Oppositional Defiance (ODD) Therapists in Eldersburg, MD
Accepting clients in person or virtual! I believe everyone has within them the strength, ability, and desire to fulfill his or her own potential. My job as a therapist is to help you to recognize, find, and unlock your inner strengths through the therapeutic and self-discovery process. If you or a loved one are struggling with feelings of sadness, anxiety, impacted by a recent or prolonged trauma, or are just having difficulty navigating through the daily stresses of life, I can help. I provide a warm, non-judgmental, and safe haven environment for your journey of self-discovery and growth. Telehealth Available
Accepting clients in person or virtual! I believe everyone has within them the strength, ability, and desire to fulfill his or her own potential. My job as a therapist is to help you to recognize, find, and unlock your inner strengths through the therapeutic and self-discovery process. If you or a loved one are struggling with feelings of sadness, anxiety, impacted by a recent or prolonged trauma, or are just having difficulty navigating through the daily stresses of life, I can help. I provide a warm, non-judgmental, and safe haven environment for your journey of self-discovery and growth. Telehealth Available
I am a skilled clinician with experience working with adolescents through adult clients. I have over 20 years experience in outpatient & inpatient settings seeing clients with a wide range of mental health diagnoses. My goal is to aid clients with negotiating difficulties and optimizing their functioning using validation, a person-centered approach, as well as various evidence based treatment modalities. Whether working in an individual, family, or couples setting, the aim is for clients to feel an increased effectiveness to cope with life stressors and build skills that will afford them the opportunity to live their best life.
I am a skilled clinician with experience working with adolescents through adult clients. I have over 20 years experience in outpatient & inpatient settings seeing clients with a wide range of mental health diagnoses. My goal is to aid clients with negotiating difficulties and optimizing their functioning using validation, a person-centered approach, as well as various evidence based treatment modalities. Whether working in an individual, family, or couples setting, the aim is for clients to feel an increased effectiveness to cope with life stressors and build skills that will afford them the opportunity to live their best life.
Are you ready for a change in your life? If you’re feeling stuck, anxious, or facing challenges in making healthy changes, you’re in the right place. I am a licensed psychologist here to help you on your journey to a better you. I provide individual counseling for adolescents and adults, and I am here to help you move towards a healthier future and lifestyle that you have always wanted. With my experience in treating mood disorders, self-esteem issues, women's issues, life transitions, college readiness and mental health, body image concerns, and relationship struggles, I know I can help you improve both emotionally and physically.
Are you ready for a change in your life? If you’re feeling stuck, anxious, or facing challenges in making healthy changes, you’re in the right place. I am a licensed psychologist here to help you on your journey to a better you. I provide individual counseling for adolescents and adults, and I am here to help you move towards a healthier future and lifestyle that you have always wanted. With my experience in treating mood disorders, self-esteem issues, women's issues, life transitions, college readiness and mental health, body image concerns, and relationship struggles, I know I can help you improve both emotionally and physically.
Thank you for visiting my profile, my name is Tony McCusker - a compassionate and knowledgeable licensed counselor. I received a master's degree from McDaniel College in Community Mental Health. I participate in a salutogenic model of therapy, focusing on solutions and equipping people with the tools they need to overcome obstacles, succeed, and grow. We all know that pain in life is unavoidable, but I'd love to help you carry that burden while we develop solutions by creating a safe space. You are the expert on your life, and I will bring my expertise in therapy to partner with you to find the relief and the balance that you seek.
Thank you for visiting my profile, my name is Tony McCusker - a compassionate and knowledgeable licensed counselor. I received a master's degree from McDaniel College in Community Mental Health. I participate in a salutogenic model of therapy, focusing on solutions and equipping people with the tools they need to overcome obstacles, succeed, and grow. We all know that pain in life is unavoidable, but I'd love to help you carry that burden while we develop solutions by creating a safe space. You are the expert on your life, and I will bring my expertise in therapy to partner with you to find the relief and the balance that you seek.
Seeking out therapeutic services is healthy for our mind/body/soul connection. Just as we go to the gym to keep our bodies healthy, or puzzles to keep our mind sharp, we go to therapy to keep our connection between our mind/body/soul. Further, relationships are the center of connection: how we relate to others (family, friends, coworkers,) and the relationship we have with ourselves. It is my privilege to sit with you (or your family members) while we navigate the roadblocks and successes that make your life experience uniquely yours. It is my hope that in through this exploration and work, we can improve your relationships.
Seeking out therapeutic services is healthy for our mind/body/soul connection. Just as we go to the gym to keep our bodies healthy, or puzzles to keep our mind sharp, we go to therapy to keep our connection between our mind/body/soul. Further, relationships are the center of connection: how we relate to others (family, friends, coworkers,) and the relationship we have with ourselves. It is my privilege to sit with you (or your family members) while we navigate the roadblocks and successes that make your life experience uniquely yours. It is my hope that in through this exploration and work, we can improve your relationships.
