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Tom Paderna
Registered Psychological Assistant, PhD MS
Verified Verified
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
“We are all going through something.” – Anonymous. Feeling stuck, overwhelmed and unable to move forward and live your best life? Oftentimes it’s about your relationships, communicating with your partner, major decisions, or facing life’s unexpected challenges. Every so often it can even be those long-standing issues that you’ve been able to deal with, but this time, you just need a little help. To be human is to be in a relationship. Relationships can be with your spouse or partner, with your family, or even with Yourself.
“We are all going through something.” – Anonymous. Feeling stuck, overwhelmed and unable to move forward and live your best life? Oftentimes it’s about your relationships, communicating with your partner, major decisions, or facing life’s unexpected challenges. Every so often it can even be those long-standing issues that you’ve been able to deal with, but this time, you just need a little help. To be human is to be in a relationship. Relationships can be with your spouse or partner, with your family, or even with Yourself.
(916) 312-1663 x710 View (916) 312-1663 x710
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Amber Tran
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
Are you interested in being the best version of yourself? Allow me to come along in your journey. Our work together will involve understanding why you engage in certain behaviors, learning coping skills, and discovering the courage you never knew you had. You will be able to gain confidence and develop more meaningful relationships. This will allow you to achieve the life you thought was possible but didn't know how to achieve.
Are you interested in being the best version of yourself? Allow me to come along in your journey. Our work together will involve understanding why you engage in certain behaviors, learning coping skills, and discovering the courage you never knew you had. You will be able to gain confidence and develop more meaningful relationships. This will allow you to achieve the life you thought was possible but didn't know how to achieve.
(916) 202-4137 View (916) 202-4137

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Paul Sanders
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Laisa Jamison
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
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I am also training to utilize Solution Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Dialectic Behavioral Therapy.
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Vong Chang
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
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I have been in the behavioral health setting for over 20 years and have experiences in a range of conditions from mild to moderate concerns and more serious mental health issues.
The professional role to assist individuals with whatever life challenges and obstacles is a privilege to have and to obtain. Life can present itself in the most unusual circumstances that often feels out of reach, stressful and frustrating. These adverse effects can lead to anxiety, depression or a loss of self but there is hope. The partnership that I offered to you can assist in ways that will restore your abilities, discovered your uttermost potential and bring a level of confidence and sense of clarity and understanding.
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Ying Kam
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Verified Verified
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Adrianna Asavamedhi
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Verified Verified
Folsom, CA 95630
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Snow Lee
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Telehealth of California
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Verified Verified
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Maika Shaku Lcsw
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Folsom, CA 95630  (Online Only)
Are you a high achiever? A perfectionist? A people pleaser? Are you unsatisfied and anxious, but you don't know what to do? Maybe you’re constantly stressing about problems that never even arise. Maybe you are struggling with moving forward because of the disturbing experience you've had in the past. Maybe negative and traumatic experiences caused emotional pain, changed who you really are, and damaged your relationships. It's not too late to seek help because healing is possible. I will work with you so you can achieve your goal, and I can assist you in feeling like yourself again. I'm very patient. Trust me, I will be with you.
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Melinda Drake
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Sacramento, CA 95825
I have worked with individuals dealing with the co-morbidity of substance use and mental health disorders. So me of whom have had sexual addictions and relationship issues.
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Nadet Thach
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
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I am a client-centered and faith-based clinician offering my dedication, compassion, and generous helping nature at your convenience.
I am a client-centered and faith-based clinician offering my dedication, compassion, and generous helping nature at your convenience.
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Behavioral Issues Therapists

What happens in therapy for behavioral issues?

No matter the type of therapy, individuals form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is often therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Individuals learn to identify situations that are especially troublesome for them and acquire new patterns of thinking and behaving. In therapy for ADHD, one of the most common behavior issues for children, individuals learn how to improve frustration tolerance, control impulsivity, manage attentional focus, and gain skills of self-organisation.

What therapy types help with behavioral issues?

Many types of therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Perhaps best-known and most widely tested is cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT), in which individuals learn new behavioral strategies and curb reactivity to frustrating or distressing situations that trigger disruptive behaviour. Anger, anxiety, mood disorders, impulse control problems are commonly addressed in CBT. Family therapy or parent management training is often helpful to reduce parent-child conflict and behavioral difficulties at home.

How long does therapy last for behavioral issues?

Among popular approaches to treating behavioral concerns, CBT is considered a short-term therapy intended to be administered in 15 to 20 weekly sessions. Parent training in behavior management, often used when the underlying cause of behavior issues is ADHD in children under 12, usually occurs in weekly sessions for 8 to 16 weeks. When behavioral issues stem from persistent aggression or defiance, therapy may last for months, and usually targets both children and their parents.

How effective is therapy for behavior issues?

Studies show that therapy for behavior issues in children is highly effective and may prevent the development of antisocial behavior later in life. Family intervention—parent management training or family therapy, both of which involve parents and children together—is considered most effective, notably for children under age 12 who persistently engage in aggressive, defiant, rule-breaking or other disruptive behavior. Whether provided alone or in combination with medication, CBT is highly effective in helping people regulate their emotions, and for people with ADHD, it addresses impulsiveness, hyperactivity and attentional focus.