About Ruby
Ruby Gordon helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, and mood concerns. She supports people facing life changes, grief, eating and sleeping problems, and work-related strain. Ruby also works with issues related to LGBTQ identity, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
She is a licensed professional counselor and a licensed clinical mental health counselor with 15 years of experience. Her style is warm and collaborative. Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual and on practical steps that can be tried between meetings.
How Ruby works
She uses straightforward tools to help people notice patterns, change unhelpful thinking, and build new coping skills. Conversations are paced to match each person's needs and goals. Ruby draws from several established approaches, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral methods, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques.
She mixes these methods based on the problem at hand and the client’s preferences rather than following a single template. That makes sessions flexible and goal-oriented. Over her career Ruby has supported people dealing with family of origin issues, attachment concerns, body image struggles, codependency, and communication problems.
She also addresses more specific topics such as BDSM and kink culture, first responder stress, gender dysphoria, and disruptive mood concerns. Her background helps her tailor practical steps and emotional support for a wide range of challenges. Ruby practices from Georgia and conducts sessions in English.
She combines experience with a straightforward, people-first approach to help clients move toward clearer choices and better day-to-day functioning.
Ruby lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Ruby works with
The areas below are the ones Ruby selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the person's lead. The therapist offers empathy, reflects what she hears, and helps people clarify their own goals and values. This approach is useful for identity questions, self-esteem, grief, and figuring out next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It provides clear techniques to test unhelpful thinking and try different actions. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and managing mood changes.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches noticing present-moment experience with less judgment. Simple attention and breathing practices help reduce reactivity and build calm. These skills pair well with CBT and client-centered work to manage stress and overwhelm.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, values, and daily life. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helpful and what is not.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people have face-to-face conversation, phone reduces bandwidth needs, chat and messaging support quick check-ins or ongoing written reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
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