About Ruth
Ruth Racz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Alabama with 14 years of clinical experience. She focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and help with mood conditions such as depression and bipolar disorder. Ruth takes a conversational approach so people can speak plainly about what matters to them.
Ruth works with adults who are coping with life changes, parenting stress, caregiving demands, and career concerns.
How Ruth works
She also helps people facing trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and struggles with self-esteem, anger, or isolation. Her additional focus areas include forgiveness, guilt and shame, codependency, and finding life purpose. In sessions she draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
That means she listens first, then helps clients test thoughts, build practical coping skills, and try small changes that fit their goals. Expect direct, down-to-earth conversation rather than formal lecturing. Ruth trained at Troy University where she earned a master’s degree in 2011 and has worked in community mental health since then.
Her long career there gives her a solid background managing a wide range of concerns and helping people find clearer next steps. She encourages honesty in the therapy room and asks clients to bring what’s real. Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused, intended to help people reduce distress and handle daily demands more easily.
Ruth lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alabama |
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Online support options
How Ruth’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy begins by placing the person’s experience at the center of each session. The therapist listens without judgment and helps the client name priorities and set goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) brings concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress.Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Ruth will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She typically starts with listening, then adds skill-based tools and short experiments to see what helps most.
Online therapy supports these methods through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues for a conversational feel. Phone sessions can be easier when less bandwidth is available or a camera isn’t wanted. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, daily coaching, or practicing skills between sessions. These formats make therapy more flexible for busy schedules and different communication styles.
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