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 am not accepting new clients now but will update periodically. I focus on empowering people to connect with their values and strengths and to heal and grow through challenges. You may be suffering with stress in a relationship, school, or work. You may be transitioning through a difficult stage of life, or wrestling with issues of identity. You may feel stuck in old patterns that hold you bac...
I help couples in crisis to stay together and I help individuals to be a better partner. My training includes work in the Imago method which can be a relationship saving tool. Couples can take and use the techniques they have learned in my sessions and use them immediately. Imago works for heterosexual couples as well as homosexual couples. I also help people affected by traumatic events - peop...
Kim enjoys working with individuals, couples, and families desiring stronger and healthier relationships. She recognizes that sometimes life's situations become challenging and overwhelming. With a heart for walking alongside others in their journey, Kim desires to help individuals find personal healing and wholeness when critical circumstances and seasons of life happen. Areas of focus include...
As a licensed marriage and family therapist I work with individuals, couples, adolescents and young children in many areas from life adjustments and stress to academic and behavior issues. I offer an approach that is tailored to the needs of the individual. I strive to provide an environment where the client feels safe, valued, and encouraged to explore and discover within themselves a healthie...
I am a thoughtful, warm professional with a good sense of humor. My primary training is in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), which I integrate with other treatment modalities. I work well with both children and adults, tailoring my approach to meet the individual needs of my clients. My aim is to provide a supportive atmosphere where clients can work towards their goals, while learning practi...
I believe that people have the strength and the resources they need to live the life they want, but sometimes they need guidance and support along the way. I work with clients with diverse socioeconomic, ethnic, religious and sexual orientation backgrounds. The majority of my17 years of social work experience has been working with clients who are struggling with depression, anxiety, stress...
Maybe things just are not going well for you and you just don't know where to turn. Maybe you just need someone to help you make sense of some things in your life. At this practice, I have chosen to work with teenagers and adults that want a change in their lives and are willing to do some work to make those changes. I have a special interest in working with women to address the myriad of...
Rise Above is a private practice and peer support group founded on the principle that sobriety is not boring. Taking the queues from the famous Black Flag song of the same name, Rise Above replaces the human entity of society with each person's drug of choice. Each person is taking on the challenge to no longer be slave to the substance, but take control and rise above to soar at greater height...
I practice with the utmost respect for my clients and their process of healing and growth, and maintain a supportive, encouraging and safe atmosphere.I believe in balancing the mind and body to assist in stress relief and healing. Clients receive a self soothe kit when they begin working with me.I have been practicing EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitizing and Reprocessing ) since 1993 and am an EMDR...
I want your therapy experience to be a safe place to explore your life, your problems, and your dreams. Thoreau's quotation says it for me: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could learn what it had to teach, and not when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Your issues may be small or large. My commitmen...
I provide compassionate and respectful, short-term spiritual and intuitive counseling in a private office setting. I also offer hypnotherapy and teach meditation. I work one-on-one with adults, assisting them with addressing personal obstacles and achieving greater emotional freedom and an improved quality of life. I have the passion to assist each client with achieving any goal, whether it’s...
I assist clients challenged by depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, parenting and co-parenting challenges, and a wide range of adjustment issues. I understand the many demands that military members and their families face and use strength-based approaches to assist clients in finding workable solutions to their problems. I tailor my counseling approaches to the unique needs of e...
Welcome to my practice! My treatments focus on helping you adjust to any traumatic event that keeps you from functioning at your best each day. I use evidence-based treatments that are emotionally focused and client-centered. I am trained and experienced in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive processing therapy, prolonged exposure therapy, talk therapy and virtual imagery. My...
I believe that each of us can live a more fulfilled, Empowered life. I work with individuals, couples, and families ready to make changes to that end. Most of my individual clients are working on improving their personal relationships. Many seek therapy for symptoms of anxiety, depression, or grief. The couples with whom I work are embracing their paths to a more satisfying, intimate relationsh...
I typically treat clients who are struggling in a relationship or suffering from anxiety or depression. It's important to search for the root of the interpersonal problem or symptoms. That search involves exploring unresolved issues from the past, as well as looking at present relationships in your life. I can help with family or employment issues that may be weighing you down. I often treat...
