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
Do you ever feel like your emotions are in control, or too overwhelming to face alone? Or that others will judge you for opening up about emotional or personal struggles? I have experience working with youth, adults, and families on a variety of different issues including suicidality, self harm, anxiety, depression, difficulty regulating emotions, and trauma. I utilize a person-centered style o...
From Adversity to New Life. While often it is our daily reactions that make us what change, neurobiological research now proves that past traumatic experiences cause damage to the brain. EMDR Therapy helps clients to process and overcome a multitude of difficult life experiences and regain healthy thinking and functioning. Trauma-informed Therapy is essential to quality care. We train and assis...
*BETTER MEN, HUSBANDS & DADS* Sometimes it can feel like you've failed or haven't lived up to your loved ones (or even your own) expectations. Vulnerability can be hard, and because you're used to being the one to "fix" things, it seems there's no one who can understand or help you. You may not know what direction it takes to become the husband or father that you need to be, or maybe you know t...
There are some things in life that are too hard to face alone. If you or a loved one have experienced trauma, relationship struggles, stresses related to parenting or taking care of an aging parent, grief at the loss of a beloved member of your life, anxiety, depression, survivor or witness to abuse, or seeking tools for living with wellness. Please come and be welcome in a healing space. I can...
Welcome and thank you for considering Sense of Self Portland for your counseling/therapy needs! I believe strongly that everyone can benefit from having a safe and neutral place to discuss any and all aspects of their life and to share their struggles and successes. I love working with people from all walks of life and hope that my humanistic & person-centered style can help support you along i...
It's time to move beyond the messages from family and culture that condition you to believe you're not enough. I work with clients who are ready to heal from childhood wounding. My clients engage in self-study, discovering who they are and how to love and parent themselves. I work with a motivated client who wants to learn to become more skillful. I work with teens, young adults, and families. ...
If you are a parent looking for support in managing a challenge with your child, tween or teenager or if you are parents looking to align on parenting strategies, I am here to offer you support. Inevitably, difficult moments arise as they are indicators of learning or growth that wants to happen for your child, your relationship or for your family as a whole. Every child or teen and every famil...
I offer online/phone sessions. Life can be joyful or sometimes very difficult. I find it a privilege to be invited into another’s life to assist them with difficult situations. I believe that we all have the capacity to look into ourselves and our lives, determine where we need to make changes, and then implement action to become the best we can be. I have spent my career in the helping fields...
I look forward to working alongside YOU in whatever path you have decided to take in life (or life has taken you on). I have unique experience and training in helping others through the grieving and bereavement processes. I tend to focus on a DBT heavy approach to therapy, as well as trauma informed practice. I am very experienced in working with the LGBTQ, transgender, kink and polyamorous...
As a licensed clinical social worker, I offer an empathetic safe space for you to talk about your life experiences and emotions. My intention is to help you improve your quality of life and gain confidence in yourself. I believe in utilizing mindfulness to help increase your self-regulation skills as we collaboratively work through the difficulties caused by day-to-day life stressors, trauma,...
Creating an environment for healing, resilience and growth. Therapy is not just a process that leads to functioning, but flourishing, as you become the person you were born to be. We believe in the power of your dreams!! Hablamos Espanol! Specialties include: Individual Therapy, Family Therapy, Couple's Counseling, Addictions Counseling, and Financial Counseling Transitions. A passion to empowe...
To be fully alive means to experience the whole gamut of human emotions, including the uncomfortable ones like anxiety, sadness, anger, and shame. Paradoxically, the more fully we feel our feelings, the less intense and problematic they become over time! My job is to help people develop the skills to better recognize, understand, and tolerate their feelings, and in so doing, expand their capaci...
With the Covid-19 Virus my therapy methods have gone to phone or Tele Therapy. My therapeutic style is a holistic goal orientated approach to help patients better understand themselves by developing insight to their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and to cultivate the life that have you imagined or dreamed possible. I provide a safe and supportive environment to earn your trust to work on thi...
Young people experience many challenges in the cyber age. Not only are they struggling to cope with traditional stressors such as family, friends, and school, but they feel sadder and lonelier than ever. My goal is to assist our youth with finding their voice, embracing their strengths, and for them to become empowered. I want to provide preteens, adolescents, and young adults with a safe,...
You are feeling the pressure to be a Super Woman, maybe a Super Mom, definitely a Super Everything. You rarely stop to take care of yourself before you take of others because you just don’t have time or you’re too tired. The stress can feel overwhelming, but you don’t know what to from here because it feels like you’re caught in an endless loop. You might have a history of anxiety, depression, ...
