Ruth Fitzgerald , BACP

Ruth Fitzgerald is a UK-based therapist with nine years of experience supporting people through depression, anxiety, addictive behaviours, trauma and abuse, relationship difficulties and a wide range of life challenges. She creates a compassionate, non-judgmental space where clients can reflect at their own pace and explore the feelings and patterns that underlie their current struggles.

Ruth works collaboratively to identify repeating behaviours and emotional responses that contribute to distress. As awareness grows, clients often gain new perspective and more choices about how to respond, which can help them feel better able to manage everyday pressures and pursue a more satisfying life. Sessions are aimed at helping people understand why they feel as they do and at finding practical ways to cope and move forward.

Her approach supports exploration of past experiences and their influence on present relationships and behaviour. Ruth is psychodynamically trained - psychodynamic therapy focuses on increasing awareness of inner experiences and how early relationships shape current emotional patterns - and she uses that training alongside other therapeutic methods to tailor work to each client’s needs. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which indicates professional affiliation with a recognised counselling body.

Ruth works with a broad range of presenting issues including stress, eating difficulties, grief, anger, self-esteem, ADHD and compassion fatigue, and she also addresses related concerns such as attachment, caregiver stress, body image and communication problems. She supports clients who want to understand themselves more deeply, make lasting changes and develop clearer pathways for living that suit their values and circumstances.