About Ruthie
Ruthie Brooks is a licensed professional counselor with 19 years of experience supporting people through hard seasons of life. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Ruthie works with people who are dealing with grief, trauma, sleep problems, parenting strain, and work-related exhaustion.
Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions aim to identify what feels stuck and find small, usable steps forward.
How Ruthie works
She uses approaches that center the client’s perspective and emphasize real-life skills. Conversations tend to be problem-focused and collaborative rather than long on theory. Ruthie draws from cognitive behavioral methods to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
She blends those tools with mindfulness practices to help people manage intense feelings in the moment. Solution-focused techniques are used to set clear, achievable goals and notice progress quickly. Across her work she addresses a wide range of concerns, including OCD patterns, panic attacks, phobias, ADHD challenges, compassion fatigue, and issues that come with aging or caregiving.
She also helps with control struggles, hoarding behaviors, trichotillomania, and seasonal mood shifts. Ruthie offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their life.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for the client.
Ruthie lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Ruthie works with
The areas below are the ones Ruthie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alabama |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Ruthie's Methods Translate to Online Care
Ruthie uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and shift behavior. That approach is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive patterns because it breaks problems into specific thoughts and actions to change.She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and grounding practices. Those exercises can reduce reactivity, improve sleep, and make intense feelings easier to tolerate during everyday life.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a team effort. Ruthie will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they decide whether to focus on skills, symptom tracking, or short-term solutions and adjust as progress is made.
Online care offers practical benefits for people with busy lives. Video calls let the therapist and client work face-to-face when that is helpful. Phone sessions work well when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions, handle quick updates, or have shorter, flexible conversations during a break from work.
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A practical next step
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