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 understand that the most difficult step in therapy can be making the first phone call and/or scheduling the first appointment. It is also important to feel comfortable and at ease with the person you choose to see for counseling. I aim to create a peaceful, safe space for my clients to explore and process their emotions or life stressors. I enjoy working with clients of all ages, and have...
I provide various methods of therapy to help the client where they are at in life. These methods include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Person Centered Therapy which allows the client to focus on self-improvement and create a working relationship between client and therapist. I provide sessions that are structured to maximize time and assist in meeting therapeutic goals....
If you're like most of us, life can get pretty busy, complicated, even overwhelming at times, and we push aside those big questions that trouble us - who am I? how do I really want to live my life? what is important to me? what's next? These questions don't go away and often resurface - whether we want them to or not - during times of loss, death, and transition, when everything familiar has be...
When to ask for help: Are you feeling overwhelmed? Are you experiencing nightmares, flashbacks, and trouble sleeping at nights? Are you anxious, irritable, and withdrawn from others and activities you once enjoyed? Are you having thoughts of harming yourself or someone else? Have you recently experienced grief or loss? Are you having feelings of hopelessness, diminished self-worth and...
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in New Jersey and have over 10 years of experience providing mental health services to pre-teens, adolescents, families, couples and adults. I focus on identifying client's strengths and help each client build on those strengths. I love to help people find ways to improve their lives and reach their goals for themselves. I primarily utilize...
Welcome, my name is Lisa Chaplin and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Today you are one step closer to a new you where you feel empowered and on a positive path to growth and well-being. My goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating. We can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolv...
What does happiness mean to you? Sometimes we forget how it feels to be happy. Therapy can help you to overcome problematic thoughts or behaviors and to achieve your full potential. I can help you tackle a specific or general problem such as a particular mental illness or a source of life stress in order to alleviate distress and to become happy. I can offer my skills and expertise in treating...
ATTENTION COMMITTED COUPLES: Are you struggling in your relationship and having difficulty making things better? Are you often hurt by your partner and feel stuck? Do you wonder if you chose the wrong person? Do you feel like you’re in a hopeless situation? Are past hurts causing conflict in your current relationship? Do you wonder why you keep making the same mistakes over and over again? Do y...
I am here to assist you in realizing your potential. Everyone has tough transitions throughout life and I am experienced at maximizing your coping skills to get you to the other side. I have several specialties including: relationship concerns, trauma, abuse, grief & loss, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, anger management, limited coping skills, emotion regulation needs, obsessive compulsive...
Suffering, while at times very painful, can also provide us with insight that can lead to a deeper understanding of ourselves and others. As we become curious and compassionate towards our life experiences, we can begin to develop a greater sense of self awareness. My approach is relational, interactive, and empathic. I look at our work together as a journey I am honored to take with you in whi...
A cornerstone of my treatment style focuses on strengths as a source of growth and healing. I believe that we all have innate qualities, strengths and abilities that can help guide us through difficult times and move to a more peaceful place in life.I do not want to learn only about the problems, but about the unique person because that is often where the best solutions lie. Anxiety, depression...
I treat depression, anxiety, relationships, disappointments and losses, parenting, couples, individuals and families. Conflict and distress can stem from many sources-life upheavals, separation, divorce, trauma, death, unexpected disappointments, mourning what we have lost or never had. Therapy is a process of Self discovery-understanding what makes you-you and Your unique personal issues. My r...
(Accepting Connecticut residents only) You might feel like you, or your relationship is in a cycle that you just can’t get out of whether it is issues within your relationships with others, problems with anxiety, depression, or questioning life and yourself. Maybe you have have tried several things and still find that things remain the same. Sometimes the narratives we have told ourselves, the...
Anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, relationship problems...these are issues that affect individuals at any age. I have over 25 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults, using a range of .therapeutic techniques. I do play therapy with children as young as two, and meet with parents regularly to provide insight and support. I work collaboratively with teens, college student...
Hypnotherapy may not be a mainstream approach to treating issues, but it is one of the most effective approaches. Growing up we are bombarded with information that comes at us when we are not developed enough to interpret it accurately. Some of those misinterpretations lead to false beliefs about ourselves which become embedded into our subconscious minds and lay the groundwork for our...
