Ruth Burgher-Gibore, LMFT

California · 23 years in practice

Ruth Burgher-Gibore is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 23 years of experience.

License and registration

LMFT, California: 41190 · expires December 2027
LMFT, Florida: MT2179 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1407074511 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 23
Languages: English

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About Ruth

Ruth Burgher-Gibore is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 23 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, and the challenges of daily life. Ruth aims to create a calm, practical space where clients can talk through worries and try new ways of coping.

Ruth blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered care and cognitive behavioral techniques to address emotions and behavior together. Sessions often involve identifying unhelpful patterns, naming feelings, and trying small changes that can improve daily life.

Background and approach

She also uses mindfulness and existential ideas to help people find meaning and stay present. Her background includes counseling across many settings, offering therapy, case management, career counseling, crisis intervention, and grief support. She has worked with a wide range of people, including LGBTQ individuals and those coping with trauma, addiction, chronic illness, or major life transitions.

This broad experience informs a flexible approach to common problems like sleep, parenting strain, anger, and career stress. Ruth works in California and holds California and Florida LMFT credentials. Sessions are offered in English.

She supports people who want a practical, emotion-focused route to feeling steadier and clearer about their next steps. Ruth aims to be collaborative and solution-focused. She helps clients set small goals and track what works so people can build more reliable ways of coping with life’s ups and downs.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Ruth lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Depression
Coping with life changes
Addictions
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Blended family issues
Cancer
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Ruth names

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Online support

How emotion work and practical tools fit online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name their core feelings and attachment needs so they can change hurtful interaction patterns. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and following the client’s pace to build trust and clarity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors, guiding people to test different responses and develop new routines to reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Finding the right mix of these approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then shape sessions together. That way the work stays focused on what a client needs most, whether that is processing strong feelings, practicing new habits, or exploring meaning and life choices.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow visual connection for emotion-focused work and role practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, manage sudden stress, and keep momentum between meetings.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Ruth address?

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, anger, career issues, bipolar, ADHD, and related challenges.

What is Ruth’s therapy style like?

Her work combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered and cognitive behavioral methods. Sessions are practical and emotion-focused, with time spent naming feelings and trying small behavior changes.

How much experience does she have?

She has 23 years of experience working in multiple clinical roles including therapy, case management, crisis intervention, and grief counseling.

Where is she licensed and based?

Ruth holds California and Florida LMFT credentials and practices from California. Sessions are provided in English.

Can people outside the U.S. work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted. Sessions are offered to people in the regions where her licensure and practice allow.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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