Oppositional Defiance (ODD) Therapists in Pittsburg County, OK
Hi! My goal is to provide a supportive and compassionate space where clients feel heard, valued, and empowered to navigate life’s challenges. Therapy should be a collaborative process, helping clients build self-awareness, develop effective coping strategies, and create meaningful change. Whether working through trauma, anxiety, depression, or relationship struggles, the focus is on fostering resilience, improving emotional well-being, and strengthening connections. Ultimately, the aim is to help clients gain clarity, break free from unhelpful patterns, and move forward with confidence in themselves and their future.
Hi! My goal is to provide a supportive and compassionate space where clients feel heard, valued, and empowered to navigate life’s challenges. Therapy should be a collaborative process, helping clients build self-awareness, develop effective coping strategies, and create meaningful change. Whether working through trauma, anxiety, depression, or relationship struggles, the focus is on fostering resilience, improving emotional well-being, and strengthening connections. Ultimately, the aim is to help clients gain clarity, break free from unhelpful patterns, and move forward with confidence in themselves and their future.
We all find ourselves struggling to get past a problem at times. That problem may be an important relationship, or a personal emotional challenge. My approach to helping clients is non-judgmental and based on a client-centered approach. I work hard to understand your specific situation and issues. After all, therapy is about YOU! I strive to create an atmosphere of mutual respect, honesty, and trust with all my clients.
We all find ourselves struggling to get past a problem at times. That problem may be an important relationship, or a personal emotional challenge. My approach to helping clients is non-judgmental and based on a client-centered approach. I work hard to understand your specific situation and issues. After all, therapy is about YOU! I strive to create an atmosphere of mutual respect, honesty, and trust with all my clients.
I own and operate a multidisciplinary mental health clinic, The Well Psychology and Counseling. Within my practice, I provide psychological assessments for children, teens, adults, and couples with a wide range of concerns, including ADHD, autism, learning disorders, anxiety, trauma, adoption clearance, mood disorders, and more. My comprehensive assessments offer a full picture of how you think, function, and relate to the world by integrating cognitive, psychological, and personality testing. This process includes a clinical interview, objective testing, numerous self-report measures, a 20+ page report, and a feedback session.
I own and operate a multidisciplinary mental health clinic, The Well Psychology and Counseling. Within my practice, I provide psychological assessments for children, teens, adults, and couples with a wide range of concerns, including ADHD, autism, learning disorders, anxiety, trauma, adoption clearance, mood disorders, and more. My comprehensive assessments offer a full picture of how you think, function, and relate to the world by integrating cognitive, psychological, and personality testing. This process includes a clinical interview, objective testing, numerous self-report measures, a 20+ page report, and a feedback session.
I have a genuine love for people. I have a natural connection to others and I strive to help you be the best "YOU". Life is meant to be enjoyed and I want you to enjoy it. I work with teens, adults, families, couples, & organizations. I provide services for substance abuse, parenting, domestic violence, forensic review, professional consultation with other professions, & health related concerns. I hold a license as an LCSW-Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Board Approved Supervisor. I am a Department of Transportation Substance Abuse Professional (DOT SAP) and I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist-Trauma & Addiction (CCTS-A).
I have a genuine love for people. I have a natural connection to others and I strive to help you be the best "YOU". Life is meant to be enjoyed and I want you to enjoy it. I work with teens, adults, families, couples, & organizations. I provide services for substance abuse, parenting, domestic violence, forensic review, professional consultation with other professions, & health related concerns. I hold a license as an LCSW-Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Board Approved Supervisor. I am a Department of Transportation Substance Abuse Professional (DOT SAP) and I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist-Trauma & Addiction (CCTS-A).
Online Therapists
You may be facing a new problem, want to change behaviors, need healing from your past, or maybe you are going through a crisis. I partner with you in a collaborative manner, providing expertise and guidance to help you learn more about yourself, make lasting change, and create the life you desire. You will experience new ways to access your potential, apply creative solutions to your problems, and integrate actions that make a difference in your life. You will achieve personal growth, healing, improve coping skills, and better care for yourself and your relationships with my individualized and comprehensive approach.
You may be facing a new problem, want to change behaviors, need healing from your past, or maybe you are going through a crisis. I partner with you in a collaborative manner, providing expertise and guidance to help you learn more about yourself, make lasting change, and create the life you desire. You will experience new ways to access your potential, apply creative solutions to your problems, and integrate actions that make a difference in your life. You will achieve personal growth, healing, improve coping skills, and better care for yourself and your relationships with my individualized and comprehensive approach.
