About Ruth
Ruth Racz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Alabama with 14 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and life changes. She keeps conversations down-to-earth and encourages clients to speak honestly about what matters to them. Ruth aims to create a straightforward, nonjudgmental space where people can take practical steps toward feeling better.
Ruth earned a master’s degree from Troy University in 2011 and has worked full time in community mental health since then.
Background and approach
That background means she is familiar with a wide range of concerns, including trauma, grief, bipolar symptoms, and co-occurring conditions. She also addresses relationship strain, parenting stress, and issues like isolation or low self-esteem. In sessions she blends approaches to match what a person needs.
She uses client-centered techniques to follow the person’s priorities, cognitive behavioral strategies to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and mindfulness to build present-moment skills. Motivational interviewing methods help when someone wants change but feels stuck. Ruth describes her style as conversational and practical.
She invites clients to be candid and to set the pace. Together they identify small, doable steps and skills that fit day-to-day life. People who choose Ruth can expect clear feedback, emphasis on skill-building, and a focus on what matters most to them.
Her work in community settings informs a calm, realistic approach to tackling everyday problems and complex mental health concerns.
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s priorities and resources, with the therapist following the client’s lead and creating a respectful, listening space. It helps people clarify what matters and decide which changes to try first.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact, and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress by giving practical skills to try between sessions.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) brings skills for emotion regulation and managing strong reactions, emphasizing balance between acceptance and change. Those skills often help when emotions feel overwhelming or when relationships create repeated conflict.
Ruth works collaboratively to find the best fit for each person. She will discuss goals, try approaches that match those goals, and adjust methods based on what helps most. Deciding on an approach is an ongoing conversation rather than a single choice.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone calls require less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, and messaging or live chat can be useful for short check-ins and ongoing coaching between visits. These options can make it easier to maintain continuity of care and practice skills in everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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