Emotional disturbance describes children and adolescents with mental health issues that cause troubling or abnormal emotional experiences. It could include anxiety, developmental disorders, cognitive impairment, depression, defiance, and other problematic behavior.
Available Treatment Options
Therapist interventions aim to reduce problematic behaviors, increase the ability to cope with stressful and triggering situations that lead to emotional disturbances, and develop tools and skills that boost self-confidence and stability.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Emotional Disturbance
Virtual counseling available. EMDR trained Christian Counselor with a focus on couples, women, depression, anxiety, and self-esteem. She has been helping couples for over 10 years and is known for facilitating healing, through her seminars, retreats, and intensives. She administers in-person one-on-one counseling, couples sessions and also group therapy. Jade focuses on helping clients who are...
Therapy can be life-changing, but taking that first step often feels awkward or even scary. As a clinician, my greatest strength is my ability to foster strong therapeutic relationships with my clients built on trust, acceptance, honesty, connection and authenticity. In my experience, these are the foundations necessary for positive change. Each client is unique in their life experiences,...
I am a clinical psychologist who specializes in helping people identify and change issues that keep them from living the life that they want to live. I work with individual adults and adolescents on changing negative patterns, empowerment, relationship difficulties, fears, anxiety and self-esteem. I work with parents who need help through problem solving, education on positive relationship base...
Lincoln Wachira Waitiki, MA.LMFT. is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California license #LMFT109179) in an independent practice in Modesto, California. Since 2018, I offer therapy to families, individuals, couples and children facing a variety of relationship problems. Since 2005 I have provided therapeutic mental health specialty services to the underserved in San Joaquin County and...
Personal strength, Personal growth, Personal PEACE of Mind! I enjoy helping people through their journey of self discovery and symptom reduction. I counsel, educate, empower, and edify those in need. My services include individual, family, group, and couples therapy. I enroll both adults and minors 5yo and up. I am a mobile therapist - providing services in-home, school, and the community....
My approach to counseling is client-centered using attachment-based theories to give insight and opportunities for personal growth and self-awareness. The client-therapist relationship is the most important part of counseling, where the client feels heard and understood in sessions. My view of the counselor role is to walk alongside during the process, where the client decides the necessary...
**Accepting New Clients** Seeking therapy is not always easy and that it can often come from a place of stress, isolation, and anxiety. You are no longer alone. I will support you in discovering how you want to function in your daily life and how you feel personally and in your relationships with others. I work with people in all stages of life including college students and adults. Together we...
Feeling stuck or experiencing life and relationships as old or frustrating? Life can at times be over-whelming, but it does not need to stay that way. Through a collaborative process, I help my clients to both understand themselves and effectively transform their lives and live more fully. I work with my clients as partners, and my sessions are interactive and productive. While the work can be...
****MY CASELOAD IS CURRENTLY FULL AND I AM NOT ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS AT THIS TIME*** Feeling overwhelmed? Maybe you’re sad all the time or your thoughts won’t stop racing. Maybe you’re angry and frustrated by a relationship. Maybe you’ve suffered a loss and don’t feel like your “normal” self. I bring compassion and an attitude of non-judgment to my work with individuals and couples. I believe ...
Life is a challenge. Whether struggling with a life event or underlying mental illness we are here to help. Sometimes we find ourselves struggling with day to day life, marriage, or work. Perhaps substance use or other behaviors have been found to be causing problems. Whether there is a life event which is causing difficulty or a more serious illness which needs treatment New Focus Counseling...
It is all too common to be struggling with stress, worry, low mood, and uncertainty in our world today. I work with people around issues of anxiety and depression, loss, the suffering of trauma, struggles with relationships or family or work, life changes and transitions, and creative blocks. Sometimes people come to therapy because of past issues. Sometimes they are stuck in repetitive pattern...
I work with a wide range of clients from a variety of cultural backgrounds in person and remotely. Clients learn to reduce stress and work with their feelings in ways that lead to personal growth and development of effective interpersonal skills. Feelings that cause stress, anxiety, depression, excessive self-criticism, perfectionism and emotional flooding are processed so that these problem...
Lindsey Slivka is a licensed independent social worker who earned her master’s degree in social work from the University of Akron and her bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies from Kent State University. She has experience working with children, adolescents and parents in partial hospitalization and school-based settings to address a variety of mental health and behavioral...
I provide therapy to patients of all ages suffering with anxiety and depression. I help patients going through life transitions. Within a trusting therapeutic relationship, the exploration of dreams and unconscious drives proves effective for a deeper understanding of challenges and blocks. Psychoanalytic, Psychodynamic, Gestalt, Play Therapy, Sand Tray and Art are theories that are core to my...
I truly believe in the effectiveness of counseling when the client and counselor can work together to identify concerns and generate effective and realistic solutions. My approach to counseling stems from the belief that you are the expert on your own life and I will work with you to find insight and create meaningful solutions that will impact the quality of your life. My goal is not to judge,...