Do others/you think you're "weird af" or different? Are journaling, mindfulness, CBT, DBT, and/or ACT not working? Try existentialism. It focuses on exploring personal experiences, finding meaning in one's life, and determining one's identity. Your experience is more than symptoms and diagnoses; we look at how you actually live your life from your perspective. Find your values, your beliefs, and what matters to you. Love your "weird." Existential is about choice, freedom, and purpose.
Do others/you think you're "weird af" or different? Are journaling, mindfulness, CBT, DBT, and/or ACT not working? Try existentialism. It focuses on exploring personal experiences, finding meaning in one's life, and determining one's identity. Your experience is more than symptoms and diagnoses; we look at how you actually live your life from your perspective. Find your values, your beliefs, and what matters to you. Love your "weird." Existential is about choice, freedom, and purpose.
I am a counselor who truly feels honored to be working alongside adult clients to help facilitate the change they need in their life. In addition to being a therapist, I have worked in higher education since 2006 as a college professor and even an adviser, so I have the passion and the knowledge base required for working with college aged clients. In addition, I have years of experience working with adults who have experienced trauma, or struggle with anxiety, depression, personal, or marital issues.
I am a counselor who truly feels honored to be working alongside adult clients to help facilitate the change they need in their life. In addition to being a therapist, I have worked in higher education since 2006 as a college professor and even an adviser, so I have the passion and the knowledge base required for working with college aged clients. In addition, I have years of experience working with adults who have experienced trauma, or struggle with anxiety, depression, personal, or marital issues.
Abundant Grace Counseling, Lisa Peña
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
2 Endorsed
Jenks, OK 74037
Therapy should be a safe place where you can open up and speak freely and honestly. If you feel that your daily life is a struggle, I will work with you to help you understand your difficulty. We will work together to discover new ways of coping and understanding to alleviate your distress so that you can begin to live the most rewarding and fulfilling life possible. My clients have commented they appreciate my warm nature and creativity I bring into sessions. I have experience working with a wide-range of clientele - children, adolescents, families, as well as individual adults.
Therapy should be a safe place where you can open up and speak freely and honestly. If you feel that your daily life is a struggle, I will work with you to help you understand your difficulty. We will work together to discover new ways of coping and understanding to alleviate your distress so that you can begin to live the most rewarding and fulfilling life possible. My clients have commented they appreciate my warm nature and creativity I bring into sessions. I have experience working with a wide-range of clientele - children, adolescents, families, as well as individual adults.
Help starts here to attain your peak performance level, enhance your development, and remove barriers to meeting your goals and mission in life. I am an experienced and empathetic diagnostician-therapist, LCSW supervisor, and program consultant-researcher. I have practiced over 30 years with individuals, families, groups, entry-level social workers, and business/agencies/workplaces delivering services to maximize strengths and integrate family and social systems. I have specialized experience working with military veterans, service members, and military families and bring to that work the understanding from my own life experience growing up in the Army during war time.
Help starts here to attain your peak performance level, enhance your development, and remove barriers to meeting your goals and mission in life. I am an experienced and empathetic diagnostician-therapist, LCSW supervisor, and program consultant-researcher. I have practiced over 30 years with individuals, families, groups, entry-level social workers, and business/agencies/workplaces delivering services to maximize strengths and integrate family and social systems. I have specialized experience working with military veterans, service members, and military families and bring to that work the understanding from my own life experience growing up in the Army during war time.
I often find myself working with children, teens, families, and working women who feel overwhelmed by the stress of balancing life’s many responsibilities. Whether you’re navigating ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting challenges, career demands, or major life transitions, I provide a supportive and collaborative space to help you build practical skills, increase confidence, and create meaningful change. I believe healing happens best when individuals and families feel empowered, connected, and supported throughout their journey.
I often find myself working with children, teens, families, and working women who feel overwhelmed by the stress of balancing life’s many responsibilities. Whether you’re navigating ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting challenges, career demands, or major life transitions, I provide a supportive and collaborative space to help you build practical skills, increase confidence, and create meaningful change. I believe healing happens best when individuals and families feel empowered, connected, and supported throughout their journey.
