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
Congratulations on taking the first step to seeking assistance. Choosing a therapist is an extremely important part of your journey, so let me introduce myself. I am a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio. Since graduating, I have focused on the children/adolescent population in talk therapy and play therapy. Play therapy is a style of counseling that provides a safe place to expr...
I enjoy working with people. At times we all think about a past mistake, a missed opportunity, or an undesirable choice. But if you are constantly looking back with a nagging and paralyzing sense of regret, you may not be able to see or enjoy what is good about your life today. If you are looking in the rearview mirror of life, you are not living in the present, and you may have given up on the...
I engage each individual in a collaborative process of treatment planning, progress assessment, and goal setting. My work is to help you create the life and lifestyle you want to live based on what's important to you. I capitalize on the strengths that you enter therapy with to cultivate coping skills and change that feel like a natural extension of you, as a unique individual. I specialize in...
I am a holistic psychotherapist, trained in medical hypnotherapy,EMDR, Energy Psychology (TFT/EFT), Family Constellation work, and energy and shamanic healing in private practice in Pittsburgh. I work primarily with adults with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic pain. I have trained extensively in the integration of different therapeutic modalities in order to facilitate healing and...
I offer short term and long term therapy for people with anxiety, depression, postpartum depression, bipolar, addicts in recovery, family members of those with addictions, and those of us that are struggling with life's issues. I have 15 years experience in counseling, both private practice, and community mental health as well as emergency services. I enjoy working with adults individually and...
Congratulations on the decision to make positive personal changes in your life! I offer over 31 years of clinical experience counseling people with issues related to mental health and addictions. My office is located in a large and very relaxed setting of the historic Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse. Your call will be answered by me; offering you a personalized and extremely confidential...
Stephanie holds a Master of Mental Health Counseling from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. She is the Founder of MMHCS. Stephanie is an empathic clinician who strives to help her clients gain introspective insight and make positive life changes. Her therapeutic approach is integrative, utilizing techniques from both Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Psychodynamic therapy. She also...
PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS AT THIS TIME. I rely on my relationship-building skills to join with clients and to help them reach the goals that they have set. I bring compassion, acceptance, humor, and creativity to my work. My extensive experience in the field of clinical social work enables me to work effectively with adults who are experiencing a wide range of issues,...
I am an experienced clinician who works with couples, families and individuals to address a range of issues that impede their ability to have the relationships they want or experience a sense of satisfaction. My training as a substance abuse counselor gives me the skills to help couples, families and individuals examine the impact of substance use on their behavior, their relationships and thei...
Sarah Lancaster, LICSW, has worked as a clinician in the school, acute, residential, and clinical settings with both children and families. Her work has covered such issues as depression, anxiety, trauma, adjustment disorders, parenting issues, Autism spectrum disorders, attachment disorders, and social issues. She has worked with low-income and multi-risk families and provided resource referra...
Treatment is unique for each client and is determined by their own goals and needs. Areas of specialization include psychological assessment, Autism Spectrum disorder, cognitive remediation, anxiety and panic disorders, depression, adjustment disorders, geriatric issues, and grief and loss. My approach to therapy varies with each client, ranging from cognitive behavioral orientation, and a...
Trouble with anxiety or moods? Relationships taking a hit? You deserve the time to find help. Through a combination of therapy and neurofeedback, I have the tools to help you clarify what changes you want and get back focus and energy, while improving your everyday life. I offer that safe place with support, confidentiality and freedom to speak. As a counselor, I help couples find connection...
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, with extensive experience helping individuals and families through crisis, depression, anger, and traumatic experiences from sexual violence, war, sex trafficking and domestic violence. I am culturally sensitive to the issues of all family types- including LGBT families and offer individual, family & marital coaching, parenting education, court mandated...
