WELCOME
OFFICEÂ HOURS & LOCATION
I schedule appointments for Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays as early as 7:00a and as late at 5:30p. I also have appointment options one Saturday and one Sunday each month. For scheduling weekend appointments, contact me directly. I currently conduct all sessions online.
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Many people like the convenience of online appointments, and that will remain an option.
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GET IN TOUCH
SERVICES
Dr. Walley has earned his strong reputation throughout his nearly 35-year career by distinguishing himself as a "personal pastor," as someone "easy to talk with," and as a "professional and practical helper." The structure of his practice is quite simple, as you'll see below. He practices what he knows best and confidently refers others to those who might be a better help. Take a look at the featured services below, and if one of them seems to fit your need, feel free to Get in Touch (above) to get any further questions answered
or to check about scheduling an appointment. It's pretty simple.
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INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING
Here for you...
Dr. Walley sees clients individually to work on personal challenges, quality of life issues, anxiety/depression, or any number of a variety of other issues you prefer to talk about with someone privately and one-on-one. These sessions are designed to help you focus on what needs to change to improve your life and your enjoyment of it. Many people want to talk about understanding who they are and what their purpose is. Others need to deal with tragic events from different seasons in their lives. Individual Counseling Sessions allow for privacy, respect, and honest conversation, all of which can help Dr. Walley help you move forward in a more life-affirming way.
MARRIAGE/RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING
Here for you both...
Marriage (or Relationship) Counseling is designed to help couples partner more effectively to achieve the goals they mutually desire to achieve. Relationships that involve deep commitment can provide deep satisfaction or deep dissatisfaction. Before throwing a challenging relationship away,
Dr. Walley believes it is beneficial to let someone outside the relationship, a skilled helper, give you some feedback and help in areas where your relationship is stuck and ineffective. Good people in a relationship plagued with unhealthy, ineffective practices haven't yet seen what their relationship can be. Life can get better as your primary relationships improve!
GROUP LEARNING INTENSIVES
Understanding how to grow...
Group Learning Intensives can help you with Making Your Communication More Effective, Actually Resolving Conflict!, and distinguishing between Healthy vs Unhealthy Relationships, among other things. From time to time this site will feature upcoming events, letting you know what you can expect from the event, the schedule, maximum number of participants, and cost. If preparatory work is required of the participants, that will be assigned upon registration. Most events are between four and eight hours in length, and will meet on a weeknight, a Saturday morning or a Sunday afternoon. As best as possible, the times are tailored to the participants' needs.
DAVID'S BACKGROUND
How He Got His Start
Dr. Walley's reputation has developed as his career path has unfolded. After earning a Bachelor of Music, David turned his focus to a career in the helping professions. His first step was a Master of Divinity with a Major in Counseling and Psychology. While earning his Doctor of Philosophy, he worked on the staff of a large, historic church in New Orleans.
After graduation and two years as a consultant for a national publishing company (training people in the proper use of their counseling/support group workbooks), David joined the staff of one of the largest churches in Tennessee where he was privileged to start a counseling center, eventually called The BabbCenter, which continues to serve middle Tennessee, southern Kentucky, and northern Alabama.
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Currently Dr. Walley is in private practice, originally in Hillsboro Village and now a little north of Nashville. Online sessions, of course, require no drive, so for now an appointment is as close as your phone, notebook, or laptop.
Please explore the rest of David's site to learn more about what he has to offer, and Get in Touch with any questions.
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On the personal side...
Dr. Walley and his wife Ellen have been married since 1982. Tennessee has been their home since the early '90's. Ellen works for a local healthcare company, and together they have three adult children, a son-in-law and a daughter-in-law.
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The Walleys are grandparents to Shepherd and Madeline.
David and Ellen are exploring the idea of a home church and find great fulfillment in shepherding and nurturing the growing faith of younger individuals and couples.
And they are lovers of great coffee!
A MESSAGE FROM DAVID
​My work is shaped largely, as you would expect, by my faith and beliefs as well as my education and training. That can sound confusing. I do not see the Scriptures as a textbook on mental health, but it has a good bit to say on the subject. And certainly it speaks to healthy relationships. Know that my goal is to provide a quality, effective counseling experience that is characterized by confidentiality and privacy and leads to a better quality of life.
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