Dr. Ruth Alice Morgan-Jones, BACP
Experienced relationship and narrative counsellor
Details
| Name | Dr. Ruth Alice Morgan-Jones |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 40 |
About Ruth
Dr. Ruth Alice Morgan-Jones brings four decades of experience to her therapy work. She trained first as a social worker and later completed a PhD at the London School of Economics.
She is a BACP member and has run a charity supporting people with special needs and their families. Her practice is based in the United Kingdom and she offers help with relationship and life-change concerns. Her background includes family therapy and lengthy clinical leadership running a small charity focused on hearing loss and family life.
Background and approach
That research became a book, and she remains an excellent lipreader. She also has a diploma in Family Therapy and has taught diversity training to charities and agencies for the past decade. Ruth describes her early training as psychodynamic and now draws on a mix of approaches.
She uses Client-Centred ideas from Carl Rogers, Narrative and Jungian perspectives, and aspects of systemic and cognitive work. In sessions she aims to empower people to move to the next stage of life. Clients commonly bring relationship strain, parenting worries, grief, trauma, anxiety, mood issues and work stress.
She also works with concerns such as adoption and foster care, attachment questions, chronic illness, body image and identity issues including LGBT matters. Ruth has experience with intercultural couples and is writing a book on that subject. She works with individuals and couples to talk through recurring patterns, rebuild communication and find practical steps forward.
Sessions can be arranged online for international clients as needed.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief among the things Ruth works with, alongside the areas below.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Ruth among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Ruth among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Ruth among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Ruth among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Ruth among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Ruth among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Ruth among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Ruth directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Ruth directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and attachment ideas work online
Online therapy with Ruth often draws on Narrative Therapy. That approach helps people tell and reframe the stories that shape their relationships and sense of self. It can be useful for issues like identity, family patterns and meaning after loss.She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and closeness. This can help with intimacy problems, communication and recurring relationship conflict. Client-Centred Therapy is another strand she uses; it focuses on building a trusting, respectful conversation where the person leads the pace and goals.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss what feels most useful and adjust methods to match goals, preferences and life circumstances. Clients and therapist make those choices collaboratively.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video is good for full conversations and reading expressions, phone sessions suit those with lower bandwidth, and text or chat can be used for shorter check-ins or when typing helps reflection. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, travel or caring commitments and to keep continuity for international clients.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She helps people with relationship problems, parenting and family concerns, grief and loss, trauma and abuse, anxiety and depression, work stress and issues with intimacy or communication.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is conversational and reflective. She uses narrative approaches alongside attachment and client-centred ideas to help people make sense of their stories.
How long has she been practising?
She has around 40 years of clinical experience, including time leading a charity and running a independent practice in the United Kingdom.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a BACP member and works from the United Kingdom with a independent practice focus on relationships and life transitions.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she is able to see international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and situations.
How is cost handled for online sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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