Brooke Ruth
“Stop trying to control how you feel, and instead take control of what you do.”
-Russ Harris, ACT with Love: Stop Struggling, Reconcile Differences, and Strengthen Your Relationship with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (M.S), Licensed Associate Professional Counselor (LAPC)
Client focus
Individuals 15+
About Me
My passion for therapy aims to walk alongside clients toward a value-driven life. The art of therapy includes the authenticity of the therapeutic relationship that ensures empathic understanding, intentionality, and unconditional positive regard. In building this rapport, I believe clients can receive the warranted support that allows them to open themselves up to discovering the path for their lives; autonomy, reclaiming life narrative.
The root of my therapy work aligns best with your values and meaning for your life, that can be clouded by the detrimental impacts of trauma, stress/anxiety, depression and loss.
Through a trauma-informed lens, clients can allow themselves to repair unmet needs and enhance the connection between the mind and body. I believe in developing the daily intentionality that focuses on staying grounded and developing skills that allow better management and balance of emotions when they arise. As we talk and grow together in therapy, we can work to broaden perspectives and meaning toward the seasons of life that we go through.
Who I help
- I specialize in supporting individuals ages 15+
- I specialize in teenage, young adult, and middle-adulthood individuals
Self-Esteem & Self- Compassion, and Empowerment
- Normalizing the human condition and meeting one's own needs healthily
- Practicing Gratitude
- Narrative Trauma processing & Empowerment
- Attachment & Relational Repair
- Anxiety, OCD, Depression, Routine & ADL Management, Bipolar & Mood disorders
- Communication of emotions & Roles work
My therapeutic approach
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Trauma-informed ACT
Values exploration, Choice Point, Thought management and diffusion Trauma-informed Narrative Therapy; empowerment, guided narrative timeline that promotes grounding and at the client's pace. Provides grounding somatic transition from therapy into the rest of the day through somatic exercise, i.e., guided meditation, breath work.
- Emotion Regulation
- Grounding and body-based somatic work
- Attachment and relational rupture work
- Self-esteem, self-compassion, and gratitude expression
- IFS-parts work & Values work
- Bibliotherapy (depending on client interest)
Issues
- Anxiety, OCD
- Depression
- Bipolar disorder and mood
- Self-esteem, Self-compassion
- Relational Trauma and Attachment
Experience and Education
I earned my Master's degree in clinical mental health counseling at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. My professional background includes working in child behavioral health, partial hospitalization, and outpatient community-based mental health. This experience encompasses working with clients across a lifespan of development, population, needs, and clinical areas of concern.
Let's Connect
Looking for a therapist who will meet you where you are at? Let's connect and walk together!
More than just my work
In my spare time, I enjoy being active through activities of running, biking, and being in nature. I also enjoy listening to music, connecting with my loved ones, and finding ways to laugh and enjoy the small things in life. I identify as a faith-based individual and welcome this into the therapy space. I enjoy connecting with people about their interests and passions- I love to learn new things about the world, others, and myself.