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
My specialty is working with military, veterans, their spouses and children. As a combat veteran, I know we can be difficult to live with. No one goes in the military and comes out the same. I can reveal the reasons veterans act the way we do. I hear from a lot of spouses who struggle to understand their veteran. Many veteran's actions can be related back to a military experience and I can...
Former IT professional turned counselor. I am currently working with men or women, groups or individuals, couples and older adolescents. Working to build coping skills for trauma, depression, anxiety, and other concerns. Completing EMDR training and working on DBT certification. For my own self-care, I am reserving late afternoon, evenings, and weekends for family time. As such, my available ho...
The ability to change is within each of us. I have over twenty years of experience helping adults, adolescents, and children make meaningful, long-lasting, transformative change in their lives. My particular areas of interest include: anxiety, depression, religious challenges, and adjustment disorders. I work with couples and families to improve communication and decision-making. I am also a...
All clients are unique as are all therapists. Research has shown that clients benefit the most from therapy, when there is a strong match between client and therapist. I encourage my clients ability to unpack and explore their worldview in a safe place. I am sensitive, to how considering new perspectives can be both scary and challenging. Courageously re-framing severe distress as a logical,...
As a counselor, my goal is to not help you feel better, but helping you to feel better. Psychotherapy, by it's very nature, is a relationship-based treatment. It is two or more people interacting with the purpose of bringing about some kind of relief and healing for the client. So, the treatment itself is embedded in the relationship you have with your counselor. That's why it's important to wo...
Do you live in constant Anxiety and Fear? I specialize in treating Anxiety and Depression. I help clients learn coping skills to live their best life and overcome debilitating anxiety, Depression and low self-esteem esteem. Don't spend another day with uncomfortable symptoms running your life. We will work together to decide a self-care plan to get you or your child feeling better than ever!...
I specialize in trauma based treatment, working with those struggling with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, parenting issues, marriage & family difficulties, weight issues/struggles, spiritual crisis & questions, women's issues including struggles associated with pregnancy & postpartum, coping with spousal abuse, pornography addiction, etc. I use a treatment called EMDR for my clien...
You are the expert on your life, therefore I use a collaborative approach to therapy driven by your input. Together we will develop a treatment plan to give you the tools and skills to achieve your optimal life satisfaction and emotional wellness in a caring non-judgmental environment. My counseling experience spans all ages, for individual, couples, family and group therapy. I provide...
The journey towards mental and emotional wellness can be difficult, especially for those who have experienced trauma or painful life transitions. Each personal has an individual relationship to their experiences, feelings, thoughts, and perceptions of their past, present, and future. Each person who enters my office must be regarded as a wholly unique individual who deserves an individualized...
Hello, and welcome. I provide client-centered psychotherapy, drawing on several theoretical orientations (psychodynamic and relational approaches, as well as mindfulness and skills-based modalities) and always tailoring my approach to the specific needs of each client. I believe that the experience of being deeply understood within a secure and trusting therapeutic relationship is a foundation...
As Christian counselors, we believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that He came to reveal the Father’s heart & through His life, death & resurrection He decisively accomplished Gods saving work. He engages us in the Divine Relationship that we were created by, for, through and in. We seek, along with you, the client, loving purpose, healing, & direction of the Trinity in the counseling session...
You are here because even though your life or your relationship may look fine from the outside, everything feels wrong on the inside. You're tired, hopeless and wondering where things went wrong. Some days you don't even want to get out of bed. You look in the mirror and think "I just want to be happy again". You look at your relationship and think "What went wrong? Will we ever be like we were...
*Available Online* Life just isn't feeling quite right sometimes. Maybe your mind is racing and worrying all the time and it won't shut up for just one second. You're feeling exhausted, stressed, perhaps even lonely. It seems like everyone else has it figured out. Sure, you can keep a brave face and get through the day, but it doesn't feel like living, just existing. You don't want to be this w...
Are you feeling down, stressed, worried, or confused? If so, you're not alone. Many people struggle with similar challenges. It helps having someone who can support you through these times. Let me be that person for you! I believe everything we think and feel makes sense in context, even when we cannot make sense of it in the moment. My goal is to help you better understand your story and achie...
Navigating life's challenges can be daunting at times, especially when we try to go it alone. I provide a safe and sacred space in which to collaboratively explore and find a way through the struggles you are facing. Whether the nature of your problems is personal (such as, healing from abuse/trauma, grief/loss, self-esteem, addiction, anxiety or depression), or interpersonal (couple or marital...
