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
What makes my practice unique is my personal and professional background in disabilities that goes back 52 years in Autism, Intellectual Disabilities, hearing and vision impairments and cerebral palsy. While I am 64, I have worked with families and children for the last ten years in the Southwest and Baltimore helping to meet their multitude of needs for intervention and education. In addition,...
Relationships can bring great happiness when they are working well, but when conflict, stress, and betrayal enter our intimate relationships, we often react with emotional pain and feelings of helplessness. I am here to help you understand and change unhealthy patterns in your relationship, gain insight into how the past may color your and your partner's present interactions, and learn skills t...
I focus on helping you to make positive changes in your life and remove barriers that you feel are holding you back. I specialize in depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, codependence, and substance use issues. I provide a comfortable environment where we will work together and help you become more mindful and motivated, improve your thoughts and behaviors, and feel less stressed and anxious. I h...
Michael knows first-hand the trials of life-when he was just two years old, his father died suddenly leaving him, his mother and seven older siblings in a state of shock and horror. As a means of coping, Michael's mother turned to alcohol, and for fifteen years she attempted to drown her sorrows. But God is so much bigger than our circumstances! For more than two and a half decades, through...
Do you want something different out of your life but don't know how to go about getting it? Have you been struggling with navigating changes and relationships? Is there a distance between you and your partner and you can't seem to meet in the middle? Does it feel like something holds you back from making connections with people you care about? Make sense of what you are experiencing through...
As a licensed therapist with training in EMDR therapy, I devote most of my time to working with clients struggling to overcome past trauma. I hold a Master's and PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling as well as a 200hr Yoga Teacher Certificate. I am currently working on my 500hr Yoga Teacher Certificate. My work with clients is informed by these various trainings as we...
Therapy is a journey towards self-discovery, empowerment, and balance. However, life can be stressful with unexpected changes, relationship struggles, grief and loss, life transitions, sexual identity issues, social struggles, and current or previous trauma disrupting your day-to-day functioning. This often creates an out-of-control feeling with your thoughts, feelings, emotions, and behaviors....
My outpatient practice specifically centers on patients who have Autism and one or more additional mental health diagnoses. Studies have shown that over 70% of individuals with Autism likely have at least one co-occurring mental health disorder. At times, the combination of Autism + behavior problems + any mental health disorder makes recovery a challenge. It is my hope that providing treatment...
We are licensed clinical psychologists who specialize in providing assessment and therapeutic services. With extensive experience in traumatic brain injury, strokes, and various neurological, psychiatric, and developmental disorders, we offer comprehensive assessment and treatment services uniquely tailored to individuals, including neuropsychological assessment and a variety of psychological...
Anyone who is struggling with any stage of life, everyday stresses and relational issues. I work well with children & teens experiencing behavior problems and/or relational problems. I treat all marital issues and specialize in infidelity and infertility. I have worked with a wide range of growth & development milestones.I sympathize with parents having difficulty with discipline & developmenta...
Immediate openings and online booking available, visit my website to learn more! Email is fastest way to reach me. Beginning therapy is a big step, and I'm here to help on your journey. I provide a supportive, nonjudgmental environment for clients of all ages and backgrounds to express themselves. I have worked with people to address issues such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, relationships...
Therapy is about diving deep into those places where we get stuck and find conflict both internal and external. I often work with folks who see life as driven by how they experience life acting on them versus how they can engage it differently. It takes commitment and courage to become self-aware and actively ask and act on what they want different from life. I seek to provide a space for clien...
As a bi-cultural/bi-lingual Latina Therapist with over twenty years of experience, I have had the pleasure of working with children, teens and adults from diverse cultural backgrounds. I provide psychotherapy to individuals from a holistic approach that incorporates mindfulness, relational, cognitive and psychodynamic theories. I love helping people, who are working in self-empowerment, managin...
In my practice I utilize various transformational modalities from multiple schools of hypnosis. The main framework of my sessions is based upon the approaches developed and perfected by the forefathers of contemporary hypnosis - Dave Elman, Milton Erickson and Gil Boyne. In my work as a certified clinical hypnotherapist I utilize the following methods & techniques: various hypnotic inductions a...
The Washington University Psychological Service Center (PSC) offers psychotherapy and neuropsychological/cognitive testing. Therapists are trained to treat a variety of concerns including: Anxiety, Panic, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Trauma/Post-Traumatic Stress, Eating Disorders, Relationship problems, Aging-related issues, Grief and loss, Insomnia, and Behavior...
