Ruth Vanden Bosch, LPC

Ruth Vanden Bosch is an LPC with 25 years of clinical and coaching experience. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and intimacy-related concerns. Ruth also supports those facing career challenges, eating and body-image issues, and the emotional effects of chronic illness and caregiving.

She trained in nursing and counseling, earning a BS in Nursing and a BS in Psychology, and later a MA in Counseling Psychology. This combined background informs her practical approach to emotional and physical challenges. Ruth has worked in hospice and cancer support and has led groups for grief, LGBTQIA+ families, and compulsive eating issues.

In session she mixes cognitive-behavioral methods with attachment and emotionally focused ideas. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are part of her toolbox when they fit a person’s goals. Ruth focuses on simple, actionable steps to help clients move forward and on exploring how body and mind affect each other.

She has co-led retreats and contributed chapters to books about healing and coping with illness. Her writing includes personal reflections on living with kidney cancer and on the role of animals in recovery. Those experiences shape her compassionate, hopeful approach to care.

Ruth emphasizes collaboration and practical change. She invites people ready to take a step toward feeling better and offers steady support while they work toward clearer goals.

How Ruth’s approaches translate to online therapy

Ruth commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing practical behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, or compulsive patterns. Attachment-based work looks at relationship patterns and how early bonds shape current reactions to stress and intimacy.

She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas to help people name and shift core emotions in close relationships. EFT-style work can be useful for improving emotional connection and addressing intimacy-related issues by helping people express deeper feelings safely.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Ruth will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process helps identify whether CBT tasks, attachment work, mindfulness practices, or motivational interviewing will be most useful.

Confirm the therapist's current session formats before booking so you know what options are available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use mindfulness exercises and behavioral tasks between meetings to reinforce progress.