- Anxiety and depression
- Coping skills
- Trauma recovery
About Ruthie
Ruthie Brooks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 19 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and self-esteem concerns. Ruthie aims to create a warm, nonjudgmental setting where people can feel heard and begin to make practical changes.
Her work often centers on recovery from trauma and abuse as well as social anxiety and mood disorders. She helps people build coping skills for panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and sleep problems. Ruthie also supports those facing life transitions, aging concerns, caregiver stress, and career-related strain.
Ruthie draws on client-centered methods to follow each person's pace and priorities. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to name unhelpful thinking and try small experiments that change behavior. Mindfulness practices are woven in to help with grounding and managing strong emotions.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and practical. Ruthie helps set clear goals, tries short-term strategies when appropriate, and adjusts the plan as progress is made. Her style is direct but compassionate, focusing on skills people can use between meetings.
She works in English and is based in Alabama. International clients are accepted, and she addresses a wide range of concerns including grief, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, phobias, and post-traumatic stress. To start, readers are asked to complete a brief questionnaire to match with her and schedule sessions.
Her work often centers on recovery from trauma and abuse as well as social anxiety and mood disorders. She helps people build coping skills for panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and sleep problems. Ruthie also supports those facing life transitions, aging concerns, caregiver stress, and career-related strain.
Ruthie draws on client-centered methods to follow each person's pace and priorities. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to name unhelpful thinking and try small experiments that change behavior. Mindfulness practices are woven in to help with grounding and managing strong emotions.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and practical. Ruthie helps set clear goals, tries short-term strategies when appropriate, and adjusts the plan as progress is made. Her style is direct but compassionate, focusing on skills people can use between meetings.
She works in English and is based in Alabama. International clients are accepted, and she addresses a wide range of concerns including grief, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, phobias, and post-traumatic stress. To start, readers are asked to complete a brief questionnaire to match with her and schedule sessions.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead. The therapist offers empathy, reflects what she hears, and helps people name their priorities so they set goals that matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors together. It uses short experiments, practice between sessions, and step-by-step skills to reduce symptoms like anxiety, panic, and low mood.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most in everyday life.
Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online therapy can help fit care into a busy schedule by reducing travel time and allowing sessions during work breaks or between commitments. It can also make shorter check-ins easier to arrange or allow sessions without being on camera when that feels better. Licensed professionals can use these options to support skill practice, manage symptoms, and work through trauma-related concerns in a way that fits daily life.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, and many mood and anxiety-related issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is warm and practical. She blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques to build skills and reduce distress.
How long has she been practicing?
Ruthie has 19 years of experience working in mental health.
Where is she located and what are her credentials?
She is based in Alabama and holds the LPC credential as a Licensed Professional Counselor.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are accepted.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.