Ruth Vanden Bosch , LPC

Ruth Vanden Bosch is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with a multi-disciplinary background that includes nursing and national certification in counseling. She combines 25 years of clinical experience with formal training in nursing, psychology, and counseling to support individuals and families facing a wide range of life challenges. Ruth earned a BSN in Nursing and a BS in Psychology from Aquinas College with High Honors, and she holds an MA in Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan University, also awarded with High Honors. She is a member of the American Counseling Association and the Michigan Counseling Association, and she has contributed writing to Star Nations Magazine as well as chapters in books by Dr. Bernie Siegel about healing and personal experience.

Ruth has worked with people struggling with depression, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, compulsive eating, career transitions, trauma and abuse, grief, caregiver stress, and serious medical conditions such as cancer. Her experience includes facilitating support groups for hospice, PFLAG, cancer, pet loss, career change, and compulsive eating, and she co-facilitates The Art of Healing retreats with Dr. Bernie Siegel. Her background as a registered nurse and counselor informs an integrative approach that attends to both physical and emotional dimensions of healing.

Her therapeutic style is warm and integrative, drawing on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy alongside holistic and positive psychology techniques to help clients explore patterns, strengthen relationships, and move forward constructively. Ruth emphasizes the connection between body and mind and tailors interventions to each person’s needs and strengths. She supports clients who are ready to take courageous steps toward greater well-being and offers coaching and counseling to empower those changes.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Ruth Vanden Bosch

Ruth Vanden Bosch draws from several evidence-informed approaches to tailor care to each person’s needs. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape how people connect and respond in close relationships - it is useful for addressing relationship difficulties, trust issues, and patterns that repeat across relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors by teaching practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress-related reactions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy emphasizes understanding and reshaping emotional responses within relationships to strengthen connection and resolve conflicts, making it especially helpful for couples and intimacy-related concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Ruth works collaboratively with clients to assess goals, preferences, and presenting concerns and then adapts interventions so they fit the person and the situation. This collaborative process helps determine whether a skills-based, attachment-focused, or emotion-focused path - or a blend of methods - will be most helpful.

Online therapy with Ruth is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access to support. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and connect with a licensed professional from different locations while working toward meaningful change.