Ruth Darland, LPCC, LMHC

Ruth Darland, LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor) and LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor), is licensed to practice in Washington and Kentucky and has ten years of clinical experience. She approaches care from a brain-behavior perspective, emphasizing how shifts in brain pathways and learned patterns can support meaningful changes in mood, behavior, and daily functioning. Ruth centers clients as the experts on their own lives and uses motivational interviewing to help people clarify goals, weigh options, and choose the routes that best fit their values and circumstances.

Her clinical work routinely integrates cognitive behavioral therapy alongside a variety of targeted interventions, with a strong emphasis on psychoeducation so clients understand why they feel the way they do and what tools can help. Ruth has worked with diverse age groups and cultural and religious backgrounds, including roles in crisis stabilization units, public and private schools, and substance use settings. She also spent six years teaching counseling at the college level, supporting students and future professionals.

Ruth’s areas of focus include stress and anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, grief, eating concerns, and coping with life changes, as well as caregiver stress, fertility and perinatal concerns, obsessions and compulsions, postpartum depression, seasonal affective disorder, social anxiety, and women’s issues. She emphasizes collaboration, practical strategies, and hope as people work toward their goals.