About Kurt
Kurt Ruffley is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) practicing in Montana. He has four years of experience and offers therapy focused on common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting questions, and self-esteem concerns. Kurt uses telehealth and remote options alongside local work in Montana to reach people across the state.
He centers sessions on clear, practical steps. Kurt blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy with mindfulness and solution-focused techniques.
How Kurt works
That mix helps people learn new coping skills, reduce anxious thinking, and handle strong emotions without being overwhelmed. Kurt also brings attention to issues tied to early life and relationships. He helps people who are dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, family of origin problems, codependency, and communication breakdowns.
He works with those affected by chronic illness, caregiver stress, substance problems, domestic violence, and trauma related to disasters. Sessions aim to identify small changes that make a daily difference. Kurt uses motivational interviewing to help people consider change and stick with it.
Therapy includes practical homework, short-term problem solving, and longer work when needed. Therapy is offered in English and delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Kurt’s practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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Kurt lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Kurt works with
The areas below are the ones Kurt selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Montana |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online healing
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence. It helps with anxiety, depression, and patterns that keep problems cycling. DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches tools for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving day-to-day interpersonal skills. It is useful when strong feelings lead to reactive behavior or relationship conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions may start with short-term problem solving and then expand into deeper skill building if that fits the client.
Online therapy here is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make treatment more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, and ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and reach licensed professionals from different parts of Montana.
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