Today we’d like to introduce you to La’Mar Walker. Them and their team share their story with us below:
La’Mar Walker was born on June 3rd, 1979 in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Judy Walker and Nathan White. During childhood, he moved around a lot. During HighSchool, he had a difficult time didn’t really apply himself and was in constant trouble. He was able to get a job during high school at an after-school program for young children. He barely graduated in 1997 but decided got go to Clark Atlanta University where he studied psychology (the only class he passed in high school) While in college he started applying himself and graduated in 2001. While in college, he worked as a sales associate at Macy’s. After college, he had a lot of jobs including security, sales, bar backing, telemarketing. and construction. all of these jobs lasted no more than six months. In 2004, he started working at a residential treatment facility and fell in love with helping people and hearing their stories. His boss would complain about him always sitting around listening to residents and say, “you aren’t their therapist get back to work. He then decided to go back to school and get his Masters in professional counseling with a concentration in marriage in family therapy from Argosy University… He graduated in 2009. While working on getting his lic he worked as a community counselor, taught psychology at west Georgia tech and directed a couple of outpatient programs. He started his practice in 2014 and decided to focus just on the practice in 2018,
La’Mar Walker is now a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 21 years of experience working with various populations of individuals and helping them improve their mental health. La’Mar is the CEO & Founder of Mindful Works Counseling, a private mental health practice that helps individuals improve their emotional and behavioral difficulties through the use of storytelling, a therapeutic technique that aids individuals in processing trauma and big emotions.
La’Mar is passionate about men‘s mental health and spreading awareness and education around societal expectations of masculinity and how it impacts the psyche of men. La’Mar believes that helping others is his purpose in life. La’Mar also spends his time as keynote/public speaker on men’s mental health and community advocate. La’Mar is a servant leader and member of XL NEAL 588 Prince Hall Masonic, along with Kappa Alpha Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Also one of the founding Members of The Counseling Brothers of Atlanta, In all of the roles he plays, La’Mar will tell you his favorite role to play is dad. Connect with La’Mar Walker @fill in.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Biggest struggles were his stepfather and mother divorcing when he was 11yrs old then meeting his father at age 12 and father passing the next year. High school dealing with his anger and finding his place due to the loss of his father and being the only black jew in a public school. After college finding his niche or career not certain what he really wanted to do. A big accident after college made it so he couldn’t pursue a career as an elementary school teacher. The accident created a lot of anxiety and depression along with financial stress. Later after deciding to focus just on his private practice it was a struggle maintaining a place to live and transportation with 2 kids.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Mindful Works Counseling Services LLC?
Mindful Works Counseling, a private mental health practice that helps individuals improve their emotional and behavioral difficulties through the use of storytelling, a therapeutic technique that aids individuals in processing trauma and big emotions. Work with Adolescents aged 12 and up. Individuals and couples. Specialize in working with Men dealing with depression, anxiety and stress. What sets me apart from others is that I can relate to the struggles my clients face. I am able to communicate to my clients on their level and I am patient with the process. I am proud of the fact that I have helped fight the stigma about mental health for 21 years now and seen many success stories. Not only do I work as a therapist in my practice but I speak on mental health for schools, organizations and churches will be offering more workshops soon.
What are your plans for the future?
Plans to continue to build the practice add on more therapists and staff. Also, continue with speaking in the community and providing workshops. The long-term goal is to create a community counseling center for youth in the community and their families where they can come and receive low-cost counseling and activities.
Contact Info:
- Website: mindfulworkscounseling.org
- Instagram: mrwalker357
- Facebook: Mindful Works Counseling Services, LLC
