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Ruthie Brooks, LPC

  • Experience19 years
  • LocationAlabama
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Self esteem
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Ruthie

Ruthie Brooks is an LPC with 19 years of clinical experience who helps people manage a wide range of emotional and practical challenges.

Background and approach

She draws on long-term practice to guide clients through stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions while also addressing issues like trauma, grief, sleep disruption, and ADHD. Ruthie’s background includes working with mood disorders, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and compassion fatigue, allowing her to tailor support to the client’s presenting needs.

Her style blends empathy with practical strategies, creating a calm, nonjudgmental space for exploring difficult emotions and building new skills. Ruthie emphasizes strengths and resilience, helping people develop coping plans, improve self-understanding, and create sustainable routines.

She also focuses on aging and caregiver stress when those issues emerge, offering focused attention to life-stage concerns. Clients can expect an approach that balances validation with actionable tools drawn from cognitive and mindfulness-based methods as well as solution-focused techniques.

Ruthie aims to help each person move toward clearer priorities and healthier patterns at a pace that fits their goals and circumstances.

Approaches for Online Support and Practical Change

Ruthie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy as core approaches in her online work. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, offering concrete tools for anxiety, depression, and mood regulation. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and self-compassion practices that can reduce stress, improve sleep, and support emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription. She works with clients to explore which methods feel most fitting for their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, adjusting tools and pacing as the relationship develops.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These formats make it easier to fit consistent care into busy schedules, manage transitions, and connect from different locations while maintaining continuity of therapeutic work.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Ruthie commonly address?
She works with a broad set of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem struggles, ADHD, trauma and grief among many other mood and behavior concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm and nonjudgmental with an emphasis on practical skills, strength-building, and collaborative problem solving drawing from client-centered, cognitive, mindfulness, and solution-focused methods.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Ruthie has 19 years of experience in mental health practice, which informs her work across anxiety, mood disorders, trauma-related concerns, and caregiving stress.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an LPC practicing out of Alabama and holds licenses MI LPC 6401225154 and GA LPC LPC007644 as listed in her credentials.
Can people who live outside the United States work with her?
She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English for clients located outside the U.S.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietySelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changesADHD

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesCaregiver issues and stressControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterHoardingImpulsivityMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

19+ years

Licensed

Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Michigan

Languages

English

What Ruthie can help with

Ruthie Brooks works with clients on stress and anxiety, self esteem, depression, coping with life changes, and ADHD.

Ruthie works with depression, anxiety, stress management, and self-esteem development.

How Ruthie approaches therapy

Ruthie's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Ruthie is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Alabama, with 19 years of clinical experience.