Are You Struggling With Developmental Disorders?

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Developmental disorders describe a wide range of conditions such as learning disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, intellectual disabilities, and Cerebral Palsy. Often diagnosed in children, many counseling interventions can help with developmental disorders. Occupational, speech, and language therapies and motor skills training can be helpful for children with these concerns.

Available Treatment Options

Counseling interventions often include the parents or entire family to work on integrating activities, skills, and techniques that work to help the child function more efficiently. Parents may require more intensive counseling to deal with the potential difficulties of raising a differently-abled child.

A broad approach with many options is best for children diagnosed with a developmental disorder so the therapist and family can develop a treatment plan that works best for the individual child.

Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Developmental Disorders

Making the decision to start counseling is often difficult, and I would love to guide and support you as you begin your journey toward living a healthier and happier life. I opened my private practice in 2005, working with adults, teens, children, couples, and families. In this time, I gained a lot of experience in working with people who experience anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and ADD/ADHD....
Kids don't come with a manual but they do come with significant challenges. I believe in addressing obstacles head on and will equip children, teenagers, adults and their families to overcome the challenges of today. With individuals, we will work as a team to meet the challenges of life head on to develop skills and tools that have real life use. I work with families to help build a team appro...

Cassie Dinecola

Baton Rouge

Louisiana

Hi! I'm here to help. My passion is supporting others in their journey through life, especially when they are facing significant stress and transitions. I help people to adopt new ways of thinking and coping skills to tackle these challenges. I have worked with children, adolescents, and adults with autism for over 10 years in a variety of community settings. My passion is working with adolesce...
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My name is Dr. Chrissy Stabler, and I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. I have extensive experience providing evaluation and therapy for children, adolescents, and their parents. My practice emphasizes the use of empirically supported, evidence-based approaches in treatment. Services offered include individual and group therapy within the behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, and mindfulness...
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While my roots as a clinical psychologist are in working with infants through adolescents and their families, I have broadened my scope in recent years to include working individually with adults, as well. My experiences include work in hospitals, outpatient clinics, schools, group homes, and residential treatment facilities. I have specialized in the areas of developmental disabilities, learni...
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