Trauma from adoption, adverse childhood experiences, unhealthy attachment, difficult family dynamics, depression, divorce, difficulty making choices, difficult relationships and high anxiety. Getting relief may seem impossible. I am a certified EMDR (trauma) therapist and incorporate Ego State therapy to resolve early childhood trauma. Clients find a safer, calmer quality of life. "Successful counseling happens in a safe and relational environment." Find a safe person to speak your deepest fears and be restored at Breakthrough Counseling.
Trauma from adoption, adverse childhood experiences, unhealthy attachment, difficult family dynamics, depression, divorce, difficulty making choices, difficult relationships and high anxiety. Getting relief may seem impossible. I am a certified EMDR (trauma) therapist and incorporate Ego State therapy to resolve early childhood trauma. Clients find a safer, calmer quality of life. "Successful counseling happens in a safe and relational environment." Find a safe person to speak your deepest fears and be restored at Breakthrough Counseling.
Maddie is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 2 years of experience providing compassionate mental health counseling. She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology with a minor in Health and Exercise Science from the University of Oklahoma and her graduate degree in Mental Health Counseling from Oklahoma State University. Maddie currently works inpatient with adolescents struggling with eating disorders full-time, while also offering outpatient part-time services at Flourish Wellness.
Maddie is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 2 years of experience providing compassionate mental health counseling. She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology with a minor in Health and Exercise Science from the University of Oklahoma and her graduate degree in Mental Health Counseling from Oklahoma State University. Maddie currently works inpatient with adolescents struggling with eating disorders full-time, while also offering outpatient part-time services at Flourish Wellness.
Now Accepting New Clients!
Is your household feeling chaotic or overwhelming? Are relationships feeling strained, or are you facing big behaviors that you’re not sure how to manage?
You don’t have to navigate this alone.
I specialize in working with children and their caregivers to strengthen connection, build trust, and create a greater sense of calm within the home. Through a combination of play therapy and relationship-based approaches, I help children develop self-esteem, increase felt safety, and learn to navigate big emotions in healthy, meaningful ways.
Now Accepting New Clients!
Is your household feeling chaotic or overwhelming? Are relationships feeling strained, or are you facing big behaviors that you’re not sure how to manage?
You don’t have to navigate this alone.
I specialize in working with children and their caregivers to strengthen connection, build trust, and create a greater sense of calm within the home. Through a combination of play therapy and relationship-based approaches, I help children develop self-esteem, increase felt safety, and learn to navigate big emotions in healthy, meaningful ways.
You are exhausted.
You’ve been holding everything together— and at best, surviving— for so long that you don't always recognize yourself anymore. Life has left you overwhelmed, stuck, and wondering how much longer you can keep doing this.
You desperately want something different, but part of you may even wonder if something different is even possible.
I believe hope is more than a feeling. It’s a decision. Even now, in the middle of pain, overwhelm, and uncertainty, you can choose a new path— one that leads beyond mere survival toward a life you actually enjoy.
You are exhausted.
You’ve been holding everything together— and at best, surviving— for so long that you don't always recognize yourself anymore. Life has left you overwhelmed, stuck, and wondering how much longer you can keep doing this.
You desperately want something different, but part of you may even wonder if something different is even possible.
I believe hope is more than a feeling. It’s a decision. Even now, in the middle of pain, overwhelm, and uncertainty, you can choose a new path— one that leads beyond mere survival toward a life you actually enjoy.
My passion is working with individuals, couples and groups in the following areas: Conduct and Oppositional Defiant Disorders, Personality Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders, Physical/Sexual/Emotional Abuse, Anger/Stress Management, Non-suicidal Self-Harm Behavior, or Partner Relational Problems, and Self-esteem Issues.
It's scary to tell your problems to a total stranger, especially when sharing the most private parts of ones life. My adoration is to help bring wholeness and healing to individuals and families. To help one seek out and discover growth through understanding of oneself and strengths that has yet to be discovered, which will assist in overcoming challenges.
My passion is working with individuals, couples and groups in the following areas: Conduct and Oppositional Defiant Disorders, Personality Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders, Physical/Sexual/Emotional Abuse, Anger/Stress Management, Non-suicidal Self-Harm Behavior, or Partner Relational Problems, and Self-esteem Issues.
It's scary to tell your problems to a total stranger, especially when sharing the most private parts of ones life. My adoration is to help bring wholeness and healing to individuals and families. To help one seek out and discover growth through understanding of oneself and strengths that has yet to be discovered, which will assist in overcoming challenges.
