Dr. Ruth Houston Barrett, PhD, LMFT
Dr. Ruth Houston Barrett, PhD, LMFT |
| Professions: Marriage & Family Therapist, Mental Health Counselor, Psychotherapist |
| License Status: I'm a licensed professional. |
| Primary Credential: LMFT, Marriage and Family Therapy - MFC 53271 |
Accepting new clients - Contact me!
Billing and Insurance |
I don't currently accept insurance, but I can provide documentation if clients wish to submit to an insurance company for "out of network" benefit coverage
Fees: My session rate is $250, and I offer discounts for prepaid packs. Sessions typically last about 70-80 minutes. Research tells us these longer sessions are most effective, especially for couples. I offer a Free 20-min Consultation to ensure we are a good fit. Not on insurance panels; I do provide superbills for PPO insurance.
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With care, knowledge, and passion, I help my clients achieve the meaningful changes they seek. From the first session, my clients say they feel lighter, happier, and empowered for change. I balance warmth and empathy with extensive education, experience, expertise. I offer Free 20-min Consultation to ensure new clients are comfortable and we re a good fit. I'm not on any insurance panels. For PPOs, I provide superbills to reimburse some fees. Focusing on solutions, strengths, and evidence-based tools, we take concrete steps to enrich lives and relationships, blending therapeutic modalities for conscious-unconscious mind, mindfulness, meaning.
Email or Call Dr. Ruth Houston Barrett, PhD, LMFT at 1-800-651-8085 ext. 15957
More Info About My Practice
Couples: Communication, conflict, connection, emotional intimacy: change happens rapidly and profoundly in my practice. My expertise includes cutting-edge research about what really works, healing from emotional injuries, creating happier, healthier relationships. With empathy, strength, and skill, I balance the work of deep emotional transformation with lighthearted fun and practicality.
Individuals: Make real, positive changes to live joyfully and meaningfully. Address identity, purpose, relationships, trauma, depression, anxiety, anger, addiction, and other challenges. Profound transformations are not only possible, but inevitable!
Families: Parenting, teens, children -- my toolbox is full of wonderful ways to make things better fast.
Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With
I do quite a lot of couples counseling, and I very much enjoy empowering people to make their relationships strong, love-filled, and enjoyable, including premarital counseling. I also love working with teens, kids, and parents. I also help people manage life changes such as becoming parents, dealing with loss or divorce, and navigating coparenting. I And I enjoy working with individuals to discover insights and develop strengths, purpose, meaning, and joy. Profound transformations happen every day!
Services I Provide |
- Coaching
- Consultation
- Family Therapy
- Home-Based Therapy
- Individual Therapy & Counseling
- Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
- Online Counseling / Phone Therapy
Ages I Work With |
- Children
- Teens
- Adults
- Elders
Languages |
- English
Client Concerns I Treat |
- Abandonment
- Abortion / Post Abortion Issues
- Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues
- Addictions and Compulsions
- Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
- Adoption / Reunion Issues
- Aggression and Violence
- Aging and Geriatric Issues
- Agoraphobia
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Attachment Issues
- Bipolar
- Blended Family Issues
- Body Image
- Cancer
- Caregiver Issues / Stress
- Child and/or Adolescent Issues
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency / Dependency
- Communication Problems
- Compulsive Spending / Shopping
- Control Issues
- Creative Blocks
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders (Autism, Aspergers, etc.)
- Disability
- Dissociation
- Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
- Domestic Violence
- Drug and Alcohol Addiction
- Eating and Food Issues
- Emotional Abuse
- Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional Overwhelm
- Emptiness
- Family of Origin Issues
- Family Problems
- Fear
- Fertility Issues
- Forgiveness
- Gambling Addiction
- Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
- Habits
- Health / Illness / Medical Issues
- Helplessness / Victimhood
- HIV / AIDS
- Identity Issues
- Inadequacy
- Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity (ADHD)
- Individuation
- Infidelity / Affair Recovery
- Intellectual Disability
- Internet Addiction
- Irritability
- Isolation
- LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Issues
- Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
- Men's Issues
- Midlife Crisis / Midlife Transition
- Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
- Multicultural Concerns
- Obsessions and Compulsions (OCD)
- Oppositional and Defiant Behavior in Children and Teen
- Panic
- Parenting
- Phobias
- Physical Abuse
- Post Partum Depression
- Posttraumatic Stress / Trauma
- Pre-Marital Counseling
- Pregnancy and Birthing
- Prejudice / Discrimination
- Relationships and Marriage
- Religious Issues
- Schizophrenia
- Self-Care
- Self-Confidence
- Self-Criticism
- Self-Doubt
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Self-Love
- Sensitivity to Criticism
- Sexual Assault / Abuse
- Sexuality / Sex Therapy
- Shame
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety / Phobia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
- Suspiciousness / Paranoia
- Trust Issues
- Values Clarification
- Women's Issues
- Workplace Issues
- Worry
- Worthlessness
- Young Adult Issues
Types of Therapy |
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Adlerian Psychology / Psychotherapy
- Anger Management
- Art Therapy
- Body Psychotherapy
- Body-Mind Psychotherapy
- Breathwork
- Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy (CDOI)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Coherence Therapy / Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
- Collaborative Therapy
- Conflict Resolution Therapy
- Dreamwork
- Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
- Emotion Focused Therapy
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Existential Psychotherapy
- Family Attachment Narrative Therapy
- Family Constellations
- Family Systems Therapy
- Feminist Therapy
- Filial Therapy
- Gestalt Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Holistic Psychotherapy
- Humanistic Psychology (humanism)
- Imago Relationship Therapy (IRT)
- Integral Psychotherapy (IP)
- Integration of different therapy models
- Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
- Journal Therapy
- Jungian Psychotherapy
- Logotherapy
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions
- Music Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
- Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
- Object Relations
- Parent Work
- Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
- Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian Therapy)
- Play Therapy
- Poetry Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Positive Psychotherapy
- Possibility Therapy
- Pragmatic / Experiential Therapy for Couples (PET-C)
- Process Oriented Psychology
- Psychodrama
- Reality Therapy
- Relational Life Therapy
- Relational Psychotherapy
- Relationship Enhancement Therapy
- Sand Tray Therapy
- Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy
- Schema Therapy
- Self Psychology
- Self-Acceptance Training
- Self-Relations Therapy
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
- Sport / Fitness Psychology
- Systems Theory /Therapy
- Theraplay
- Transactional Analysis
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
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