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
The purpose of psychotherapy is to improve quality of life. For some, this means learning how negative thinking is creating negative feelings, and creating new ways of looking at concerns. For others, therapy can help improve communicating with others. Sometimes illnesses prevent us from functioning the way we typically do; therapy can not only provide support and hope, and help you find ways t...
NEW CLIENTS WELCOME! While navigating life's roads, I was fortunate enough to find my calling: helping others transform their lives through mental health counseling. Having experienced the family court system at a young age, working with youth is a passion that is close to my heart. I'm skilled in working with children as young as age 5. In session, I use humor and authenticity to help you...
I work with children, adolescents and adults offering psychotherapy and counseling services for anxiety, depression, loss, relationship difficulties, and family dysfunction for individuals, families, couples and groups. Because I believe in the mind-body connection I also work with people to achieve healthy weight loss and optimal health offering free health coaching towards learning...
Our hearts long for connection. Sadly the place where we should be intimately connected - our marriage - can become damaged by what life brings our way. My passion is to journey with couples to discover how to transform their marriage and recapture the longing of their hearts with the one they have chosen to share life. Providing a safe and secure place, I help you discover healing with your ow...
Welcome to Teens Matter Counseling. I specialize in working with teens and young adults through various issues of life, including but not limited to: depression, anxiety, relationships, self-esteem, body image, and family tensions. Relating to teens and discovering the root of their emotional, physical or psychological pain is necessary for full healing to take place. I have experience working...
I have recently retired from my university counseling professorship where I spent over 30 years teaching and supervising counselors in training and counseling in a private practice. I have worked with a wide range of issues with a wide variety of clients, including those who were therapists themselves. I am fascinated with life stories and personal strengths. Deep healing can begin with a place...
Life is filled with choices. Sometimes it appears as though the choices actually resemble a cyclic journey full of stress, hurt, pain, fear, anger and frustration. My goal is to meet clients right where they are in their journey! My approach is to maintain an open, supportive and non-judgmental atmosphere that empowers clients to unveil the source and navigate their journey towards change. I...
*NOW OFFERING ONLINE COUNSELING.* Do you need quick coping skills? A safe place to vent and be heard? I am here for you! Anxiety and depression can affect us throughout our day, making it difficult to stay on task or enjoy life as we need to. I am especially passionate about creating a safe space for you to discuss these issues that may be getting in your way, to help you navigate your life so ...
If you are ready for change, I can help! Are you feeling depressed, anxious, overwhelmed? Worried you aren't good enough? Want to feel better and enjoy life more? Are you pressed for time and wish you could get more done? Maybe you are riddled with shame, guilt and embarrassment about your body and your health? Are you disappointed with yourself for not engaging in healthy behaviors you know ar...
Luminous is a mental health counseling center. Our staff is dedicated to helping you with life's problems. We want to help adolescents, adults and families work through life's issues. We provide counseling to people who are working through life's struggles such as but not limited to autism, PTSD, depression, addiction, and Co-occurring disorders. We strive to help you find the light that you ha...
My goal is to help you better understand and resolve challenges in your life today. I can professionally provide a safe place where you can be genuinely heard and understood where you can find answers and sort out the tangled emotional and cognitive web of internal confusion. My specialty includes alcohol and drug counseling. I am trained using: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Reality Thera...
I have been working in the mental health field for over 20 years and have experience ranging from early childhood to chronic adult, in a variety of settings including community mental health outpatient clinics, residential treatment homes and day treatment. I enjoy working mostly with children and their families to help them cope with a variety of issues such as behavioral and school related...
Thank you for taking the time to review my profile. Helping adults find overall balance and wellness is a primary focus of my practice. I have 20+ years of experience helping people with relationship/family issues, eating concerns, mood/anxiety disorders, interpersonal vulnerabilities and general work/life stress. I offer a therapy relationship that provides a focus on psychological wellness an...
Compassionate Care and Real Results. Our professional counselors, coaches and consultants will work with you to identify the root of your concerns, resolve underlying issues, create attainable goals, and put a practical plan of action in place to restore hope and provide healing. This streamlined approach to success leads to positive change and lasting results....
Therapy is a collaborative journey of self-discovery in that insight is developed and self-awareness is increased. Along the journey ways of becoming un-stuck are discovered and life situations become more manageable through the development of new perspectives and life skills. I approach clients from a trauma informed perspective and work with individuals struggling with self-esteem and...
