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 specialize in helping individuals and couples feel more grounded and successful in their relationships and lives. I believe relationship issues as well as common symptoms like depression and anxiety often stem from habitual patterns of relating that may have historical importance, but may no longer be useful to us. As new issues arise in our lives these habitual patterns and our own...
I provide a judgement-free therapy environment. My clients set goals, work to achieve those goals and move forward with their lives. I want my clients to experience feeling empowered, in control and accomplished. There is no issue or circumstance we can't work through together. I have been working here in Portland for nearly three years- mostly with individuals, families and couples, who have...
Trauma and Grief Therapy are areas that I specialize in. I also provide Psychological Assessments for patients that need a psychological recommendation for their surgery. HIPPA compliant videoconference sessions help those who can't make it into my office. For the past 5 years, I have supervised and facilitated court ordered Domestic Violence, Child Batterers, Anger Management, and Parenting...
We all have times in our lives when we are not able to work through difficulties without help. I am devoted to helping people work through these challenges. Sometimes life changes bring up anxiety or lead to depression. But sometimes the cause of inner turmoil is not so clear. My therapy style has been effective at helping people overcome their obstacles, enhance their sense of self-worth, and...
For 23 years, I have been working with Individuals and Families in crisis. I also have a repertoire of techniques for Parents, and Couples. As a person centered (you drive the session), strength based therapist (we work from your assets and strengths) I utilize different approaches as best suits your issues or concerns. I use a wide variety of actual experiences, life examples, training and...
I am an Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been practicing for over 35 years with individuals, couples, adolescents, and families in, out-patient, residential treatment, trauma work, and school social work. I have created and presented full and part-day post graduate workshops and in-services for NASW, UConn School of Social Work, and various boards of education. I have also led parent...
In my work with clients, I use a combination of warmth, curiosity, directness, and respectful humor. I adamantly believe in the individual's right to self-determination, and I take a collaborative approach to therapy - I see you as the only person who can truly know what is important to you and what works in your life, and I see myself as someone who can help you understand what is contributing...
I believe in the value and beauty of every individual and consider it a privilege to help someone recognize and experience the gifts they have inside. I see asking for help as a positive step, resulting in an opportunity to receive new insights, hope and strength for the tasks at hand. I know that life's lessons are often painful and yet can create the greatest opportunity for growth. Whether y...
Beth M Holloway, MA, LPC has been working in the mental health field since 2005. Her counseling approach comes from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Family Systems, Solution-Focused Therapy, Play-Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Mrs. Holloway has extensive clinical experience, in working with adults, children, adolescents, women's issues, parenting and blended family issues as well as...
We all need some help during different seasons of our lives. I have worked in a variety of setting helping client overcome obstacles and move beyond emotional struggles. I utilizes various approaches with my clients in developing practical strategies unique to the individual's own strengths. I specializes in eating disorders, body dissatisfaction, anxiety, depression, families with special need...
I am a therapist with 30 years of experience in the field. I work with individuals, couples and families of all types and sizes. I am a Safe Space for all. I work with people who are experiencing difficulties in their relationships, who have experienced trauma; physical, sexual or emotional, are or have been depressed and/or anxious and who are in or are working towards recovery. I am a divorce...
It's been a long road. I have been fortunate in my life to meet many wonderful people along the way and been witness to their stories of hope, perseverance, and triumph. I have seen seemingly insurmountable hardships converted into joy which knows no bounds. I cannot promise where the road will take us, but I can promise that nothing will derail me in my efforts to join with you in your journey...
Life has turned upside down. So many of us are feeling stretched thin, worried, and looking for help. You may be concerned about your job or money, feeling lonely and anxious, figuring out how to work from home, and how to take care of kids or elderly parents . . . how to not loose it with all the stress. Perhaps you were already facing issues, thinking about therapy, and now it’s reached a...
Ethan J. McCooper is a psychotherapist focused on work with adolescents and young adults. Ethan earned his Masters of Social Work from New York University and is a member of the New York chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Ethan began his career in 2009 as a counselor helping adolescent and families. He has expanded his focus of practice to working with adults and couples....
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 20 years of experience providing counseling in inpatient and outpatient facilities. I am licensed in both Georgia #8040 and South Carolina#4132. I have experience working with young children, teens and adults and have specialized training in play therapy. I have a Bachelors degree from Baylor University and a Masters in Marriage and Family...
