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
Your goals will be our goals in therapy. I come alongside my clients with listening ears, a sharp mind, and an attentive heart to help individuals, couples, and families reach their goals. Sometimes it's challenging to come up with solutions, or even identify the problem-why you think, feel, behave, or relate the way you do, but collaboratively we can sort it out together. Having a bachelors of...
**As of December 2020, I am accepting new clients!** I am In-Network with PacificSource and Regence. The values I hold and create in therapy are grounding, humor, authenticity, compassion, creativity, balance, safe space, emotional understanding, and trusting relationship. I offer professional mental health counseling for individual adults, young adults, and couples with a focus on anxiety,...
Find Your Center: Many of us today feel disconnected. Our days are filled with a steady stream of obligations and desires. We call that: ‘life.’ Directing our unique path in a proactive way can bring new meaning to our lives. Collaboratively, we'll find a path that leads to your truest self and to the person you want to become. Building Relationships: Cultivating intimacy with others requires...
( English | español ) I believe that balance is essential to living life to the fullest. My goal is to help children, adolescents, and adults, to learn to navigate through difficult circumstances, instill hope and motivate them to go after their life goals. It is my genuine desire to enter into the broken life of a person and become a bridge through which they can walk to the other side of thei...
The therapeutic relationship is one of the most important aspects of individual therapy. My approach is helping individuals grow to be the person they want to be. I believe that anyone can overcome their struggles with intentionality, and time. My job is to give you the care and insight to support your journey towards becoming your authentic self. While I do offer extensive experience in therap...
Our team has extensive experience helping women & families. Common concerns here include mental health, relationship, and child/adult child concerns. Our passion is to help each individual reach their full potential for fulfillment in life. Beyond getting relief from personal and interpersonal struggles, we believe in helping people get unstuck from underlying causes to mood, behavior &...
Harold Young attended graduate school at UCLA and has over 35 years’ experience as a clinician, clinical supervisor and teacher of interns. He was the Clinical Director of The Maple Counseling Center of Beverly Hills for 20 years. He works with adults and couples from an insight and relational orientation. My philosophy is to understand the client as best I can; what interferes with their abili...
Adolescents in our day and time have many challenges to overcome. Some struggle with school, peer pressures, low self-esteem, poor coping skills, and have problems at home. Often, unresolved issues can result in depression, anxiety, anger and behavioral deterioration. The longer this goes on the worse things can become. As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Clinical Director in an adolesc...
Welcome to my therapy practice! My name is Ivy Zeller, MA, LCMHC. I am a Vermont licensed clinical mental health counselor with a private practice located in Montpelier, VT. I have been serving adults, teens, children and families in a variety of helping roles since 1997. I specialize in treating individuals who struggle with anxiety, depression, grief and loss, trauma, and substance use. I...
It is easy to become stuck in the pattern of choosing comfort over change. Breaking this cycle can often feel overwhelming and uncomfortable, as it requires a person to walk away from familiarity and into a place of vulnerability. In therapy, my goal is to create a safe place for you to feel heard and I will offer genuine support and encouragement during this process. We will work together to...
The LodeStone Center for Behavioral Health is a private outpatient group practice with offices in McHenry County and the Chicago suburbs. We work with clients of all ages and strive to provide a welcoming, inclusive and empathic environment for those we serve. We offer counseling and psychological assessment services at each of our locations. We work with multiple large insurance panels, and...
My approach is eclectic - using positive psychology, creativity and wellness to help clients navigate life transitions and challenges. I believe the therapeutic relationship is key to helping clients become their best selves and I bring a wide breadth of clinical and life experience to this partnership....
As a trauma survivor, the Coronavirus Pandemic is surely bringing up lots of grief, fear, sadness, and stress. After experiencing trauma, it can feel like nothing makes sense. Your body is reacting with anxiety, exhaustion, and pain (or feeling nothing at all). You feel like everyone has an idea how you ‘should’ act. You might even feel like you have to offer ‘proof’ by telling your story or...
With over 17 years of experience providing a broad range of mental health services, my current practice strongly emphasizes providing therapeutic interventions for children with behavioral and emotional challenges, while also welcoming the opportunity to work with families, individuals and couples needing counseling services. Over the course of my career, I have gained experience in many elemen...
I like to meet my clients where they are at and assist them in overcoming barriers to get where they want to be in their lives. We can effectively develop a solution and practice skills to achieve wellness goals. While we can't always change the circumstances we are in, we can change the way we function in those circumstances. I integrate clinical expertise with compassion, dedication, laughter...
