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
Seeking therapeutic services can be an intimidating process. I make the experience as comfortable as possible by providing a safe and secure place for you to work through situations that may be troubling you. My style is best described as forthright, grounded, empathetic and open. My specialty areas include relationships, parenting skills, child/adolescent issues including trauma. I can help yo...
If you are dealing with issues related to relationships, sexual abuse, infertility, miscarriage, infant death, post-partum depression, self-harming behaviors, grief, or need faith-based counseling, allow me to help you. As a trained professional, I can equip you with the tools to help you move beyond the current pain. I will work collaboratively with you to figure out what is keeping you stuck ...
My counseling approach incorporates traditional psychotherapy techniques and The Surrender Prayer, which is a daily, three-step prayer of awareness, acceptance, and surrender that will show you how to identify, face and begin healing your wounds by relying upon the transformative power of forgiveness and acceptance. I will provide you with a fully accepting and non-judgmental environment to hel...
Are you here because you frequently feel worried, guilty, lonely, or angry? Perhaps, you have been experiencing excessive stress or anxiety when trying to manage your career or relationships. I specialize in stress, anxiety, mood, and anger management, and trauma treatment. I offer effective treatment tools including EMDR, CBT, Mindfulness, ACT, DBT, and Schema Therapy. I particularly enjoy...
Your ease, your vitality, your happiness, your well-being - your joy within yourself and within your relationships - are available to you, within you. Life presents challenges, obstacles, and suffering also, through which we take to heart and mind and we grow. Therapy is a journey of self and life understanding. We take this journey of growth and self-and-other understanding together to address...
Life has a way of handing us unwanted challenges. Sometimes it's a death, a divorce, the loss of a job, or some other major life event. Sometime it's an acute or chronic illness that we hadn't factored into our lives, and certainly don't want. Or it could be several challenges occurring at the same time. Is it chronic stress, the everyday minutiae of life that weighs you down? You may feel...
As my client, you will be heard, understood, respected, and valued. Your challenges and concerns are important and are the focus of our collaboration. I have had good success assisting clients in how they feel while also increasing their understanding of the how and why of their difficulties. My services are compassionate, clinically based, ethical, and confidential. I provide a safe environmen...
Are you struggling with who you are, your worthiness, shameful experiences and your right to live a joyful life? If so, there is a successful way to begin healing, moving forward and taking back your power. Asking for help can be a difficult task that takes strength and courage; both of which you are capable of! Together, I hope that I can help to empower you to work through the trials and...
Regardless of age, social status, or families of origin, the way we feel about ourselves affects the way we see the world, experience our lives, and manage our relationships. Having local roots but being born and raised in the city on the mainland, I know from firsthand experience what it's like growing up with a variety of obstacles and needing to navigate the sometimes fearsome and forboding...
Clinical Psychotherapist Private Practice 39 years with enduring Focus on blending psychological and spiritual principles, practices, tools; Women's Health and Spiritual Development; Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy Certificate Nine Month Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Training Program (2012-2013). Training and Advanced Training: Roberto Assagioli's model of Psycho-synthesis; Francine...
I use an integrated therapeutic approach tailoring each session to your needs. Everyone is faced with challenges in life sometimes and it is important to remember that you are not alone. Therapy is a wonderful way to process thoughts and emotions related to these experiences. An important element of effective therapy is feeling comfortable and safe expressing yourself and releasing your pain. I...
The bumper sticker on my car says DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK. This statement sums up one of the most important wishes that I have for my clients and supports the work that we will do together. It is my opinion that our beliefs about ourselves and the world are our most powerful tools for change (for good or ill) that we have. At your own pace, we will explore the ways that your beliefs...
I help children, teens, and adults bridge the gap between their current performance and their potential. My specialty is ADHD and Executive Functioning. Together we will navigate the daily challenges, identify the roadblocks, and work diligently to make progress toward your goals. From academic underperformance to time management and organization, I individually tailor coaching services to fit...
Over the past 40 years, I have counseled children, teenagers, and adults who have experienced grief and loss, divorce, marital problems, anxiety and depression and other behavioral issues. It is my goal to assist people who are experiencing these issues to resolve them and move on as quickly as possible for a more peaceful life. Call or Email Michael King LCSW for a free phone consultation now ...
My primary practice is the assessment and treatment of children, birth through age 10, with developmental and social-emotional difficulties. I offer clinical assessment for children and individual, client-centered therapy for children and their caregivers. I specialize in treating children with trauma-related conditions, including child maltreatment and attachment or adjustment disorders. This...