I specialize in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders in children, adolescents and adults as well as behavior problems in children and adolescents. I also treat those who have experienced trauma. I utilize cognitive behavioral, behavior modification, relaxation, and solution focused therapies to help clients achieve a better life. My treatment approach is to listen carefully, develop treatment goals that are important and achieveable for the client, build on the client's current skills and help to develop new life skills as well as helping the client to achieve life balance.
I specialize in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders in children, adolescents and adults as well as behavior problems in children and adolescents. I also treat those who have experienced trauma. I utilize cognitive behavioral, behavior modification, relaxation, and solution focused therapies to help clients achieve a better life. My treatment approach is to listen carefully, develop treatment goals that are important and achieveable for the client, build on the client's current skills and help to develop new life skills as well as helping the client to achieve life balance.
Is your family life stressful? Are you and your spouse having difficulties? Has there been an increase in arguments with your partner or a feeling of disconnect in the relationship? Do you feel overwhelmed in your own life? I have over 25 years of experience working with individuals, couples and families. I have had my Private Practice office in downtown Westminster for the last 20 of those years. I use a relational, strengths-based approach to help my clients lead happier, more successful individual and family lives.
Is your family life stressful? Are you and your spouse having difficulties? Has there been an increase in arguments with your partner or a feeling of disconnect in the relationship? Do you feel overwhelmed in your own life? I have over 25 years of experience working with individuals, couples and families. I have had my Private Practice office in downtown Westminster for the last 20 of those years. I use a relational, strengths-based approach to help my clients lead happier, more successful individual and family lives.
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Hello, my name is Courtney and I am a daughter, a mother, and a therapist! I am a believer in all things mental health and wellness! I decided to pursue a career in counseling because I have a great passion for supporting individuals in a nonjudgmental, safe, and inviting space. My goal in our therapeutic relationship is to help guide you in making positive choices, while also maintaining a healthy lifestyle that helps you become your whole self. Let us take this journey together and find your healing for the next step of your life.
Hello, my name is Courtney and I am a daughter, a mother, and a therapist! I am a believer in all things mental health and wellness! I decided to pursue a career in counseling because I have a great passion for supporting individuals in a nonjudgmental, safe, and inviting space. My goal in our therapeutic relationship is to help guide you in making positive choices, while also maintaining a healthy lifestyle that helps you become your whole self. Let us take this journey together and find your healing for the next step of your life.
You’re tired of being told your child will "grow out of it" or that they just need more "validation." For you, there has never been an "easy" phase. Whether it’s constant explosive outbursts, paralyzing anxiety, or the friction of ADHD, you feel like you’ve been in survival mode since day one. You’ve tried the stickers and the gentle talks, but the repetitive cycles of behavior are taking over your home. You feel stuck between being a "mean" parent and a defeated one. I help families who are done with vague advice and are ready for a clinical, science-based roadmap to finally find some peace.
You’re tired of being told your child will "grow out of it" or that they just need more "validation." For you, there has never been an "easy" phase. Whether it’s constant explosive outbursts, paralyzing anxiety, or the friction of ADHD, you feel like you’ve been in survival mode since day one. You’ve tried the stickers and the gentle talks, but the repetitive cycles of behavior are taking over your home. You feel stuck between being a "mean" parent and a defeated one. I help families who are done with vague advice and are ready for a clinical, science-based roadmap to finally find some peace.
Hi, my name is Amy and I am a dedicated licensed social worker hoping to empower children, teens, adults, couples and families who are on a mission to better themselves and look for mental health healing. I look forward to starting a therapeutic relationship that benefits an improves your self awareness and self care processes.
I look forward to connecting with you to see how my methods and therapies may work for your needs. I understand reaching out and starting the process can be a little scary. My hope is after a short consultation you will feel like it is the right self-care choice for you.
Hi, my name is Amy and I am a dedicated licensed social worker hoping to empower children, teens, adults, couples and families who are on a mission to better themselves and look for mental health healing. I look forward to starting a therapeutic relationship that benefits an improves your self awareness and self care processes.
I look forward to connecting with you to see how my methods and therapies may work for your needs. I understand reaching out and starting the process can be a little scary. My hope is after a short consultation you will feel like it is the right self-care choice for you.
Hello there! I’m Jaclyn! I’m a compassionate social worker with experience supporting children, adolescents, and families. My approach is rooted in meeting individuals where they are, offering care that is responsive to their unique needs, strengths, and experiences. I work to create a safe, non-judgmental space where clients can explore their thoughts and emotions at their own pace. By integrating mindfulness techniques, I help foster self-awareness and emotional regulation, empowering individuals to face life’s challenges with confidence and resilience.
