicians using varied therapeutic schools, Zeichner blends multiple approaches to tailor care to each person. His background includes client-centered methods, attachment-focused work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior elements, and emotionally focused strategies, along with creative, body-centered modalities and hypnosis incorporated when appropriate.
He is credentialed as LPC and LCMHC (OR LPC C4239, VT LCMHC 068.0000058) and practices from New Mexico. Sessions emphasize collaborative goal-setting so the client shapes the direction of therapy.
Zeichner frames therapy as a practical partnership aimed at understanding suffering, building coping skills, and moving toward meaningful change. He offers online sessions in several formats to fit different needs and schedules.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Options
Client-centered therapy emphasizes understanding each person's perspective and creating a supportive environment where the client directs the pace and focus of work; it is useful for building self-awareness and addressing issues like self-esteem and relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and skill-building, often benefiting people coping with anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns of relating and emotional bonds, which can be helpful for clients dealing with intimacy problems, attachment issues, and relationship distress.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and personal preferences. Initial sessions are used to assess concerns and experiment with techniques so treatment evolves in response to client feedback and progress.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to continue work from different locations. These formats allow for ongoing skill practice, check-ins between sessions, and a variety of communication styles so clients can engage in the way that feels most comfortable and accessible.
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Experience
40+ years
Licensed
Vermont, Oregon, New Mexico
Languages
English