Ruth Vanden Bosch, LPC

Ruth Vanden Bosch is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with 25 years of experience. She combines counseling and life coaching skills to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, and career crossroads. Ruth often supports people navigating identity and LGBT concerns, body image and eating-related struggles, and the emotional effects of illness or caregiving.

Ruth trained in nursing and counseling and holds a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology. She uses a practical, warm style and draws on both counseling and life-coaching tools. Sessions focus on clear goals and steps that fit each person’s life. Her background as a Registered Nurse informs work with people coping with cancer, chronic illness, and caregiving stress.

Therapy blends cognitive-behavioral techniques with attachment-focused ideas and emotionally-focused work. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are used when helpful to build coping skills and motivation. Ruth also brings experience running support groups for hospice, cancer, PFLAG, and eating-related recovery.

Her writing includes chapters in books by Dr. Bernie Siegel and contributions to Star Nations Magazine. She co-facilitates healing retreats and has led programs on grief, caregiving, and resilience. That mix of clinical practice, coaching, and community work shapes a practical approach to change.

Ruth invites people who are ready to take a next step to discuss goals and manageable strategies. She aims to help clients move past obstacles and build a more constructive, hopeful way forward.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape how people connect and feel safe. It can help with relationship struggles, intimacy issues, and patterns that repeat in adult life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is practical and useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Emotionally-Focused Therapy emphasizes identifying and restructuring emotional responses in close relationships, useful when people want clearer communication and deeper emotional contact.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ruth will discuss goals and preferences and try different strategies to see what fits. That collaborative process helps shape whether a focus on thoughts, emotions, attachment patterns, or motivation will be most useful for a person’s situation.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it possible for people living outside Michigan or in other countries to work with her, since she accepts international clients. Ask about the session setup when you schedule so sessions match your needs and routines.