At Refuge Behavioral Health, we are an outpatient counseling agency that specializes in Individual, Family, Marriage as well as, Alcohol and Drug Counseling services for adults, adolescents, and children. We are located in Tishomingo, OK and serve many surrounding communities including: Milburn, Madill, Kingston, Sulphur, Ardmore, Dickson, Durant, Wapanucka and many more!
At Refuge Behavioral Health, we are an outpatient counseling agency that specializes in Individual, Family, Marriage as well as, Alcohol and Drug Counseling services for adults, adolescents, and children. We are located in Tishomingo, OK and serve many surrounding communities including: Milburn, Madill, Kingston, Sulphur, Ardmore, Dickson, Durant, Wapanucka and many more!
Are you seeking a supportive, grounded connection—one that feels natural and restorative rather than clinical or overwhelming? If you're feeling anxious, burned out, or struggling to find your place, you need a space to process emotions, gain clarity, and restore balance in a way that aligns with your values. I offer a judgment-free environment for kids, teens, and adults to navigate life’s challenges using mindfulness, self-exploration, and evidence-based practices. Together, we’ll build resilience, cultivate belonging, and create a path toward a more fulfilling, rooted life—one where you feel empowered, heard, & truly understood.
Are you seeking a supportive, grounded connection—one that feels natural and restorative rather than clinical or overwhelming? If you're feeling anxious, burned out, or struggling to find your place, you need a space to process emotions, gain clarity, and restore balance in a way that aligns with your values. I offer a judgment-free environment for kids, teens, and adults to navigate life’s challenges using mindfulness, self-exploration, and evidence-based practices. Together, we’ll build resilience, cultivate belonging, and create a path toward a more fulfilling, rooted life—one where you feel empowered, heard, & truly understood.
Waypoint Mental Health Counseling provides outpatient counseling services to clients across Oklahoma, providing care for children and adults. The practice is rooted in faith-based values, fostering an environment where clients can find healing and growth. Waypoint is committed to supporting individuals and families through emotional and mental health challenges.
Waypoint offers in-office appointments, school-based appointments, and telehealth options to ensure accessibility and convenience for clients statewide.
Waypoint Mental Health Counseling provides outpatient counseling services to clients across Oklahoma, providing care for children and adults. The practice is rooted in faith-based values, fostering an environment where clients can find healing and growth. Waypoint is committed to supporting individuals and families through emotional and mental health challenges.
Waypoint offers in-office appointments, school-based appointments, and telehealth options to ensure accessibility and convenience for clients statewide.
Facing hardships is an inevitable part of being human. Worry, sadness, conflict, and loneliness creep in despite our best attempts to keep them at bay. Without help, day-to-day experiences can become overwhelming to manage. I provide a safe and compassionate environment to explore life's deepest challenges. My goal as your therapist is to walk alongside you as you gain greater insight, awareness, and skills to live more authentically. I am an earnest and inquisitive therapist who uses an eclectic mix of treatment modalities to meet your unique needs. Together we will collaborate to design the therapy that feels right to you.
Facing hardships is an inevitable part of being human. Worry, sadness, conflict, and loneliness creep in despite our best attempts to keep them at bay. Without help, day-to-day experiences can become overwhelming to manage. I provide a safe and compassionate environment to explore life's deepest challenges. My goal as your therapist is to walk alongside you as you gain greater insight, awareness, and skills to live more authentically. I am an earnest and inquisitive therapist who uses an eclectic mix of treatment modalities to meet your unique needs. Together we will collaborate to design the therapy that feels right to you.
Unresolved trauma can leave lasting wounds that affect every part of life, from emotions and relationships to self-worth and the ability to feel safe in the world. I work with adolescents, adults, and older adults who are struggling with the effects of trauma, abuse, anxiety, depression, and life crises. My practice is centered on helping clients understand the impact of what they have lived through while building the tools needed to heal, regain stability, and move forward.
Unresolved trauma can leave lasting wounds that affect every part of life, from emotions and relationships to self-worth and the ability to feel safe in the world. I work with adolescents, adults, and older adults who are struggling with the effects of trauma, abuse, anxiety, depression, and life crises. My practice is centered on helping clients understand the impact of what they have lived through while building the tools needed to heal, regain stability, and move forward.
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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.