About Ruth
Ruth Gus is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 15 years of practical experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, and low mood. Ruth aims to create a calm space where someone can say what they think and feel without judgment.
Ruth listens in a straightforward way and works from the client’s concerns. She helps people name what is happening for them and figure out small, workable steps forward.
Background and approach
Conversations are paced to the person’s comfort, whether they need time to reflect or want more active problem solving. Her approach draws on Client-Centred Therapy, which centres the person’s own goals and experiences. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to explore what someone values and to strengthen their own reasons for change.
These approaches suit issues like anxiety, relationship struggles, coping with life changes and grief. People come to Ruth with a wide range of worries, including sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career decisions and caregiving stress. She also supports those facing family of origin concerns, codependency, abandonment or communication problems.
Sessions aim to be practical and directed by the client’s priorities. Ruth works in English and Yoruba and accepts international clients. She uses a conversational, respectful tone and encourages people to take small steps toward the life they want.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Ruth uses Client-Centred Therapy which focuses on listening closely and following the client’s own priorities. This approach helps people who need time to name feelings, build self-understanding and make decisions at their own pace. She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to help clarify values and strengthen motivation for change, which can be useful for anxiety, career choices and breaking patterns that feel stuck.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Ruth will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggest ways of working that match those aims. Together they adjust the pace and techniques so sessions feel meaningful and manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who write better than they speak. These options make it simpler to keep therapy going around work, family and travel commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Yoruba
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