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
Before becoming a counselor, I was an educator for 8 years, in the classroom, I found myself drawn towards spending more time with children that needed a little extra help or support. Since then, my passion has become working with teens to identify and explore fears, by accepting one’s self and discovering and creating a path to who they want to become. I work one on one with teens that are...
The demands of life can become overwhelming and even hard to manage alone. Stress related to work or school, struggling to maintain healthy relationships, or even experienced trauma can lead to increased anxiety, depression, or difficulty coping with life’s demand. My goal as your counselor is to co-create with you the life that you are wanting to achieve, while helping you to live your best li...
We are here to thrive, not just survive. As a licensed therapist, Shamanic practitioner and former bodyworker, I am here to help the soul searchers, truth seekers, and those on a quest to rediscover their authentic selves towards overall health and healing. I will support you on your journey to shed the layers of fear, shame, trauma and pain. I will help you on your spiritual or self healing...
Effective treatment for panic attacks and depression with or without medication support. Referral upon request for acupuncture, bodywork, medication. Coordinated treatment with practitioners. Dr. Schwartz's approach combines the most recent developments in psychoanalytic therapy and energy medicine. Additional areas of experience include: anxiety, emotionally-involved medical illnesses, trauma,...
I am here to help you connect with your inner strengths and to know your own deepest wisdom. We all have an incredible capacity to heal and to meet whatever challenges show up in our lives. I bring deep compassion and skills from two and a half decades of helping clients with everything from depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, acute trauma/PTSD, past abuse, dissociation, and OCD to...
Your authority is in your authenticity, simply meaning the more honest, accepting, vulnerable and open you are with yourself first, is the more empowered you will be to address and heal any area of your life. We must radically accept our selves with compassion and honor. Self honor is the beginning of personal freedom. Radical self acceptance is the antecedent. I promote and empower positivity ...
Sometimes we can feel like we are struggling in life, not fulfilling our purpose, or are unhappy with current circumstances. Through our counseling journey, I will walk alongside of you to find what's impeding your happiness, gratification, purpose, and well-being. We will determine what is interfering with your goals and establish a practical strategy to attaining them. In a welcoming and...
Often times people come to therapy due to feeling excessive stress at work, at home, or in their relationships. They find the pressures of every day life have exceeded their abilities, overwhelmed their senses, and left them with an inability to cope. They are often having problems going to school, completing tasks, getting along with others at work, and finding activities enjoyable resulting i...
AVAILABLE EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS! We all have the power to take control of our lives in order to reach our full potential. We all need guidance, at times, to skillfully navigate the path that life lays out before us. As a counselor, I see my role as someone who is there to accompany and guide my clients as they strive for excellence in all areas of their lives. NOTE: If you are interested in my...
Do you dread the sound of your alarm clock every morning because you will have to face another day of feeling stressed, overwhelmed & defeated? Are you caught in an endless cycle of wanting to make positive change but seem to make choices that end in undesired results? Do you struggle with poor self-image, depression, anxiety, grief or need some help learning to cope with everyday chaos? Do you...
Many of us wish to feel more connected - to others, to life, and/or to ourselves. If you are seeking more genuine relationships with people, and a freer, more deeply satisfying life, therapy can be helpful. My office is a space of profound non-judgment, where you can be, and develop, your real self. It is also a place of kindness and humor, even playfulness at times. I am able to challenge you ...
Offering virtual/tele-health, and in-office sessions for new and existing clients. I have a passion for helping couples and individuals through their journey of personal growth. Effective therapy requires that each person be acknowledged with dignity and respect. I believe each person is complex and unique in their own right. With the right therapist, facing emotional challenges in difficult...
While not accepting new clients for ind./fam. therapy, I am accepting referrals for upcoming parenting group. I provide Attachment Based Parent/Family Counseling which reduces family conflict and increases cooperation, mutual respect and closeness, using a non- judgmental directive approach. My model offers effective user friendly parenting strategies for parents of "difficult to reach" childre...
Are you struggling with feelings of anxiety and low self-esteem, despite logic telling you that everything is “fine”? Life transitions come with "growing pains." When we experience big changes (e.g. birth, loss, ending/beginning relationships, work or school transitions, moves, etc.), life can feel chaotic and overwhelming, leaving you feeling unsteady. If you are a tween, teen or adult...
I believe wellness and personal growth are best pursued within a trusting, judgment-free, safe, open, empathic, and honest therapy relationship. I strive to develop this type of relationship with each and every client because within that relationship lies the foundation for lasting change. I'm fully committed to exploring and understanding each client's perspective, background, culture, values,...
