Maureen Smith Ruffell
MD
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241 South San Antonio Road, Los Altos, CA 94022
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I am a Psychiatrist specializing in Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis and General Psychiatry. I'd like to welcome you to my practice. I'll work with you to build a connection that facilitates communication and that will support lasting change. I can help you establish more stability and satisfaction in your life and in your relationships, partner with you to develop more confidence in your decision making, help you weather losses, imagine and actualize what you'd like to do next, and think through problems in your most important relationships.
My training in Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis is the basis for my expertise in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of recurrent unhappiness, depression, anxiety, and relationship difficulties. Although I focus mainly on talk therapy, as a Psychiatrist, I also recommend and prescribe medication if I think it will help.
I see therapy as a process of collaboration- talking over tough issues with with respect, warmth, and friendly humor. I can help you know yourself better from the inside out, which gives you the freedom to make the best decisions about how you live, love and work.
Take the first step to help. Call or Email Maureen Smith Ruffell now - (650) 903-7205
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Finances
Fees
- Pay by ACH Bank transfer, Check
Insurance
- Out of Network
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Maureen Smith Ruffell
MD
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / G83456 Maureen Smith Ruffell
- Certificate from Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute 2003
- Certificate from San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis 2003
- Attended Tufts University School of Medicine, Graduated 1977
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Maureen Smith Ruffell
MD
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Anxiety
Expertise
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- School Issues
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Suicidal Ideation
- Transitions
- Trauma and PTSD
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Maureen Smith Ruffell
MD
Client Focus
Age
Adults
Participants
Individuals
Age
Adults
Participants
Individuals
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Emotionally Focused
- Interpersonal
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Somatic
- Trauma Focused
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Maureen Smith Ruffell
MD
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Last Modified: 26 Oct 2023