Ruth Parsons

Ruth believes that if people are given the right support along the way through life, they can reach their potential as a human being. And to not have one's suffering seen or heard is unbearable. With these two ideas as her frame of reference, she feels privileged to walk alongside a person in their process toward wellness. She primarily uses a psychodynamic way of working with clients, which uses the therapeutic relationship to make conscious unconscious processes, with other modalities as seem appropriate for the individual. She is experienced in the use of Brief Therapies and CBT, and Expressive therapies such as Working with Small Figures. Ruth also uses parts work.  When working with trauma clients, She uses the trauma model which uses the therapeutic relationship to rebuild a sense of safety and of ‘self’ whilst working to integrate the trauma and its legacy over time. Currently in private practice she is skilled in the areas of complex trauma, depression and anxiety, grief, domestic violence, interpersonal difficulties, personality adaptations, life stressors and transitions, and sexual abuse work.  Ruth also works with those impacted by the effects of high control religious groups.