Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
I am an experienced clinical social worker with over forty years experience in family, individual and group counseling. I have worked with adult and child clients, in home based, office and institutional settings , addressing problems that include trauma and abuse, with both victims and those who commit abusive acts. I also have experience with mood disorders.
My therapeutic style is warm and supportive, and I believe the client should lead the interaction. My interventions are based on a holistic, gestalt approach and cognitive behavioral methods, including motivational interviewing. Most clients, men on particular, need space and support in choosing their goals, and the main task of the counselor is to establish the therapeutic relationship.
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Michael Ruberton is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Missouri with more than forty years of experience in family, individual, and group counseling. He has worked with both adult and child clients across home-based, office, and institutional settings.
His clinical work has included addressing trauma and abuse with persons who have experienced harm as well as with those who have perpetrated abusive acts. He also brings experience treating mood-related conditions.
Ruberton’s therapeutic approach is warm and supportive and emphasizes that the client should guide the work. He draws on a holistic gestalt perspective alongside cognitive behavioral techniques, and he incorporates motivational interviewing when appropriate. He notes that many clients – men in particular – benefit from having space and support to choose their goals, and he sees building the therapeutic relationship as the counselor’s primary task.
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