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Therapist

Ruth Santos Howe

Ruth Santos Howe
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Locations

1065 Powers Pl
Alpharetta, GA 30009
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Offers Online Therapy

Summary

Ruth is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) specializing in multicultural counseling as well as individual, couples, and family therapy.  She has maintained a private practice in Sandy Springs, and Alpharetta, Georgia. Now she is seeing clients using telemental health across the state of Georgia. In addition to over 20 years of experience as a pastoral counselor, Ruth has a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling. She also has seven years of experience working as an individual, marriage, and family therapist in the Latino community settings in Metro Atlanta.
Ruth is an interactive, solution-focused therapist. Her therapeutic approach is to provide support and practical feedback to help clients effectively address personal life challenges. She integrates complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each client. With compassion and understanding, she works with each individual to help them build onto their strengths and attain the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing.
Ruth currently serves as a private practitioner and works with a broad spectrum of clients. She is trained in PREPARE/ENRICH and the Gottman Method, and she is certified in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). Among her areas of expertise are individual counseling, premarital counseling, couples/marital counseling, family counseling, pastoral counseling, and children and adolescents. She also specializes in mindfulness, depression group counseling, behavioral problems, addictions, substance abuse, parenting, depression, anxiety, domestic abuse, grief and loss, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), women's issues, postpartum depression, phase-of-life problems, and spirituality issues.
In addition to being a well-known relationship therapist, Ruth has presented at national and international conferences and to general audiences speaking on the topics of women’s issues.

Types of Therapy

12 Step Recovery Attachment-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Eclectic Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Existential Therapy Experiential Therapy Family Systems Gottman Method Marriage and Family Mindfulness-based (MBCT) Neuro-Linguistic Person-Centered Positive Psychology Prepare / Enrich Relational Teletherapy

Modality

Couples Family Individuals

Specialties

Anxiety Social Anxiety Women's Issues ADHD Mid-life Crisis

Issues

Adjustment Affair Recovery Anger Management Blended Family Issues Body Image Boundaries Cancer Chronic Pain Codependency Crisis Pregnancy Dating Divorce Recovery Eating Disorders Hoarding Infidelity Learning Disabilities Marriage Missionary Re-entry Mood Disorders Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) PTSD Parenting Pastor's Family Physical Abuse Postpartum Depression/Anxiety Premarital Prepare-Enrich Inventory Relationship Issues Spiritual Warfare Spirituality Stress Trauma Treatment Resistant Depression

Age Specialty

Adults Elders (65+)

Finances

Accepted Insurance Plans: None
Sliding Scale: Yes
Average Cost Per Session: $130 - $150

Qualifications

Degree: MS and MDiv
License: LPC009753
School: Mercer University