Hello there! I’m Jaclyn! I’m a compassionate social worker with experience supporting children, adolescents, and families. My approach is rooted in meeting individuals where they are, offering care that is responsive to their unique needs, strengths, and experiences. I work to create a safe, non-judgmental space where clients can explore their thoughts and emotions at their own pace. By integrating mindfulness techniques, I help foster self-awareness and emotional regulation, empowering individuals to face life’s challenges with confidence and resilience.
PMT is a short-term treatment method designed to provide parents the skills to manage children who are diagnosed with ADHD and either oppositional defiant or conduct disorder.
Clients come to therapy seeking relief from anxiety, depression, or bipolar symptoms. They want to learn skills or strategies that can help them manage their symptoms. Clients with ADHD seek counseling to help them manage their ADHD symptoms. Parents of children with ADHD may seek parent management training. Adolescents with ADHD may need skills to help with schoolwork. Adults with ADHD may seek skills to help them in the workplace, such as time management.
PMT is a short-term treatment method designed to provide parents the skills to manage children who are diagnosed with ADHD and either oppositional defiant or conduct disorder.
Clients come to therapy seeking relief from anxiety, depression, or bipolar symptoms. They want to learn skills or strategies that can help them manage their symptoms. Clients with ADHD seek counseling to help them manage their ADHD symptoms. Parents of children with ADHD may seek parent management training. Adolescents with ADHD may need skills to help with schoolwork. Adults with ADHD may seek skills to help them in the workplace, such as time management.
Does your child or adolescent struggle with anxiety, focus, impulsivity, social skills, school issues, executive functioning, or behavior? Do their struggles affect their daily life, education, relationships, and your ability to be an effective parent? Do you feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and frustrated by not knowing what to do to help them? In the present times, parents/caregivers and families are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and uncertain about how to balance living a busy, modern life and helping their children and adolescents who are dealing with mental health and school challenges. I would love to support you and your family.
Does your child or adolescent struggle with anxiety, focus, impulsivity, social skills, school issues, executive functioning, or behavior? Do their struggles affect their daily life, education, relationships, and your ability to be an effective parent? Do you feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and frustrated by not knowing what to do to help them? In the present times, parents/caregivers and families are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and uncertain about how to balance living a busy, modern life and helping their children and adolescents who are dealing with mental health and school challenges. I would love to support you and your family.
My client focus are children and adolescents. I started working with children and adolescents over 10 years ago, caring for their physical health in hospitals. After a few years, I decided to transition from physical health to mental health and have been working with children and adolescents for over 2 years in individual and group counseling and in the public school system. I've worked with children dealing with behavioral concerns in the school, home, and community. Social emotional learning, career exploration, experiential learning, and small groups have been my areas of specialty.
My client focus are children and adolescents. I started working with children and adolescents over 10 years ago, caring for their physical health in hospitals. After a few years, I decided to transition from physical health to mental health and have been working with children and adolescents for over 2 years in individual and group counseling and in the public school system. I've worked with children dealing with behavioral concerns in the school, home, and community. Social emotional learning, career exploration, experiential learning, and small groups have been my areas of specialty.
I am a seasoned clinician excited to listen and provide platforms designing and employing Psychotherapy approaches. Skill building, empowering others and using positive and strength-based individualized interventions are crafts I possess, reflective of rapport building, professionalism and experience. My goal, as a therapist, is to celebrate differences while counseling others and recognizing their strengths becoming experts of themselves and circumstances. All interventions are therapeutically driven, meeting people where they are, respecting lenses, and providing comfort, awareness and guidance through stages of desired outcomes.
I am a seasoned clinician excited to listen and provide platforms designing and employing Psychotherapy approaches. Skill building, empowering others and using positive and strength-based individualized interventions are crafts I possess, reflective of rapport building, professionalism and experience. My goal, as a therapist, is to celebrate differences while counseling others and recognizing their strengths becoming experts of themselves and circumstances. All interventions are therapeutically driven, meeting people where they are, respecting lenses, and providing comfort, awareness and guidance through stages of desired outcomes.
Stepping into parenthood is an exciting but often overwhelming journey. The routines, identity, and sense of self that once felt grounding may no longer fit in the same way during the postpartum and fourth trimester experience. While feelings of anxiety, overwhelm, grief, or uncertainty can arise, there is also space for growth, healing, and reconnection with yourself.
Stepping into parenthood is an exciting but often overwhelming journey. The routines, identity, and sense of self that once felt grounding may no longer fit in the same way during the postpartum and fourth trimester experience. While feelings of anxiety, overwhelm, grief, or uncertainty can arise, there is also space for growth, healing, and reconnection with yourself.
