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
Our approach to therapy is humanistic, nonjudgemental, and down to earth. Client-centered and solution-focused therapies are used to help people determine and tackle their goals. We approach each individual as an already whole person with the capacity to change no matter what challenges they are experiencing. Our group offers individual, couples & family therapy. We have specialists in various...
Taking the first step towards change is sometimes a challenge... I will work with you to understand and resolve the stresses in your life and set out a path for reaching your goals and expectations. Together, we can work through your personal struggles which may include loss, relationship struggles, parenting or work issues. I believe that I can help you. My style of helping is interpersonal. I...
Are you feeling overwhelmed with life's demands, or challenged by your child's behaviors? I am a seasoned child and adult therapist with over 25 years of experience helping clients address and work through such issues as trauma, abuse, depression, anxiety, transitions, child behavior problems, ADHD, coping problems, and child attachment concerns. I work with individuals, families, and groups,...
I have 20+ years experience providing psychotherapy services to individual adults of all ages in the Bay Area. My training and experience provide me with expertise in treating a wide range of problems including; depression, anxiety, relationship problems, workplace stress, and issues related to trauma. I have extensive experience in geriatric mental health, and provide expert mental health...
Are anxiety, addiction, anger or depression affecting your life? Or your child or loved one's? Or are worried that alcohol, substance abuse, eating, Internet or other behaviors are becoming a problem? If you are worried about helping your relationship due to one of these problems, I can help... I am a warm, caring and compassionate person- one of a small percentage of dually licensed clinicians...
I work with clients in a relaxed, informal, and professional way to promote emotional safety and comfort within the relationship so that they can process openly and authentically about meaningful and often sensitive topics. While experiencing this connection, people are able to gain presence, reflect on experiences and plan for personal maintenance, change and growth. Many clients enjoy both...
Our therapists all work from a relational and insight oriented approach. We believe that we were all created for connection and that our woundedness often gets in the way of this connectedness, whether it be to God or to others. Deep, intensive counseling can help heal this woundedness so that connections are more honest, genuine, and whole. It should also leave you with a deeper sense of self ...
My approach to mental health counseling is very simple, one that encompasses unconditional positive regard and that encourages self-exploration throughout the therapeutic encounter. The client is considered the expert of his/her own life who may need support when challenges or obstacles become overwhelming and/or problematic (maladaptive). Through this therapeutic collaboration clients learn to...
I find it gratifying to help clients identify and understand their difficulties and to set relevant therapeutic goals. Therapy involves examining one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in interpersonal and professional contexts. We are complex and unique as individuals, and understanding and appreciating this is essential to the therapy process. I provide cognitive-behavioral therapy with...
Are you looking to convert from traditional therapy to a more holistic-spiritual centered practice? I work with those across the lifespan and specifically help young women reclaim their body, mind, and spirit. I am offering a year-long sisterhood specific to menstrual wisdom for young and mature women seeking specialized support around mood cycling. This is helpful if you suffer from PMS to PMD...
In order to change, we must feel both supported and challenged. As your therapist, my role is to provide a supportive environment where we can examine current patterns of thoughts and behaviors and challenge the ones that are getting in the way of you reaching your goals. I provide counseling services for children, adolescents, teenagers, and adults. I have specialized experience working with...
As a clinical social worker, I have an eclectic approach to treatment. I help you examine your life experience holistically. I walk beside you in treatment, support you in your endeavors, and cheer you on towards wellness. My therapeutic approach and compassion are rooted in my past work with the homeless population, foster youth, the severe and persistently mental ill, and survivors of rape,...
Are you living the life you dreamed of or are you stuck living a life without dreams? Are you tired of the pain and stress associated with living a life that does not meet your expectations? Has your current relationship got you going around in circles? These are just a few of the issues my clients and I are processing. It is my pleasure to come alongside you to aid in your process of healing. ...
Do you have dreams for your life? Or have you lost track of them? Don't let anxiety, depression, or family problems stop you. Use the private space of psychotherapy to give yourself a new beginning. Find your way from old problems to new possibilities. Do you have a child who worries you? Come in for parenting help. Or, bring your child in for play therapy, so he or she can deal with challenges...
