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'm a therapist who works collaboratively with you to identify challenges that are getting in the way of having a rewarding and successful life. I use a cognitive-behavioral approach, focusing on how patterns in your thinking and behaviors could be impacting how you feel. I combine acceptance-based strategies, mindfulness, and goal-oriented techniques. Together, we'll focus on solving problems ...
If you are reading this, you may be going through a particularly rough patch. Or, you could be ready to face something that's been difficult for too long. How would it be to have a companion on the road--someone who knows short cuts, has walked similar terrain, and will stick with you when you lose your way and your temper? An individual therapist can serve as a guide to your own best self. I w...
The professionals at The Counseling Center of Maryland use a variety of techniques to help improve the quality of life for individuals, couples, groups, and families. Through our strength-based and collaborative approach, we offer new insights that enable our clients to see things from different perspectives. We provide treatment and counseling for anxiety, depression, grief, emotional regulati...
It takes a lot of courage to seek out therapy, and in doing so you have taken a significant step towards your own healing. Rumi writes, “the wound is the place where the light enters you”. In the work that we will do, it is this light that together we will learn to cultivate. Our work is not to erase the wound, but rather to identify with the light emanating from it. The approach to therapy you...
If you are struggling in your current circumstances, there is hope! Michael Jordan once said "Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." It is my joy and purpose to help others find their way through or around their obstacles. I show hope to others in order to help them through those...
I am licensed clinical professional counselor with years of experience working in community counseling mental health facilities and in private practice. I have an extensive background working with clients who are living with mental illnesses, such as: mood disorders, anxiety disorders, attention deficit disorders, personality disorders, clients with mood dysregulation issues, problematic though...
I have a strong passion for partnering with clients in the process of breaking free from the dynamics and behaviors keeping them disconnected from their lives. This could include addressing trauma, shame, family of origin issues, substance abuse, eating disorders, and other issues creating distance in clients' relationships-with others and with themselves. "Surviving" life is very different fro...
I am a Veteran and former Senior Leader of the US Army. I welcome Active duty and Veterans for services. I consider myself an eclectic therapist with a sense of humor and do not believe one size fits all. I draw from various theories and use different therapeutic approaches such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Family Systems Theories, Solution Focused, Brief Solution Focused as...
I am honored to provide Mental Health and Substance Abuse Recovery Services with a Christ centered worldview, because it takes Faith and Courage to believe your life can be transformed! The basis of my counseling perspective is a spiritual one and is first mentioned in Leviticus 19:18 of the Bible; it tells us to "love thy neighbor as thy self". This principle is the basis for my counseling...
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family therapist with over 16 years of experience conducting individual, couple's and family therapy in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric settings and private practice. I have worked with a broad range of client’s facing challenges related to personal growth and fulfillment, relationship dissatisfaction, life-cycle changes, substance abuse and dual-diagnosis...
I am trained in a variety of evidence-based treatment models and collaborate with my clients to find the most appropriate and effective course of action to facilitate personal resolution. My approach and personal goal is to provide an accepting, safe, and compassionate space for clients to overcome challenges and attain their treatment goals. I am a trained Art Therapist and use art as a tool f...
This defines my view of being a therapist: "One of the greatest privileges of the human being is to become a midwife to the birth of the soul of another person. This is what therapy is about: helping people retrieve what has been lost to them, wakening and bringing home their fundamental wholesomeness” (from Plato's Symposium). John O’Donohue continues: “Therapists are like poets: they draw on ...
Families everywhere can experience times of conflict and life stressors that can get so overwhelming, they need outside support to help them through the journey. I am passionate about helping families find ways to better communicate with each other and begin to change destructive patterns in their relationships. I specialize in working with teens and their parents on communication and relations...
Are things not going the way you thought they would or think they should? Are you or a loved one having trouble handling what life has thrown your way? This can lead to feelings of depression, anxiety, anger, panic, despair and helplessness. We cannot control the people, events or situations in our lives but we can control the way we think about them. By identifying the problem, we can work on...
I believe we all have multiple aspects to our personalities shaped by our years of living. Together, we look at how past experiences influence one's current choices and feelings. Sometimes it can be difficult to regulate all of these feelings, which can affect relationships, parenting and self esteem. I provide a safe, nurturing therapeutic place to explore these issues, and help restore happin...
