Dr. Anna Ruggirello

Dr. Anna Ruggirello is a licensed professional counselor and certified grief counselor practicing in Pennsylvania with 16 years of clinical experience. She approaches care with warmth and compassion, prioritizing respectful, attentive treatment and encouraging clients through difficult chapters such as depression, grief, and major life transitions.

Her therapeutic focus includes stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief and loss, depression, trauma and abuse, sleep and anger difficulties, self-esteem and career issues, coping with life changes, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coaching. She uses solution-focused strategies along with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and reality-focused approaches to help clients develop practical skills, greater confidence, and a clearer sense of next steps.

Dr. Ruggirello emphasizes teaching mindfulness and coping techniques to reduce anxious feelings and to promote a sense of peace and forward momentum. She aims to help clients find meaning in change and to support steady, positive growth through encouragement and focused attention.

She identifies as a female therapist and lists experience working with clients from a range of backgrounds, including Christian and non-religious perspectives, conservative and liberal viewpoints, and older adults. Her credentials are listed as PA LPC PC009097 and ME LCPC CC6596; PA LPC denotes licensure as a professional counselor in Pennsylvania, and the second credential is an additional clinical counseling credential listed as ME LCPC CC6596.

Dr. Ruggirello offers sessions by messaging, live chat, phone, and video. She provides a supportive style of counseling; she does not complete diagnostic paperwork or provide documentation for insurance reimbursement, doctors, attorneys, or agencies. Clients who require formal documentation should seek those services elsewhere.