Ruth Racz, LPC

Ruth Racz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Alabama with 14 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship strain, parenting concerns, and anger. Her manner is conversational and direct, focused on practical ways to handle problems rather than on jargon.

Ruth uses straightforward approaches in sessions. She leans on client-centered methods to hear each person’s goals and priorities. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify thought patterns that feed anger or anxiety, and mindfulness exercises to help calm the body and notice triggers.

Her background includes a master’s degree from Troy University completed in 2011 and long-term work in community mental health settings. That experience includes supporting people with a range of mental health diagnoses and co-occurring concerns. It also means she’s familiar with everyday stresses like career pressure, caregiving strain, and family conflict.

In practical terms Ruth prefers sessions that feel like a conversation. She invites clients to be candid about what matters to them and what feels hard. Sessions focus on concrete skills for managing anger, improving communication, and coping with life changes.

She also integrates elements of dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing when these fit a client’s goals. Those tools are used to build skills for impulse control, distress tolerance, and clearer decision making. The overall aim is to help people reduce reactivity and regain a sense of control over daily reactions.

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