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
It can be difficult to be your true authentic self. Painful emotions such as shame, guilt, doubt, and anxiety can feel chaotic in the body. You might find yourself trying to manage these emotions through a variety of distractions including substances, food, over-working, and avoiding. Continuing to distract yourself may be helpful in the moment, however, it may not be sustainable. Imagine feeli...
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My experience includes providing individual, group, and family therapy to adults and adolescents with eating disorders at inpatient, residential, and partial hospitalization levels of care. In addition to treating eating disorders, I work with those struggling with anxiety, depression, self-harm, life transitions, relationship issues, and identity exploration. Individuals struggling with eating...
If you are looking for a change in your life this is it. We all have seasons in our life where it is are hard to manage, hard to deal with and hard to figure out on our own. Sometimes we just can't cope with all the challenges of daily life and need someone to help navigate and offer a fresh new look. Doesn't matter what you are looking for, we can problem solve it together and get you feeling...
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I believe that everyone should have a safe space to share and be heard without judgement or criticism. I specialize in treating adolescent girls and women with eating disorders in addition to families, children and young adults with anxiety and depression. My approach in therapy strives to foster meaningful therapeutic relationships while creating a safe and non-judgmental environment to do so....
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Therapy provides Individuals and couples a safe hour for you to nourish yourself and find clarity, which brings change to what was once overwhelming by yourself. Perhaps you have a child/adolescent who is struggling with their own challenges. Together we will learn and process these life challenges, gaining a deep scene of hope, purpose, and positive self-regard. Allowing them to live their bes...
Are you or your child struggling with difficult emotions or self-defeating behaviors? I can help. I offer mindfulness-based counseling for adults and teens, and non-directive play therapy for children. These approaches have proven to be effective at increasing self-awareness and self-acceptance, and creating lasting changes in my clients’ lives. If you’re ready to commit to such a process, then...
I am a Mental Health Counselor who strives to partner with my clients in order to help them face their challenges in a safe environment. My non-judgmental and empathetic approach allows me to meet my clients where they are and work together to determine realistic goals. I treat clients throughout the lifespan. Including, young children whose only way of expressing themselves is through anger an...
Making the call for help can be a difficult first step in changing the course of your life. Reaching out shows you have the strength to conquer the hardship facing you in life, and with the right support you will overcome. Reaching out is the first step in healing. I will meet you at your point of need. I help clients like you develop the skills needed to create change, accomplish goals, and li...
Are you looking for a therapist who can assist you with processing and learning tools to help work through issues in your life that are holding you back from living a complete and full life? I am looking to help support clients who have been affected by Stress, Crisis, Trauma, PTSD, Grief, Bereavement, Suicide ideation or loss. With an 18 year career working for a Law Enforcement Agency, 10 yea...
Michele has over 22 years of experience working in the social services and behavioral healthcare fields providing case management, facilitation and training clinical assessment, instruction as an adjunct professor, curriculum and program development, program management, mentoring, therapy, and clinical supervision. Michele utilizes a client-centered, strengths-based approach in therapy with...
I understand that clients do not always understand why they are struggling. I help the client navigate through basic human issues such as hopelessness, loneliness, boredom, fear, anger, guilt, shame, grief, career dissatisfaction, health, and existential crises. I help the client put coping skills in a tool box to handle these struggles. I specialize in trauma work, PTSD, depression, anxiety,...
