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
Kelli O'Rourke-Wall is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who enjoys providing a safe, confidential, non-judgmental environment for children, adolescents, couples, and families to explore and process the issues that are impairing their ability to live full, rich, and joy-filled lives. Therapy helps everyone to learn and grow and develop new ways of being and relating to themselves and other...
Welcome, I'm specialized and experienced in working with children, adolescents and families. Working with different groups leads me to see difficulties and challenges from different perspectives. I believe that the process of psychotherapy is a shared experience between the therapist and the client. Within the therapy process, whether a child, adolescent or adult, one starts acknowledging their...
I have a passion for helping others. I have over 15 years of experience working in the mental health field in different settings. I love working in all settings ranging from the mental health hospitals, emergency group home shelters for adolescents, schools, and even clients’ home. The age range of clients I have worked with extends from ages 2 years old to 65 years of age. I have worked with...
You find yourself living with a sense of unease, which feels increasingly intolerable. Maybe this is a vague feeling of dissatisfaction or confusion. Perhaps you are experiencing deep sadness, stressful life transitions, or loss. You may find yourself caught up in the waves of an emotional storm. Or, you feel shut down and unable to express or even identify your emotions, creating distance and...
My passion is cultivating the strengths that already exist within a person. I collaborate with each client to identify their specific challenges, values, and their sense of meaning and purpose. I enjoy empowering clients to restructure and reframe their sense of self as well as create goals for their future. I enjoy watching clients’ shift in perspective as they learn the art of being kind to...
When a clinician is asked what their specialty is, they often focus on specific diagnoses. Although helpful, I believe you are so much more than a diagnosis or collection of symptoms. I think it's important to respect the complicated nature of who we are and the lives we lead. It's about understanding why you are struggling and changing what is not working for you. I think that issues or proble...
I work with children, teens, adults, and their families to help each person feel more confident, healthier, and more empowered. I am able to work with a variety of disorders ranging from, but not limited to, ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, Grief, and Trauma. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and evidenced based practices are the main types of therapy used but each individual's therapy is tailored to thei...
***Due to limited hours, I currently have a waitlist. Please see my colleague Len Shelby's profile if you are seeking counseling or Dr. Jaqui Otto's profile for psychological testing. Dr. Kate Stark is a Licensed Psychologist with a dedication to thoughtful and compassionate therapeutic services for children, adolescents, and young adults. She is available for therapy targeted to identify...
“Self-care is the constant practice of not letting more pain accumulate.” -Susan Raffo. I have a special interest in the wellness and wholeness of QTPOC, and helping each person uncover the underlying foundations of their discomforts. I believe in treating the intersections of the mind, body, and spirit. Listening, witnessing, empathizing, and being present are tenets of my therapeutic framewor...
Each person is unique in their strengths and needs therefore therapy must be individualized. I believe that my role as a therapist, is to create an environment where one enjoys coming in to see me and can leave with a sense of hope for their future. My style is to be my genuine self, casual and comfortable, accepting of everyone along with all their thoughts and emotions. Therapy does not have ...
I work with clients who are managing a variety of psychological, emotional, mental health, family, relationship and spiritual challenges and struggles, providing assistance in learning how to best manage those struggles. I enjoy working with individuals, couples and families. In my role as an assistant pastor at my church, I also seek to provide faith-based therapy, helping clients understand...
From the beginning of my career, I have worked with children and their families on helping to improve the functioning in the home. The children that I have worked with have had issues with coping with multiple stressors, difficulties managing their thoughts and feelings and the behaviors that came with that were things that they wanted to change. I also work with adults with issues that they ha...
I am a Family Systems therapist, so I approach counseling with a lens that focuses on relationships within each system. I have a passion for working with children, couples and families. I work with all populations ranging from children as young as 2 years old, to adults, couples, and families with a variety of presenting concerns. My expertise is relationships and working with children under 12...
"Alis grave nihil": Nothing is heavy to those with wings. My goal is to help clients learn to fly above their pain, fears, stressors. My job is providing the tools and guidance to recognize the issues. In my practice, these tools might include cognitive or behavioral techniques or other methods/theories, including mindfulness. The approach to wellness might include spiritual or physical health...
You matter. You are enough. You deserve to take up space. You deserve to make yourself a priority. By stepping foot into my office, you are already taking the first step to making yourself a priority. Together we can figure out what's getting in the way of you living your best life as your best self and identify the resources that can help. I am intensively trained in working around difficultie...
