Walter Davis

I go by my middle name, Pitts. i work with adults dealing with depression, anxiety, and trauma, as well as personality disorders, especially Narcissistic and Borderline Personality Disorders. These are difficult disorders, and he uses a variety of psychodynamic, Object Relations, and Mindfulness skills, to help heal the deep wounds of childhood, where they originated.

He works with couples to help improve their relationships. Pitts has trained in the Gottman Method of couples counseling, completing both Levels 1 & 2, as well as training as a leader of Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work workshops. Couples may engage in weekly sessions or in less frequent but more intensive sessions. These sessions can last for 3 hours or for 6 hours over a 1- or a 2- day intensive weekend. An intensive weekend can bring about significant and rapid progress for a stressed out, troubled relationship, so before visiting the divorce attorney, consider coming in to see if you might be able to avoid the pain of a divorce.

In order to help his clients with psychiatric diagnoses, he uses a variety of tools to help them improve their moods and outlook on life. Specifically, he uses Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) which helps the individual find out what type of negative thinking patterns are in use and works with the client to change those patterns. This can be done by changing the thoughts or cognitions. It can also be done using mindful awareness of the thoughts or through a more psychodynamic approach to help the client look at where these types of thoughts came from. Pitts incorporates Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) into his work with clients. As a daily practitioner of mindful meditation, he has become familiar with the difficulties people have as they learn this practice and is able to help them overcome those difficulties so they might enjoy a meaningful meditative life. Through his training in Brain Spotting over the last five years, Pitts has come to an understanding of the pain that is experienced both physically and emotionally as a result of trauma. He is a Certified Brain Spotting Therapist as well as a Brain Spotting Consultant, that helps other therapists get certified. This new treatment option is a very effective way to access the sub-cortical area of the brain where the trauma experience is stored. In this process, clients are free to talk as much or as little as they wish. The focus is on simply processing the trauma to free the client of the disturbing memories, dreams, and behaviors that often accompany traumatic experiences.

Most clients find that they will achieve a reduction in their symptoms of depression and anxiety as we work together to find relief and peace.