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
It’s a mindset thing. The way you view what you do will always affect the way you do what you do. That includes your job, you marriage, and your life. The breakthroughs you have been seeking in your life, and in your marriage, start in your mind. I will help you identify the barriers that have been getting in the way of you living your best life, and come up with real and effective actions you ...
Are you struggling in your relationships? Are you seeking to feel accepted and like you belong? Relationships can feel stressful at times and they often highlight what we need from others. We may not always recognize what we need or know how to communicate it directly, but we are always striving to feel connected with others. When we do not feel heard or understood by someone we care about we...
Hello and Welcome! Therapy is about you. It is about change and acceptance and learning to balance the two. It’s quite possibly the hardest and best thing you will ever do. My job is to guide you through your journey, without judgement, from where you are now to living the life you want to live. You are the expert of you. I am here to help you find even more clarity of your true self. I practic...
I work with clients who suffer from range of emotional problems, including difficulties with anger management, depression, anxiety, interpersonal, and family issues. I work with couples, families, children, and adult individuals. I use individual, group, and family therapy as treatment modalities. I view psychotherapy as a process whereby a client is assisted to explore, understand, and constru...
It is no secret that stress, unhappiness, and insecurity can hold us back in life. Do you or someone you know feel trapped or helpless, unable to overcome life's daily challenges? I can provide valuable evaluation, support, and/or cooperative training in ways to cope. I work with a wide range of patients including children (8+), adolescents, adults, and families, and because I recognize that...
Life is full of changes; changes can cause anxiety, depression, fear, or grief. Whether from relationship changes, loss or misunderstandings change can be overwhelming. My experience has shown that there are a number of ways to help someone; however, there is no one size fits all approach. Utilizing your strength we can find the best approach to fit your needs to gain empowerment to overcome th...
As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I have acquired a plethora of knowledge that has provided me the tools to serve individuals with various mental illnesses and co-occurring disorders. My goal as a therapist is to help people get through the lousy times, not by removing the garbage, but by walking with them so they can see it is survivable. My mission is to provide quality services that...
To that one soul reading this, I know you're tired. You're fed up. You're so close to breaking, but there's hope and strength within you. You deserve a happier, healthier life, and you can have it. I have years of experience and success helping my clients break out of unhealthy patterns to feel more empowered and strong. I provide empathy, compassion, and offer a supportive, safe, judgement fre...
Let's be honest...there is a lot of uncertainty, change, and anxiety in the world right now! You don't have to carry it alone, let me help you. Do you feel like life is too overwhelming or all of your strategies just aren't working anymore? Does your teen have trouble managing their emotions, coping with stress, or just seems lost? Have you noticed your son/daughter is more anxious, irritable, ...
The teenage years can be really tough on teens AND their parents. Changes happen that can throw their emotions on a rollercoaster -- sadness, worry or anger can take over. Friends can push a teen toward dangerous choices. Add on the stress of high school, early romantic relationships, working towards independence, and there are all sorts of places that a teenager can struggle. It takes a specia...
As a School Psychologist, I specialize in providing culturally sensitive psychoeducational assessments. The primary clientele that I serve includes students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in either private or public schools who have unique educational needs. This generally involves referrals for ADHD, Autism, Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities, Gifted, Intellectual Disabilities, Learni...
My ideal client is one who is invested in improvement and change. Most people really want to do and feel better. As a generalist with 27 years of experience, I enjoy the diversity of problems and issues I get to help people with. Because my treatments are principle based, they apply to a broad range of needs. I provide practical solutions to real problems. I specialize in providing DBT, MRT, an...
I enjoy working with adolescents, young adults, fellow old souls, and adults who face generalized/social/performance anxiety, depression, OCD, perfectionism, LGBTQ stressors, low self-esteem, low motivation, ADD/ADHD, and other attention or mood-related ailments. I bring experience from intensive outpatient programs for depression and anxiety in a behavioral health hospital to assist individual...
With over 20 years of experience working with children, teens, and parents in a mental health setting, I have had much success helping them overcome long standing problems. With warmth, empathy, and acceptance; I treat each child, teen, and parent(s) with respect. Together we devise a personalized plan of treatment. If you keep doing what you have always done, you will get what you have always...
Nikole is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a credentialed clinician with NBCC. She has a passion and heart for mental and behavioral health. It is her desire to be able to provide a safe environment for her clients and families by helping them feel empowered through the therapeutic process. Nikole assists her clients' by teaching and providing tools using evidence based solution- focused...
