Christine Ruiz (She/Her)

I work with each individual to navigate the weakness and the strengths to the achieve the highest productivity and a positive change in confidence.

I have extensive experience and knowledge on abuse and trauma. I utilize trauma focused therapy that incorporate psychoeducation, emotional regulation and narrative therapy to achieve each persons individual goal.

I enjoy working with each individual in processing trauma, navigating emotions and challenging negative thoughts that may caused fear to health alleviate symptoms of PTSD from trauma that can have occurred at any point in an individuals life.

Trauma therapy can help you address the traumatic event and process your feelings and emotions. It can give you the opportunity to face your fears in a safe space and learn coping skills that can help you function on a day-to-day basis. Trauma-focused therapy, trauma-informed care, or trauma therapy is a form of psychotherapy designed to manage the impact of traumatic events on people's lives. Trauma therapy helps people process traumatic events and the lasting experience of trauma.

Solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) is a future-oriented, goal-directed approach to solving human problems of living. The focus is on the client’s health rather than the problem, on strengths rather than weaknesses or deficits, and on skills, resources and coping abilities that would help in reaching future goals. Clients describe what they wanted to happen in their lives (solutions), and how they will use personal resources to solve their problems.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems, eating disorders, and severe mental illness. Numerous research studies suggest that CBT leads to significant improvement in functioning and quality of life.