Ruth Saks, MSW
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Profession(s): Psychotherapy, Marriage & Family Therapy, Social Work
License Status:  I'm a licensed professional.
License Type:  LCSW
License Number:  R033631-1

My Approach to Helping

Starting therapy is an important step to direct your life towards more balance, productivity and contentment and by contrast, to diminish anxiety,guilt, shame, anger, and negative self-judgments and thoughts. My approach is always uniquely tailored to the individual ( or couple) I work with. The environment I work in has been understood by others to be a trusting and supportive one where the discussion and focus is on you in a relaxed and unstructured format. Understanding and empathy are key factors in my exploration of your issues I believe in a fluid process, that is the weaving of your story and feelings flow between what is alive for you in the "here and now" and reflect and utilize what is alive in the "back then". By doing so we are able to construct and integrate confusing feelings into a positive format, releasing positive energy and beliefs to carry you forward. .
 

Services I Provide

  • Individual Therapy & Counseling
  • Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
  • Mediation
  • Coaching
  • Clinical Supervision
  • Distance or Phone Therapy
 

Ages I Work With

  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Elders
 

Languages I Speak

  • English
  • German
 

Groups I Work With

  • Individuals,Couples,Intergenerational Couples,Transgendered,Artists,Aging,Chronic Illness
 

Therapy Approaches I Use

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
  • Body-Mind Psychotherapy
  • Clean Language, Symbolic Modeling, & Metaphor Therapy
  • Drama Therapy
  • Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
  • Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Object Relations
  • Parent Work
  • Psychoanalysis / Modern Psychoanalysis
  • Psychodynamic
  • Relational Psychotherapy
  • Somatic Psychotherapy
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Locations & Maps
Office 1: 
170 East 83rd Street
New York, NY 10028 United States
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Concerns & Issues I Help With

  • Abortion / Post Abortion Issues
  • Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues
  • Academic Concerns
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Adoption / Reunion Issues
  • Aging & Geriatric Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Bipolar
  • Blended Family Issues
  • Career Choice
  • Creative Blocks
  • Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
  • Drug & Alcohol Addiction
  • Eating & Food Issues
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emptiness
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Grief, Loss, & Bereavement
  • Identity Issues
  • Infidelity / Affair Recovery
  • Learning Difficulties
  • LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
  • Midlife Crisis / Midlife Transition
  • Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
  • Parenting
  • Phobias
  • Post Partum Depression
  • Pregnancy & Birthing
  • Relationships & Marriage
  • Self-Criticism
  • Self-Doubt
  • Self-Esteem
  • Sexuality / Sex Therapy
  • Shame
  • Stress
  • Trust Issues
  • Women's Issues
  • Workplace Issues
  • Worthlessness