Ruth Weinberg (She/her)

I have nearly 20 years of experience and extensive training in healing trauma. Because trauma is a complex phenomenon that effects our brain and body, talk therapy alone is often not enough to fully heal. Through trauma treatment techniques such as EMDR and IFS I can help clients move through their trauma, release it and leave it in the past.

My journey as a grief counselor began with providing individual, family and group therapy at a Hospice where I saw bereaved, actively dying, caregiver and anticipatory grief clients of all ages. I have the experience and understanding to guide clients through the process of learning how to get through the day despite deep pain, develop ways of coping with their emotions and finding a healing path forward.

Creating and maintaining healthy relationships requires courage, self-awareness and insight. I can help couples shift dynamics, draw boundaries, explore wants and needs and examine habits and coping strategies. In addition to my MS in marriage and family therapy I have nearly 20 years of experience helping clients strengthen healthy relationships, and improve and cope with difficult ones.

EMDR helps the nervous system leave the past in the past and return to the present. I am an EMDR II Clinician as certified by EMDRIA and have been practicing EMDR for nearly 12 years. In addition to the basic protocol, I am skilled in narrative EMDR (used with children and a guardian), and can combine EMDR with other models such as IFS to help clients with self regulation during sessions that deal with disturbing and painful issues.

Internal family Systems is a way that clients can work with the different parts of themselves in a way that facilitates healing and wholeness. Clients gain the ability to thoughtfully respond rather than automatically react to situations, gain new insight into why they do what they do and have the opportunity to heal deep wounds from long ago. I have witnessed inspiring life changes by clients as a result of this work.

Trauma therapy addresses the parts of our brain and body that are concerned with keeping us safe. In other words, our natural fight, flight, freeze responses. Processing trauma is possible when we increase our emotional regulation skills, gain awareness about our trauma triggers and develop our inner resources. A therapist's understanding of how to balance healing the past without getting overwhelmed is essential.