About Ruby
Ruby Lewis-Dodd is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in North Carolina with 35 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and low self-esteem. Ruby emphasizes a compassionate, faith-informed stance and practical coping skills in sessions.
She helps people who are facing life transitions or wondering about life purpose. Conversations often focus on clearer communication, managing control issues, and building self-love. She also brings experience with workplace stress, social anxiety and phobia, and seasonal mood changes.
How Ruby works
Ruby uses a mix of therapy styles to match each person's needs. Sessions may include talk therapy, skill building, and mindfulness practices that people can use between meetings. Motivational techniques help people find the next steps when they feel stuck.
Her background includes work with aging and geriatric issues, attachment issues, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress, and concerns common to veterans and armed forces communities. Ruby pays attention to cultural and multicultural concerns as they arise in therapy. Clients can expect straightforward conversation and concrete strategies.
The aim is to reduce symptoms and increase day-to-day coping. Over time she helps people reconnect with strengths and clarify practical goals.
Ruby lists 8 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
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Online therapy using CBT, DBT, and emotion-focused tools
Ruby commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and emotionally-focused therapy in remote sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises and short action plans. Dialectical behavior therapy emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills to manage intense feelings and improve relationships. Emotionally-focused therapy focuses on identifying core emotions in relationship patterns so people can communicate needs more clearly and repair connection.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring. That might mean trying skill-based CBT homework for anxiety, using DBT skills during stressful times, or working through attachment patterns with EFT-style conversations.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full-length sessions and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a check-in fits into a work break. Live chat or text messaging can support shorter check-ins, ongoing encouragement, and timely skill reminders between sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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