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 work with clients from a wide variety of backgrounds, who have all come to a shared realization: that their way of living is no longer working for them. Whether they are struggling with addiction or depression or find themselves experiencing relationship difficulties, they all aspire to something new; something more. Together we identify the nature of their particular dissatisfaction, discove...
My goal is to provide space and empathy for your life. My experience has been built in transitions including grief, chronic illness, aging, caregiving stress, and end-of-life. I feel strongly that each client is their own expert to their own journey and that my role as a therapist is to meet the client where they are at in that story and establish a safe relationship of listening without...
I am currently working towards completing my Master’s of Arts in counseling from Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado specializing in both Clinical Mental Health and School counseling. I am a member of the American Counseling Association and the American School Counseling Association. I have worked in a public school with children in preschool through grade 8 and sponsored a Gay Straight...
Do you find yourself feeling emotionally/physically/spiritually exhausted after the day-to-day grind? Has life become hours of binge-watching Netflix, Hulu, & YouTube to disengage from the stress of your own thoughts? Feel disconnected from friends, family, co-workers or even yourself? You might be bored, stuck, and unsure of how to get where you want to be…or even discover what you want. It’s ...
Distressing experiences may result in your feeling disconnected, unreal, fragmented, and struggling to make sense of your identity or existence. Perhaps it feels that your True Self is lost and you float through life as a mere passenger, longing to connect with your desired life's path. Through the therapeutic process, your mind-body-being can be deeply accessed and nourished to grow from the...
***Not accepting new clients at this time***I am a retired military veteran who has served in both the Army and Army National Guard. I have a great passion for coming along side veterans and people in my community and guiding them to find their joy, peace and happiness again. I offer video and in office appointments depending on your preference. You can email for an appointment or go on my webp...
I specialize in working with couples in all stages of relationship. Are you struggling with having the same arguments over and over? Is past hurt lingering between you? Are you wishing you could feel more connected with your significant other? In therapy, we all work together to see and heal hindrances to your connection, and to create new and rewarding patterns of communication that strengthen...
I believe in your capacity to find the healing you seek and create the life you envision. Perhaps you are dealing with anxiety or depression, grieving the death of a loved one or a painful breakup, struggle with belonging, or just feel stuck and know that you are ready to do something about it. Do you want more intimacy, connection, and joy in your relationships? Let me help you uncover...
**Accepting clients for individual therapy via telehealth.** By now, you feel like the pain will never go away. It seems like the harder you fight to free yourself from the torment in your heart and in your mind, the more tormented you actually feel. It's like being weighted down, unable to breathe, unable to act. There is hope! I work with individuals (typically age 16 and up), couples, and...
We face challenges everyday, on an internal and external level. My hope is that by having a space to freely explore your values and identity, you can enhance your everyday life for yourself and others. So, whether you are just curious or you need a space for healing or change, my office offers a welcoming and non-judgmental environment. I am grateful that I get to work with people's intimate an...
I am a licensed psychotherapist, specializing in adult issues, such as depression anxiety, life stress issues provoked by divorce, family conflict, substance abuse and career goals. I also specialize in food addiction. I have over 25 years of experience. Helping people is my passion and I use solution focused therapy, Narrative Therapy and CBT, but I am not limited to these, because each client...
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that works with adults and adolescents that want to create change in their lives and relationships. I have spent my career at a local non-profit agency focused on helping children of trauma and their families heal. My passion is guiding families to process the past and make a meaningful future where they feel emotionally close and safe. For couples,...
Areas of focus are, but not limited to, premarital counseling, blended family issues, marriage/family, grief/bereavement, parenting, teen age mentoring, children who may be struggling at home, in school, or new and significant changes in life as they have known it. Other areas of focus include divorce, play or art therapy methods of interaction, (ADD/ADHD) attention deficit disorder, high...
**August 2020: I am not accepting new clients at this time.** Do you feel overwhelmed? Stuck in patterns that keep you feeling alone? Looking to break free from the past? Worried about your child? I can help. I have over 15 years of experience working with adults, children, teens and parents. I work with adults who struggle with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, life transitions, relationship...
“It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. ... That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” -- Patrick Rothfuss I believe that therapy should be a collaborative and active dialogue between two people. As your counselor, I will not tell you what to do nor will I sit back and remain a passive participant. My job is to support you...
