Ruth Burgher-Gibore
Practical, client-centered therapy with CBT influence
LMFT California
- Experience
- 23 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Ruth
Ruth Burgher-Gibore brings a client-centered, practical approach to therapy grounded in more than two decades of clinical experience.
Background and approach
As a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California, she blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with person-focused methods to help clients manage anxiety, depression, trauma responses, relationship strains, and life transitions. Ruth also integrates emotion-focused and mindfulness practices where they complement problem-solving efforts.
Her background includes therapy, case management, career counseling, crisis intervention, grief work, and leadership of community mental health programs and clinics. That breadth of experience informs work with issues from parenting and family communication to addictions, chronic illness, grief, and intimacy-related concerns.
Ruth has provided care across the lifespan and has particular familiarity with trauma-informed approaches and grief counseling. Ruth holds California and Florida licensing as an LMFT and draws on practical, solution-oriented strategies to support clients in building coping skills, improving relationships, and moving toward clearer values and goals.
She aims to collaborate with each person to identify realistic steps that fit their circumstances and priorities.
Therapeutic approaches for online care and how they help
Ruth combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to guide online work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and collaboration to help clients explore values, build self-understanding, and strengthen confidence. Occasionally she draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy techniques to support couples and individuals in attending to core emotions and repairing relational patterns.Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to assess goals, preferences, and presenting concerns, then adapts methods so treatment feels meaningful and achievable rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for scheduling and day-to-day life. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other commitments, and they allow therapists to use CBT exercises, mindfulness practices, emotion-focused exploration, and practical action steps within formats that suit the client.
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Experience
23+ years
Licensed
California, Florida
Languages
English