Ruth Dixon
Experienced psychodynamic counsellor for life changes
About Ruth
Ruth Dixon uses a psychodynamic approach to help people understand patterns that repeat in their lives. She draws on 20 years of practice in the United Kingdom. Ruth offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety.
She works with problems linked to mood, including depression and bipolar concerns. She also helps people facing grief, trauma and abuse, and those coping with addictions related to drugs, alcohol or eating.
Background and approach
Ruth pays attention to how early relationships and attachment shape current difficulties. Ruth supports people dealing with family and relationship strains, including communication problems, blended family issues, divorce and commitment worries. She assists those struggling with anger, low self-esteem and emptiness, and offers practical ways to manage sleeping and eating problems.
Clients may bring issues connected to cancer, natural disasters, or domestic violence, and Ruth will work to understand the impact these events have had. She adapts conversations and plans to each person’s needs, aiming for clarity and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Ruth is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and has spent two decades in clinical roles. She aims to make therapy approachable, helping people take the next steps at a pace that suits them.
What Ruth works with
How Ruth works
Listed by Ruth among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
Psychodynamic insight and remote therapy options
Psychodynamic Therapy aims to uncover how past relationships shape current feelings and reactions. It helps when people notice repeating patterns in relationships, ongoing low mood, unresolved grief or persistent anxiety. The focus is on making those patterns clearer so different choices feel possible.Ruth uses this approach to help people understand the emotional roots of issues like addiction, attachment difficulties or family conflict. The work often involves talking about memories and current situations to connect the two, which can reduce confusion and help clients plan practical changes.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and will be decided together. The therapist and client collaborate to match the method to needs, goals and personal style. If the psychodynamic route doesn’t feel right, alternative ways of working can be discussed and tried out.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a face-to-face feel, phone calls work well when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep regular appointments around work, study or family commitments.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
