At age 17–18, she was a delegate to an international youth and student congress in Prague, where Paul Robeson spoke.
From 1963 to 1966, Walters was chief social worker for a pilot project sponsored by the Center for Youth and Community Studies at Howard University, and from 1966 to 1980 she was a family therapist in Philadelphia.
In 1978, Walters founded the Women's Project in Family Therapy alongside colleagues Betty Carter, Peggy Papp, and Olga Silverstein.
[2][3] According to Psychotherapy Networker, the Project:"was a combination feminist think tank and SWAT team, which, in public workshops all over the country, challenged the underlying sexism in some of the most basic notions of family therapy.
The Center trains therapists and counselors, administers research projects, and works with area family service agencies such as a local shelter for abused and runaway youth.