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
Hey Mama... Tired of pretending you're fine? It's OK to not be OK! Quarantine sucks and life right now is HARD. If you need support and a sane adult to talk to - I'm here! No expectations. No judgement. No drama. I am dedicated to supporting new, experienced, and hopeful moms through life’s transitions and stresses. My person-centered, holistic approach allows me to develop individually-tailore...
The reason why I chose to touch the lives of people through therapy stemmed out of my desire to assist people with the challenges of daily living. I opened up Fruggiero Counseling Services with the intention that it would be a safe haven for you to free yourself in expressing both the worst and best moments of your life. There is difficulty in holding thoughts and feelings within, but know that...
Among families, kids, adults, and couples alike, feeling healthy, happy, connected, and confident can be hard. For so many people and families today, the pressures of the world, fast changes in life, and challenging or traumatic experiences interrupt the connections we wish to have. Maybe for you or your family, this means more and more conflicts, feeling alone and unsupported, being unsure how...
Distressing experiences may result in your feeling disconnected, unreal, fragmented, and struggling to make sense of your identity or existence. Perhaps it feels that your True Self is lost and you float through life as a mere passenger, longing to connect with your desired life's path. Through the therapeutic process, your mind-body-being can be deeply accessed and nourished to grow from the...
I specialize in working with couples in all stages of relationship. Are you struggling with having the same arguments over and over? Is past hurt lingering between you? Are you wishing you could feel more connected with your significant other? In therapy, we all work together to see and heal hindrances to your connection, and to create new and rewarding patterns of communication that strengthen...
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY: You are one of a kind. There has never been anyone like you and never will be again. Therapy is a place where you have the opportunity to know yourself in a deep and intimate way. The journey towards wholeness begins with embracing (and discovering) our many and often rejected parts that comprise our authentic self. Wounds, triggers and defenses exist for a reason and repres...
Hello!! I am a Licensed mental health counselor that is here to help children, adolescents, adults, young adults and families communicate effectively and help overcome the obstacles that one can be faced with. I take great pride in treating my clients with the utmost respect and building a strong therapeutic relationship based on honesty and integrity. My goal is to provide a supportive,...
Throughout our lives we are constantly challenged with change and transition. Sometimes these periods of change are smooth and gradual but often our course in life can be altered in unforeseen ways. These changes can arise out of many issues such as aging, grief, loss, identity and trauma. Change can affect us at any period throughout our lives. From early childhood through our later years we...
Are you feeling stuck, stressed, or anxious? Do you or your child need help to improve confidence, make new friends, or cope with your current life circumstances? Are you going through a life transition and would like extra support? I am passionate about working with adolescents, young adults, adults, and families who are working through a life transition (school, family, friendship), anxiety,...
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with 24 years experience in working with individuals, youth, and couples. Through various intervention strategies, I help individuals work through unresolved issues, poor communication, or broken trust of others, toward conflict resolution. I assist in helping people to understand that there is always a positive to every negative, and that everyone has a...
Every day seems to be another blow, not only to your self-esteem but to the very core of what makes you human. You’re not being too sensitive. Anxiety for marginalized groups is real. You’ve spent most of your life acutely aware of your otherness. But lately, you’ve begun to feel something different. You feel like the whole world has been pretending to support justice all this time. You're...
I approach therapy by adopting a stance of confronting situations non-judgmentally and with compassion, acknowledging that this work is about the person with whom I am working. My practice is built around partnership with my clients, working hard to establish the therapeutic alliance, taking cues of direction, pace and depth from the people with whom I work, and allowing for immediacy to inform...
Dr. Weldon has specialty training in school psychology and works with children from the toddler years though college age presenting with a variety of concerns including – areas related to development and/or behavioral concern, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorders, depression, anxiety, difficulties with peers/socialization, academic difficulties, and parenting. She...
*Coronavirus/social distancing update: I offer secure, online video-based therapy sessions so that you can be seen from your home. You need not be tech-savvy; I can walk you through how we can connect.* I know that it takes significant courage to search for a therapist and reach out for help. Just by looking at this website, you are already in the process of taking steps to improve the current...
When people experience trauma, severe life stressors, or even experience change of any kind, it is not uncommon for their lives to unravel. My passion and greatest gift is bringing healing to people who have been through a traumatic/stressful experience. I help my clients, children, adults, and families, including the very young (ages 2-5), find healthy perceptions of themselves and strengthen...
