LMFT
Ruth Burgher-Gibore, LMFT
- Experience23 years
- LocationCalifornia
- Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Trauma and abuse
- Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Ruth
Ruth Burgher-Gibore brings a client-centered orientation combined with cognitive and emotionally-focused techniques to her practice.
Background and approach
With more than 23 years as a licensed marriage and family therapist, Ruth weaves practical strategies and reflective work to address concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, and ADHD. She draws on experience managing clinical programs as well as providing direct services like crisis intervention, career counseling, and grief support.
Ruth holds LMFT licensure in California and Florida and has worked across a wide range of presenting issues including addictions, parenting and family challenges, eating and sleeping problems, intimacy-related concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Her background includes case management and leading community mental health clinics, which informs a pragmatic and solution-focused style that emphasizes client goals and real-world problem solving. Ruth aims to collaborate with each person to build coping skills, strengthen relationships, and pursue meaningful change.
Therapeutic approaches applied to online care
Ruth often uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on understanding each person’s experience and building a collaborative relationship that supports insight and personal growth. This approach helps clients explore values, clarify goals, and feel heard while developing change at their own pace.She also integrates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and to teach practical coping skills for issues like anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT offers structured tools that translate well to remote formats and homework between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Ruth works with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals, then tailors techniques from different modalities to create a personalized plan. This collaborative stance helps ensure that interventions fit each person’s life and priorities.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for scheduling and lets clients access care from home or elsewhere. These formats support regular continuity of care, make it easier to mix brief check-ins with longer sessions, and allow therapists to integrate exercises, worksheets, and real-time coaching into the work.
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Experience
23+ years
Licensed
California, Florida
Languages
English
What Ruth can help with
Ruth Burgher-Gibore works with clients on stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, self esteem, depression, and coping with life changes.
Ruth works with individuals, couples, and families.
Ruth works with depression.
How Ruth approaches therapy
Ruth's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.
Experience and training
Ruth is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California, with 23 years of clinical experience.