Ruth Burgher-Gibore, LMFT

Ruth Burgher-Gibore is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 23 years of experience. She practices from a person-centered perspective and aims to make therapy clear and practical for people facing life stressors and relationship strain.

She focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. Ruth also supports people dealing with grief, parenting challenges, sleep and eating problems, and changes related to career or health. She works with issues around intimacy, communication, codependency, and feeling stuck or empty.

Her approach combines Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive tools and emotion-focused work. That means she listens closely, helps people spot unhelpful thought patterns, and supports more helpful emotional connections in relationships. Mindfulness and existential ideas are woven in to help clients find meaning and steady their reactions.

Ruth draws on long experience in counseling, crisis work, grief support, and community mental health program management. She has worked with a wide range of ages and life situations and brings practical strategies alongside reflective conversation. Her style is solution-focused and aims to produce usable steps between sessions.

Ruth is licensed in California and Florida as an LMFT. Prospective clients who want to try therapy with her are encouraged to review options and schedule an initial match through the site.

How Ruth’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person’s experience. In practice this means the therapist reflects what she hears, helps clients clarify goals, and supports self-directed change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thinking patterns and behavior. Sessions use clear techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of coping that can reduce anxiety and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ruth will collaborate with clients to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences rather than insisting on one fixed model. That conversation may shift as therapy progresses and problems change.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats she offers. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments around work, family, or health demands. It can also allow shorter check-ins, reduce travel time, and help people continue therapy when life circumstances are busy or changing. Licensed professionals tailor session pace and tools to each person, helping skills learned in sessions transfer into everyday life.