Therapist profile
Ruby Gordon, LPC, LCMHC
LPC and LCMHC - Stress and parenting concerns
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- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness practice
- Solution-focused work
About Ruby
Ruby Gordon is an LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor, and an LCMHC, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, practicing for 15 years in Georgia. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. Parenting concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues related to sexual identity or gender are also within her scope. Ruby also addresses sleep and eating problems, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and caregiver strain.
She takes a straightforward, person-focused style in sessions. Conversations aim to identify what feels most urgent and map small, doable steps forward. She uses evidence-based methods rather than long lectures, and sessions are conversational and goal-oriented.
Ruby commonly uses client-centered methods to follow the person's lead while adding techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Mindfulness practices are offered to help regulate stress and ground difficult emotions. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques are used when people want to set clear goals and build momentum.
Her work also attends to attachment and family of origin issues, body image, codependency, and communication problems. She supports people exploring kink, BDSM, and alternative sexual cultures without judgment. First responder stress, compassion fatigue, and workplace strain are addressed with practical coping tools.
Sessions emphasize concrete strategies people can use between meetings. The aim is to reduce distress and increase day-to-day functioning through clearer thinking, steady routines, and manageable behavior changes.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters most to the person. It helps when someone wants a calm space to talk through relationships, identity concerns, or parenting strain. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical steps to shift unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating difficulties.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to decide which methods to try first and adjust over time based on goals and what feels useful. That means agreeing on small goals, testing strategies between sessions, and reviewing what helps.
The original biography did not specify session formats. Confirm the current session options before booking so you know how meetings will be held. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into weekdays, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Many people find that using techniques from CBT and mindfulness can be practiced between sessions to make therapy fit into everyday life.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Languages
English
Questions
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What concerns does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, parenting strain, grief, trauma, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and related issues listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style?
She works in a conversational, person-focused way and combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from CBT, mindfulness, and solution-focused methods.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of clinical experience working with adults on a range of life and mental health concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds LPC and LCMHC credentials and practices in Georgia; credential details include SC LPC and NC LCMHC as provided.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography did not list specific session formats. Confirm the current session options before scheduling to know whether sessions are remote or in person.
How does payment or cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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