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
Thank you for reading my profile. DEPRESSION - Are you experiencing hopelessness about your life, persistent sadness, irritable, difficulty concentrating staying focused? TRAUMA - Having flashbacks, nightmares, withdrawn from others; guilt/shame, self-blame and denial? Are there concerns with your SELF-ESTEEM? Inability to trust your own opinion; always overthinking; afraid to take challenges;...
The journey through life is often challenging and sometimes we get stuck and don’t know how to move forward. My job is to help you get unstuck by offering a helping hand and an objective perspective on your "stuckness". I believe that it is a privilege to walk with you as you journey through the challenges of life. I started my own journey into the mental health field because of my struggles wh...
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I strongly believe in the human capacity for resilience, healing, and transformation and I am passionate about tailoring therapy to fit the individual and their strengths. Most of all though I genuinely care and invest myself in the people that my career, I have worked with clients experiencing a variety of conditions such as panic disorder, sexual/physical abuse, anxiety/depression, disturbing...
CURRENTLY OFFERING ONLINE SESSIONS - Evening Appointments Available - Affordable Rates.I approach serious and stressful situations with creativity & greater emotional and intellectual understanding. Through individual and couples therapy, I integrate a broad spectrum of evidenced- based approaches that support healing and deeper fulfillment. I work with people of all ages and adjust therapeutic...
I use an integrative approach informed by relational, psychodynamic, existential, and mindfulness traditions along with my decades of artistic practice as a poet, culture-maker, and teacher. I collaborate with my clients in creating a safe and accepting space for emotional pain to be explored, shame dismantled, somatic connections tracked with more consciousness, internal frameworks revised and...
I know that the first step of getting help for your child can be very scary. However, at some point you realized you needed some extra help. Maybe it was when you no longer recognized your own child. When you realized they were no longer their old self after that bad thing happened to them. Or when you felt like you had to walk on eggshells around your sensitive, moody, misunderstood pre-teen j...
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Are you ready for a change, but feeling unsure of how to navigate personal transformation on your own? Integrative holistic therapy can help you move beyond anxiety, negative self-talk, depression, or a history of trauma and begin to build a life of joy and meaning. I am moved by my clients’ stories and seeing them grow into their potential. With 13 years of experience working in personal growt...
I provide insight-oriented psychotherapy to individuals hoping to learn more about themselves, their role in relationships, and better understand how their family experiences contributed to their overall health and well-being, within their cultural context. I specialize in trauma and provide a safe, reliable, and non-judgmental space allows for each person to heal uniquely. In addition to worki...
Telehealth available! --- Whatever is standing in the way of you and your joy, let's clear the path. --- We all need help from time to time. This life's journey can throw us a curveball; moments or years from our past can be robbing us of the happiness and clarity that should be ours. I specialize in serving women and couples; I have had years of up close experience in working through client...
My therapeutic approach varies with each individual and I believe it is my responsibility to provide clients with a foundation to make them feel in control of their personal situation(s). Every individual has their own story to tell and it is my personal goal to help clients identify their personal strengths, heal, learn skills to deal with stressful situations, and build upon their foundation....
Are you feeling stressed and overwhelmed? Are you struggling with feelings of sadness or anxiety? There is help available to you as you learn to take control of your moods, face your current struggles, and heal from your past. Call me to set up a free phone consultation or to schedule an appointment. I have helped many people to heal from their past and address their current concerns through th...
I am a board certified and trained Licensed Professional Counselor and a trained EMDR clinician. I work with a holistic model of treatment, examining eating, sleep patterns, exercise and movement, as well as stillness, mindfulness and mediation practices; exploring lifestyle choices, and concentrating on negative self-talk that can lead us to be stuck and nonproductive. Also, exploring past...
This year has shown how unpredictable and stressful life can be. Many individuals are reaching out for support for the first time in their lives, given all that we've experienced over the past year specifically. It is important to me as a therapist to ensure that the client is heard, supported, and made to feel understood. I believe that everyone has unique strengths with which they are able to...
