About Ruth
Ruth Landis is a licensed clinical social worker in Louisiana with 21 years of practice. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anger, and compassion fatigue. Ruth focuses on creating a respectful, sensitive space where people can begin change at their own pace.
She shapes conversations and plans to match each person’s needs. Sessions are practical and focused on what matters to the client. Ruth aims to help people feel steadier, clearer, and more able to handle daily pressures.
Background and approach
Ruth draws on established, evidence-informed techniques to address mood concerns, post-traumatic stress, attachment difficulties, and issues tied to caregiving and control. She also supports people facing guilt, shame, midlife transitions, and women’s health concerns. The work often mixes short-term strategies and deeper discussion to fit whatever is most helpful.
Her style is warm and straightforward. She listens for patterns that keep people stuck and offers tools to try between sessions. Ruth sees progress as a step-by-step process and adjusts plans as needs change.
People meet with Ruth by phone, video call, live chat, or text messaging. She offers a subscription-based model that can be canceled at any time, with pricing that varies by location and availability. To begin, use the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
Approaches that guide online care
Ruth uses evidence-based techniques that combine practical skill-building with deeper emotional work. One common approach she uses focuses on learning concrete coping skills for anxiety and mood issues, such as breathing tools, grounding exercises, and planning small behavioral changes to reduce worry and lift mood. These methods help when stress or low mood interfere with daily life.She also uses approaches aimed at processing trauma and its effects, which involve pacing tough memories, identifying triggers, and developing strategies to manage reactions. This work helps people reduce the hold of past events and regain control of day-to-day functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Ruth will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most comfortable. Together she and the client will try approaches, check what helps, and adjust the plan if needed so the work fits the client’s life.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or cameras are limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats offer flexibility to fit work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on progress and usable skills.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English