Could your life be better? More fulfilling or meaningful? More in flow? Better balanced? More focused?

Freer from worry, conflict, anxiety, anger, discouragement, or self-defeat?

The right counselor/therapist or coach can help you get there. But, don�t be fooled� not all counselors and coaches are highly trained, licensed, mature, and experienced in helping different people in a variety of settings to find solutions and gain skills for themselves.

Has your therapist or counselor worked in-depth in the business world, service jobs, government, the arts & education sector, healthcare, religious/spiritual support, and corporate management?

Does your coach have the right graduate degrees and supervised clinical experience to recognize and treat Attention Deficit Disorder, depression and anxiety symptoms, or other conditions that must be addressed for a successful, happy life?

Does your counselor or coach have the work, relationship, and life experience to understand how it feels to be you?

Does she care enough to really listen and tune into you? Does she have the skills to work with you as a team, show you new ways of seeing things, and coach you in techniques for achieving your goals?

If you�re ready to improve your life in the Denver-Aurora-Parker metro area, you may want to call for an appointment with Ruth Ross, MSW, MA, LPC, of A Counseling CareBridge, at 303-750-2082 x5.

Ruth Ross has seven years of post-graduate education & training in counseling, psychotherapy, and life coaching. She is licensed as a Professional Counselor. With two graduate degrees in the field, she has also completed all the courses for a doctoral degree in counseling psychology. She has worked in a variety of environments in several job sectors. She has been a counselor/therapist for 14 years and an executive consultant/coach or corporate manager for 15 years. She has also been a teacher and group leader.

Unlike numerous others, Ruth Ross devotes herself to a full-time office, which she has abundantly supplied with client handouts, books and audio-video tapes, evaluation tools and client self-inventories, equipment for play therapy, family therapy, EMDR trauma recovery and imaging for success, and other resources.

She is available some evenings and weekends as well as workdays�and is backed up by qualified colleagues. She accepts several managed-care, insurance, and employee-assistance plans, as well as self-pay, for the ultimate in confidentiality or for self-growth or work coaching without a diagnosis.

In addition, Ruth Ross has been fully trained by Dr. Martin Seligman (renowned researcher and clinician, Learned Optimism, Learned Helplessness) as an Authentic Happiness Coach.

She says, � I frequently read and attend workshops to expand my scope and keep my expertise up to date. My services include the following:

-         Assessments, including identifying your strengths

-         Testing (ADD/ADHD; Prepare/Enrich, Gottman, etc. for marital & premarital help; symptom/diagnostic checks for depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, etc., Authentic Happiness inventories, and more)

-         Goal-setting, Action Plans, Progress Monitoring

-         Education and Skills Building

-         Treatment plans if therapy is conducted

-         Counseling or Psychotherapy (standard modalities including Multi-modal, Interpersonal, Narrative, Cognitive & Cognitive-Behavioral, Insight & Psychodynamic, Play Therapy for children & families, Expressive Therapy such as art, writing, imagery, sandtray, metaphor & symbol, Marriage & Family, Behavior Modification, Systems & Contextual, EMDR trauma desensitization & reprocessing, sex therapy for couples, Relaxation Training, Dialectical Behavioral, Supportive Therapy, and training in both business and intimate communications, conflict resolution, assertiveness, anger management and emotional management, problem-solving, pain management, self-help and more��

-         Coordination with medical, educational, community, or religious resources, if you wish and with your signed consent

-         Support if you express any spiritual needs or want to include religious beliefs in our work together (including various faiths; I have some mainline-Christian seminary training in spiritual development)

-         Coaching for life, work, or ADD/ADHD issues

-         Coaching for self-growth and fulfillment

If I might be of help, please feel free to give me a call."