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 very experienced with depression, anxiety, and relationships. I work with individuals, couples, families, and teens (ages 15 and up). I pride myself on being objective, warm, nonjudgmental, and solution focused. I am not accepting new clients at this time but will gladly speak with you about my wait list. *Faith based clients are also welcome....
Losin' your mind during Covid times? Whether it happened quickly or slowly, you find yourself overwhelmed and feeling like you can’t catch up, keep up or measure up! You aren’t sure if your environment needs to change, or you do. Both? You’re taking care of everyone around you and you’ve got nothing left to give. You’ve lost touch with yourself and aren’t sure where to go from here. Transitions...
Obstacles are unexpected and barriers become overwhelming. The mission of Lamargale Counseling LLC is to assist you with the ability in coping with those challenges. Lamargale Counseling has experience with meeting client's needs where they are. With experience, I seek to help you achieve your recovery utilizing evidence based interventions. Depression, anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,...
There is such a ridiculously high standard for women. Be a loving daughter, have a thriving marriage, have a successful career….The problem is that you're exhausted, and your sense of self was lost along the way. You've been so dedicated to putting others in front of yourself that now you're not even sure what you need or want anymore. Before you know it, you're dealing with anxiety, sadness, o...
My work as a therapist is based on a conviction that our choices and relationship patterns are fueled by our need to experience wholeness and heal the brokenness of our past. This concept lies at the core of attachment theory and is a powerful tool for helping us understand why we struggle with others and with our own internal critic. In my therapeutic work, I leverage aspects of Imago, Strengt...
I've found that it can make a life-changing difference to feel understood, supported, and empowered as we face fear, stress, painful circumstances, daunting challenges and pursue our greatest hopes. I was honored to work with children, pre-teens, and teens and their families for years in community mental health. I've also worked with individual adults from other countries. I enjoy helping my...
***NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS*** "Change is to give up what we are... to become what we could be.” - Anonymous. I believe that change and healing are possible for everyone, and that happiness comes from awareness and gratitude. Through an informal and relaxed setting, I will work collaboratively with every client and family in order to break through personal barriers and achieve your goals....
I believe people are unique and therefore there is no cookie cutter approach to working with clients. My experience is that everyone has the capacity to find their way to solutions and hold the answers to the questions they seek but may need guidance in the process. I believe in the "stool" approach to life. We all have our stool and it has three legs: Physical, Emotional and Spiritual. If any ...
People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, “soften the orange a bit on the right-hand corner. I don’t try and control a sunset.” I watch with awe as it unfolds (Rogers, 1980). In my therapeutic work over the past 15 years I have been uniquely fortunate to watch as potential and destiny unfolds for clients. In my clinical role...
If you are struggling to move past traumatic experiences, stressful life events, or the effects of attachment trauma, I am here to help you move from feeling reactive to proactive. If you are struggling with difficult thoughts, feelings, behaviors, situations, or individuals, I want to help you move through your trials and maximize your internal strength. While I am a person-centered therapist,...
I work best with clients who are self-motivated for change and/or help. I am willing to work with any person on any issues, as long as they are willing to do the work. I believe that each person has an abundance of strengths and assets that will help us get to their individualized goal. I am currently a Certified Daring Way Facilitator- Candidate. I am knowledgeable in Dr. Brown's work on shame...
Counseling is a personal and unique process for each person. I facilitate each client’s unique process, and walk alongside the client, shoring up their strengths and making use of our relationship to bring about positive change. The therapeutic process can be challenging at times, and I work with the client to fully experience the joys and sorrows that are part of life, striving to feel a wide...
Finding our way through life’s journey can become overwhelming at times. We may reach stages where we feel out-of-touch, out-of-place, and out-of-sync. One method of addressing these bumps on our path is recalibrating how we understand ourselves and others. Insight and introspection can be lifesavers when we feel as though we’ve lost our way. Learning new ways of handling and adapting to all of...
Raoul is a licensed mental health clinician with 10 years of experience helping children, teens, and young adults through various mental health needs and life challenges. His experience includes treating depression, multiple forms of anxiety, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, academic challenges, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, emotional regulation, and transitions into adulthoo...
Isn’t it beautiful waking up every morning with the biggest smile on your face, feeling complete, as if you own the world? Sadly, that is not the reality for many of us. There are times in our lives when we just feel stuck. Experiences of loneliness, pain, and anxiety can cause us to feel like we can’t breathe, draining us, and having an overall negative impact on our health. These experiences ...
