Ruth Stoan
Experienced counselor guiding practical change
LPC Missouri
- Experience
- 35 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Ruth
Ruth Stoan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 35 years of clinical experience based in Missouri. She brings long-standing work with people navigating stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship challenges, addictions, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Ruth also focuses on areas such as intimacy and communication difficulties, codependency and commitment concerns, caregiver stress, and issues related to identity and self-esteem. Her practice blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance and commitment strategies, emotionally focused work, and client-centered principles to help clients build practical skills and clearer life direction.
Ruth emphasizes collaboration, using mindfulness, breath work, imagery, and other holistic tools to support change and reduce patterns that get in the way of personal goals. She has worked across independent practice, community agencies, and family-support settings, which informs a flexible, pragmatic approach to treatment.
Clients are invited to work at a pace that fits their needs while identifying both immediate concerns and deeper patterns that limit progress. Ruth aims to empower people to strengthen existing resources, develop new coping skills, and create meaningful, sustainable change in daily life.
Online Therapeutic Approaches and How They Help
Ruth integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into her online work, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and developing practical skills to manage symptoms like anxiety, depression, and stress. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) techniques that encourage acceptance of difficult emotions while helping clients clarify values and take committed steps toward a meaningful life. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) informs her work with relationship and intimacy issues by helping people explore emotions and strengthen emotional connections.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Ruth collaborates with clients to determine which methods best match their goals, preferences, and presenting concerns, and she adapts strategies as progress unfolds so the plan reflects each person's needs.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for scheduling and communication style. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue care when in-person meetings are not possible, while allowing licensed professionals to offer focused, skill-based work across different formats.
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Experience
35+ years
Licensed
Missouri
Languages
English