Henri Nouwen says, "real care means the willingness to help each other in making our brokenness into the gateway to joy." Perhaps it is the broken pieces of your life that have brought you to this page - broken relationships, broken dreams or just feeling broken. In this you are not alone, but it is my firm conviction that the broken pieces that are strewn about you can become the very material needed in creating wholeness and peace.
Henri Nouwen says, "real care means the willingness to help each other in making our brokenness into the gateway to joy." Perhaps it is the broken pieces of your life that have brought you to this page - broken relationships, broken dreams or just feeling broken. In this you are not alone, but it is my firm conviction that the broken pieces that are strewn about you can become the very material needed in creating wholeness and peace.
Our ideal clients are adults and minors in Baltimore County living with depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, serious mental illness, or co-occurring disorders, many navigating daily functioning challenges alongside their diagnosis. They come to us ready for real support, even if unsure where to start. Our licensed multidisciplinary team provides outpatient mental health therapy, psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and community-based psychiatric rehabilitation (PRP-A & PRP-M), meeting clients where life happens and building skills that last.
Our ideal clients are adults and minors in Baltimore County living with depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, serious mental illness, or co-occurring disorders, many navigating daily functioning challenges alongside their diagnosis. They come to us ready for real support, even if unsure where to start. Our licensed multidisciplinary team provides outpatient mental health therapy, psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and community-based psychiatric rehabilitation (PRP-A & PRP-M), meeting clients where life happens and building skills that last.
Therapy is a journey that includes the commitment of wanting to better yourself. The first step of therapy may be challenging, but that does not mean you have to do it alone. You belong and you are accepted here. My counseling style includes being empathetic, showing compassion, being realistic, and person centered. I am an empathetic coach, an active listener, and an advocate for self-awareness. I have over 15 years of experience in mental health. I currently specialize in treatment for adults, and adolescents ages 13-17 years old. I work with clients who identify with emotional, behavioral, and cognitive health issues.
Therapy is a journey that includes the commitment of wanting to better yourself. The first step of therapy may be challenging, but that does not mean you have to do it alone. You belong and you are accepted here. My counseling style includes being empathetic, showing compassion, being realistic, and person centered. I am an empathetic coach, an active listener, and an advocate for self-awareness. I have over 15 years of experience in mental health. I currently specialize in treatment for adults, and adolescents ages 13-17 years old. I work with clients who identify with emotional, behavioral, and cognitive health issues.
Renee Bonifacio Richberg
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, CMDP, CCATP
2 Endorsed
Cockeysville, MD 21030
As we journey through life, we encounter obstacles and challenges through the interactions we have with our family, our friends, and our environment that shape our reactions to the world around us and impact our self-perception. We may be unaware of how these behaviors negatively impact our day to day interactions and functioning that may be hindering our potential, leading to existential crises and feelings of aimlessness and hopelessness.
As we journey through life, we encounter obstacles and challenges through the interactions we have with our family, our friends, and our environment that shape our reactions to the world around us and impact our self-perception. We may be unaware of how these behaviors negatively impact our day to day interactions and functioning that may be hindering our potential, leading to existential crises and feelings of aimlessness and hopelessness.
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Oppositional Defiance (ODD) Therapists
What is the most effective treatment for oppositional defiant disorder?
The treatment of Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) will involve multiple approaches designed to help both the youngster and their parents, sometimes including medication. A therapist will help a child learn ways to regulate their emotions, curb their impulsiveness, and counteract anger, defiance, and disruption, while showing parents ways to bring these lessons into their home. A technique designed for children with conditions like ODD, known as Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS), may also be used. CPS addresses a child’s concerns and rewards appropriate responses while discouraging harsh punishment or criticism.
How does treatment for oppositional defiant disorder work?
Treatment for ODD addresses the issues underlying a child’s defiance and disruption, the emotional regulation and impulse-control skills they lack, and the way adults respond to them. ODD therapy is based on the idea that children with the disorder understand the difference between right and wrong, that they want to behave well, and that, with help, they can. By responding to the child with empathy instead of harsh criticism, ignoring nonviolent behaviors, and rewarding positive actions, a therapist, and the other adults in a child’s life, can help children improve their behavior.
How long does therapy for oppositional defiant disorder take?
Therapy for oppositional defiant disorder is not a short-term undertaking. Depending on the severity of a child’s symptoms, their age, the presence of other conditions like ADHD, anxiety or a mood disorder, and their family dynamic, it can take months before improvement is noted. The cooperation of parents and teachers is crucial, because the skills learned in therapy must be practiced in real-world situations, with all their potential triggers.
Does oppositional defiant disorder go away?
ODD can remit following treatment. ODD is often diagnosed in nursery school, and early intervention is essential for a positive prognosis. In two-thirds of children, according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, symptoms resolve within three years.