Ruth Vanden Bosch is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and life changes.
01About Ruth
Ruth Vanden Bosch is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and life changes. She brings 25 years of counseling and coaching experience and speaks plainly and directly about next steps. Ruth works with people on eating and body-image concerns, self-esteem, career questions, and intimacy-related issues.
She also supports those coping with illness, caregiving strain, and trauma-related concerns. Ruth trained in both nursing and counseling and draws on that background to notice how the body and emotions interact.
Background and approach
She uses practical tools from cognitive-behavioral approaches alongside attachment-focused and emotionally focused ideas. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are part of her mix when they fit a person’s goals. Sessions tend to focus on clear, doable steps and on building skills that people can use between meetings.
Her experience includes group facilitation for hospice, cancer support, bereavement, and LGBTQIA+ family groups. She has written chapters for books and contributes to health and wellness publications. Those roles inform her compassionate, strengths-based style and her interest in healing after illness or loss.
Ruth sees therapy as a collaborative process. She helps people set practical goals and tries methods that match each person’s pace and needs. Her aim is to help people move past obstacles and toward a more satisfying, resilient life.
She practices from Michigan and offers sessions in English. Ruth’s work combines counseling, life coaching, and nursing insights to support both emotional and physical concerns.
02Credentials
- LPC (Michigan)
- License 6401002182 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1750932125 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ruth lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Compassion fatigue
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Ruth names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Ruth names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How online work uses attachment, CBT, and EFT
Ruth uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past and present relationships influence reactions today; this helps when connection or trust issues are part of the problem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and build concrete skills for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand patterns in close relationships and develop new ways of communicating and responding to emotions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Ruth collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and life situation. She may try one approach first and adjust over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can serve as brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life and connect from different places and time zones.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Ruth commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, eating and body-image concerns, career stress, and coping with life changes and illness.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Ruth uses a warm, integrative approach that mixes practical skill-building with exploration of relationships and emotions. Sessions often focus on clear steps people can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Ruth brings 25 years of experience working as a counselor and life coach, and she has led support groups for hospice, cancer, bereavement, and LGBTQIA+ family groups.
What credentials and location are listed for Ruth?
She is listed as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Ruth provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet depending on what works best for the person.
How are sessions billed and what do they cost?
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 Ruth?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to her availability.
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