Ruti is a pre-licensed therapist with a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Roosevelt University. She began her clinical work at an LGBTQ+ community mental health center, where she supported transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary (TGNCNB) individuals navigating gender-affirming care, orders of protection, addiction, and systemic oppression. These experiences shape her trauma-informed, collaborative approach to therapy.

As a queer trans woman, Ruti understands how powerful it can be to work with a therapist who shares lived experience. She brings authenticity and humility to the therapy space, creating an inclusive environment for clients across a wide range of intersecting identities. As a Jewish clinician, Ruti also brings sensitivity to intergenerational trauma, identity, and healing, supporting clients in connecting past wounds with present growth.

Ruti specializes in working with LGBTQIA+ individuals, couples, and families across the lifespan, with a clinical focus on TGNCNB clients. She has extensive experience supporting clients facing complex trauma, minority stress, and relationship challenges. Her background in substance use counseling informs her work with individuals seeking to reimagine their relationships with drugs or alcohol through a Harm Reduction lens. Ruti also works closely with queer men around men’s issues: emotional attunement, healing from toxic masculinity, and building deeper intimacy. She also supports clients navigating religious trauma, spiritual questioning, and systemic oppression.

With a therapeutic style that is grounded in anti-oppressive, Liberatory psychology, Ruti integrates somatic therapy, systems theory, Motivational Interviewing, Polyvagal Theory, and client-centered practices. Across all her work, she helps clients process trauma, explore their identities, strengthen relationships, and reconnect with their bodies. Ruti believes healing emerges through community, safety, and embodiment—and that therapy is a space where transformation is possible.

Outside the therapy room, Ruti finds joy in nature, studying herbalism, supporting local drag performance, and cuddling with her cat, Minnie. Through humor, play, and connection, she honors her inner child—and welcomes you to do the same.

Services

• Individual Therapy

• Family Therapy

• Relationship Therapy

• Gender-Affirming Letter of Support

Specialties

• Addiction

• Complex Trauma

• Intersectional Identity Exploration

• Jewish Mental Health

• LGBTQIA+ Mental Health

• Life Transitions

• Men’s Mental Health

• Mind-Body Connection

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• Relationship Challenges

• Religious Trauma

• Spiritual Exploration

Approach

• Attachment-Based Therapy

• Motivational Interviewing (MI)

• Psychodynamic Therapy

• Relational Therapy

• Somatic Therapy

• Trauma-Informed Therapy