Coping mechanisms, or coping skills, are behaviors that people engage in to help them deal with difficult or stressful situations and emotions. Some can be healthy, but others aren’t.
Available Treatment Options
Therapists and counselors often work with clients to discover what coping mechanisms they’re using and determine if they are helpful. With this information, the person and the therapist can develop different coping mechanisms that are less harmful, such as meditation, exercise, journaling, drawing, or time with family.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Coping Skills
I believe that HOPE is the true essence of an enriched life and as a professional counselor I am called to restore or enhance hope in challenging situations. I seek to alleviate emotional and psychological pain and suffering that is caused by a variety of events and circumstances and to restore the ability for each person to experience peace, hope and joy in life. I believe every person has a...
My gift as a counselor is that I am truly passionate about my work. We are never broken. We are always doing our personal best with the tools that we have. Often we lack the tools or they get lost when challenges arise, leaving us with ineffective, destructive coping mechanisms. Seeking counseling is a courageous step in showing up for yourself. Its important to find the right therapist. I prov...
Tony Roman, LISW-CP-S is passionate about treating, supporting and teaching others on how to maximize their abilities to achieve meaningful and lasting results. Tony has over 10 years of exeprience providng mental health and substance abuse treatment to individuals, couples, families and groups. Tony Roman specializes in conducting comprehensive substance abuse evaluations and providing intensi...
As your therapist, I work as an active and genuine listener to support your needs. Whether you seek support through a difficult time or help identifying patterns of functioning that may hinder change, happiness and success, the therapeutic relationship is fundamental to my work and forms the foundation of being able to work together. A good therapeutic fit allows for safe exploration toward...
I am currently unable to accept new patients until The beginning of 2021. I enjoy working with a variety of different people. I appreciate all the complexities of being human. Through a trusting and compassionate relationship there can be healing from all of life’s problems from childhood sexual abuse to recreating life after a divorce to recovering from an affair. Many of my clients both coupl...
Motivated, skilled, compassionate professional with 20+ years of experience. I provide exceptional care for individuals wrestling with the challenges of their lives. I believe my clients find me down to earth and human. Every person’s story and circumstances is unique, if I can offer help, it is generally based on the trust and connection of our therapeutic alliance. I see people with major men...
I work with couples struggling with infidelity, anger management, and domestic violence. I specialize in anger management designed to stop damage happening in marriages and families. I aim to reduce the reactivity and intensity of emotional outbursts. I work with step and blended family's when high-conflict relationships develop and dominate their home life. Don't let anger and past trauma ruin...
I specialize in working with women who have experienced life stressors resulting in PTSD, complex trauma and dissociation symptoms. I believe that everyone has everything within to heal. My role is to guide you on the healing journey and help you find your own internal strength and resourcefulness. In therapy, we work together to understand the impact of the past on the present and work to shif...
It takes tremendous courage to see a therapist. A safe environment and a trustful relationship are the first things I provide. People are complex; your ethnicity, sexuality, spirituality, personality, values, and unique background will be appreciated here. I will listen to you carefully and understand you deeply. Together we will find the best way to identify and meet your needs. I will help yo...
"Every moment is a fresh beginning". T.S Elliot "Cocktail party" My name is Adi Zief-Balteriski and I am a licensed psychologist in the South Bay Area. I specialize in working with adults and adolescents providing individual, group and couples therapy. My focus is on personal growth and self-awareness, depression, anxiety, overcoming past/current traumatic events, life transitions, grief and lo...
Thought you could handle things on your own but struggling to get through your day while dealing with anxiety that you can't explain? Feel extremely depressed and at a loss for answers? My clients say that meeting with me has given them the hope they needed to begin to feel alive again. I am always honored when someone trusts me enough to open their life and allows me to join them on their jour...
Do you feel stuck? Need support? Lost a sense of yourself? I can help. I work collaboratively with you, and our work is driven by what you want to address in counseling. I use an interactive and empowering approach to work with you on increasing self-compassion and acceptance, improving ways of coping, increasing clarity around who you are and what you want in your life, and highlighting the wa...
Finding your voice and identifying your needs can help you feel happier and build more fulfilling relationships. I provide a safe place for you to work through emotional challenges. Through our work together, you'll move beyond the stuck places to gain a deeper understanding of who you are and how to express yourself. In therapy we'll work together to explore behavioral patterns and help you fe...
My specialty is equine therapy. I do individual, couple, family and group therapy, while working with horses. Working with a horse helps clients build skills that will translate to everyday life in a safe environment. Skills that are worked on during sessions with horses include coping mechanisms for anxiety and trauma, depression, learning how to communicate, assertiveness and others. I work w...
Our main goal is to help you live a more satisfying, rewarding life. Feeling good about yourself and having rewarding relationships with others is key to accomplishing this goal. This can be achieved in different ways for different people. Sometimes it means identifying and working on some of the beliefs you incorporated in your childhood or challenging your current thinking and beliefs. It may...
