About Ruth
Ruth Burgher-Gibore is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 23 years of experience. She brings a practical, straightforward approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. Ruth uses clear, goal-oriented methods aimed at small changes that make daily life easier.
Ruth blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to fit each person’s needs. Sessions focus on understanding what matters most to the individual, then testing small shifts in thinking and behavior.
How Ruth works
She also draws on mindfulness and existential perspectives to help people find meaning and calm amid change. Her experience includes counseling for addiction, parenting strain, eating and sleeping problems, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and intimacy-related issues. Ruth has worked with people coping with abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, chronic illness and pain, cancer, divorce, domestic violence, and loss.
She also supports LGBT concerns and communication problems. Ruth has practiced across California settings and holds LMFT credentials in California and Florida. She offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Her approach is collaborative and solution-focused. She helps people set realistic goals, practice small changes between sessions, and track progress over time.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for the client.
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What Ruth works with
The areas below are the ones Ruth selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approach-focused online therapy that fits your life
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s own goals and experience at the center of sessions. The therapist listens closely and helps reflect back what matters, so people feel heard and can clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and shift emotional responses, which can improve connection and reduce relationship strain.Choosing which approach to use is part of the work. Ruth will collaborate with each person to find what fits best based on needs, goals, and preferences. Together they may try one approach, combine methods, or adjust strategies as progress is tracked and goals evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different days and routines. Video works well for detailed conversation and exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, and chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins or homework support between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, school, or caregiving demands.
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