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
Have you ever felt unfulfilled? Sometimes you simply need someone to talk to in order to get moving in the right direction. Other times, you may need a little more. For those times when you know a change is needed and you feel you need assistance in reaching those goals, I'm here to help. I have been providing mental health services for over ten years to children, adolescents and adults. I...
Come in and relax and let's work on your issues together. I work in a collaborative manner that encourages you as the client to work hard towards your goals.I am available to work with individuals, although I specialize in couple and family work. In addition to my masters in clinical social work, I completed a four year post-graduate training in couples and family therapy at the Ackerman Instit...
Therapy is a place for you to feel known and understood. It is also a place for you to overcome painful experiences. Together, we can work to gain a better understanding of YOURSELF and your relationships. We build on your strengths so you can apply them toward healing, growth, and change. If you are motivated to learn about yourself and discover new behaviors and new thought patterns, we will...
Extra support is needed during the COVID lock down. At Westside therapy we understand importance of neuroscience and use EMDR, Embodiment- based and Attachment-based techniques as well as Mindfulness and Psychodynamic therapies to help with regulation. Our childhood sets the stage for how we cope with daily stress that leads to anxiety and depression and this is becoming more challenging with...
The pressures associated with high-net-worth and high performance in today's World and Market can lead to paralysis, uncharacteristic mood swings, and choices of miscalculation. You are no stranger to risk and pressure, but something has changed. Loosing your drive for success and ability to meet deadlines and goals has been unthinkable in the past, but today it is a reality. If you are exhaust...
As your therapist, I want to help you realize & utilize your potential in order to lead a satisfying & productive life. I have over 20 years of experience working with children, teens, & adults to treat depression, anxiety, trauma, & ADHD. I believe in a holistic, collaborative process whereby I provide a safe space that promotes healing. My theoretical orientation integrates psychodynamic and...
I see individuals, couples, children/adolescents, families, and elders in my practice. I have a background in grief therapy, pregnancy and postpartum care, end of life care, and recovery from trauma. I approach therapy in a holistic manner addressing the issues of the mind as well as the body and psyche. With a background in depth psychology, I aim for therapeutic change that reaches beyond...
I am a seasoned, compassionate therapist, with over 20 years of counseling experience in assisting you to navigate life and heal inside and in your various relationships, bringing out your very best. EMDR is the most recent and powerful tool for healing that I have acquired to help you find inner strength and peace when other approaches have fallen short. I am also skilled in helping you gain a...
I am most effective with those who are hungry and hurting. I walk beside those who want to make sense of what is keeping them from living the lives they want. I enjoy supporting those who are seeking meaning, direction, and a sense of purpose in their lives. I equip and empower those who want more alive, dynamic and authentic relationships with themselves, others and God. I help people feel the...
Distress? Growth? Transition? Insight? Conflict? Support? These are among the reasons many seek out a therapist. I work primarily with adults in individual and group settings to address issues like these. I bring to our therapeutic relationship experience with nutrition, anthropology, spiritual formation, psychology, cross cultural work and experience with sexual orientation and gender issues. ...
Dr. Lockard was awarded her Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) degree from the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, Illinois. She completed her internship at the Kentucky Department of Corrections where she focused on the treatment of male and female sex offender treatment. Her experience includes years of forensic and clinical treatment and evaluation in out-patient, in-patient, and...
Are you struggling with life? Depression, Anxiety, Trauma or life have you asking questions and seeking new answers about yourself or others? Do you need someone to talk to that is open and honest? Do you need support in a confidential judgment free area? Are you willing to work to "Live your best life"? Then I am here for you. I am dedicated to helping you help yourself to accomplish peace,...
I provide a safe environment for clients to discuss their problems. I am interactive and collaborative in session. My main approach is psychodynamic, which means that the client's thoughts, feelings, behavior and early-life experience will be explored. This can create a better understanding of the challenges which the client is facing in their current life. As a result, the client is gradually...
I provide psychotherapy for individuals (children, adolescents, and adults), couples and families. I help individuals who are experiencing difficulties with anxiety, mood, problems with relationships, and various addictions. I work from a client-centered perspective that is both integrative, collaborative, and recovery-based (i.e., incorporates client's strengths as opposed to solely focusing o...
I am an experienced, compassionate, licensed marriage and family therapist in the community who has effectively supported and treated many individuals, couples, and families through major and minor life transitions over the years. Grief , trauma, loss, anxiety, depression, betrayal, divorce, parenting, work and life- stressors have a way of affecting us all, individually and relationally. These...
