Ruti Ingerman (she/her)
Hello! My name is Ruti Ingerman and I am a registered social worker. I’ve been a therapist for over 18 years, and I work with adults, older adults, parents, children, and youth. I provide individual, couples, and family therapy, in-person and online. I am also fully fluent in English and Hebrew. The themes I work with include life transitions and stages, parenting, relational difficulties, family conflict, loss, grief, immigration, relocation, sexual orientation, gender identity, anxiety and depression.
I started my career in mental health in Israel as an expressive arts therapist (M.A.), and soon after completed my Master of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. I use an integrative and trauma informed approach, drawing mainly from psychodynamic therapy, internal family systems (IFS) known as parts work, play and expressive arts therapy, solution focused therapy (SFT), and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). With parents I also use emotion focused skills therapy (EFST) and collaborative problem solving (CPS).
I believe in lived experiences and I try to bring mine, such as being a queer immigrant parent, to practice. I also believe culture, gender, race and other identities, play a vital role in our lives, as do safety, connection and trust. I aim to honour and create space for these qualities, and my style is collaborative and warm.
For more information, please visit my Website.
I offer a free 20-minute phone/virtual consultation to figure out if working together feels like a good fit. You’re welcome to contact me at rutiingerman@sympatico.ca. I’m looking forward to it.