About Walter Mehring, Ed.S., LPC, LMFT
Walter Mehring has provided counseling services for adolescents, adults, couples and families in the Charlottesville, VA area for over 30 years. He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology in 1969 from the College of William and Mary. He then studied at the University of Virginia, receiving a Master's Degree in Education in 1974 and, after teaching for nine years, a Specialist's Degree in Counseling in 1986.
He is skilled in family therapy, communication psychology, and behavioral psychology. It has been his experience that developing supportive family and social relationships is effective medicine for helping people deal better with depression, anxiety, communication problems, marital issues, and a wide variety of stress related illnesses.
Since Mehring is no longer seeing clients, he is now offering Love Work: Skills for Staying in Love as a book that teaches the relationship skills he has offered clients during his 30 years of providing counseling services.
In his spare time, he enjoys writing, creating things from natural materials, playing a home-made banjo, splitting firewood by hand, and raising a good home-grown tomatoes. He is an elder at Cove Presbyterian Church. He is happily married to Polly, his spouse of 45 years, and has a grown son, Jonathan. His family's struggles and triumphs over the years help give him perspective in helping others with their family relationships.
He is skilled in family therapy, communication psychology, and behavioral psychology. It has been his experience that developing supportive family and social relationships is effective medicine for helping people deal better with depression, anxiety, communication problems, marital issues, and a wide variety of stress related illnesses.
Since Mehring is no longer seeing clients, he is now offering Love Work: Skills for Staying in Love as a book that teaches the relationship skills he has offered clients during his 30 years of providing counseling services.
In his spare time, he enjoys writing, creating things from natural materials, playing a home-made banjo, splitting firewood by hand, and raising a good home-grown tomatoes. He is an elder at Cove Presbyterian Church. He is happily married to Polly, his spouse of 45 years, and has a grown son, Jonathan. His family's struggles and triumphs over the years help give him perspective in helping others with their family relationships.
