
Dr. Karen Ruskin
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, LMFT


Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $190
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
Venmo, Zelle
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Arizona / 15341 Karen Ruskin
- Attended Nova Southeastern University, Graduated 1995
- Membership with American Association For Marriage & Family Therapy
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Relationship Issues
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Body Positivity
- Cancer
- Career Counseling
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- College Students
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Racial Identity
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sex Therapy
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma and PTSD
- Veterans
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
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Communities
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Communities
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Art Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing (CPT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dance Movement Therapy
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Energy Psychology
- Existential
- Expressive Arts
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Gestalt
- Humanistic
- Imago
- Integrative
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal
- Intervention
- Jungian
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative
- Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Reality Therapy
- Relational
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Solution Focused Brief Therapy
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
- Trauma Focused
Groups
Men's Or Women's Dating and Relationship Coaching

Man or Woman Dating and Relationships - in your 20’s 30's 40's, 50's, 60's can be an awesome process rather than overwhelming, if you are equipped with my 6 key points. Learn the key concepts only an experienced mental health/human behavior and nationally renowned relationship expert holds. With my ready-to-use tips from 30 years of clinical experience as a Psychotherapist/Marriage Therapist/Relationship Counselor, Coach and Advisor. Join my informative Men's or Women's Education Group for Dating and Relationships. Or, schedule a one-on-one consulting/advisor appointment. Telehealth or In Person.
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Location
Phoenix, AZ 85028
Meditation Mind Body Connection Holistic Education

The body holds what the mind thinks. Whether you are experiencing relationship issues, divorce, financial stress, trauma, grief, job loss, anxiety, depressed, the list goes on... whatever your challenge is, the mind & body are intimately connected. Achy joints, chronic pain, libido issues, itchy-rash skin? Learn the ins & outs of achieving mind-body peaceful connection so your emotions and your body are aligned and at peace. Learn how to use mediation, mindfulness, parts-work (IFS), cognitive & behavioral choices, food choices & exercise to be in harmony with self. Telehealth or In Person.
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Phoenix, AZ 85028
Parenting Coaching

As a nationally renowned human behavior and relationship expert, mental health professional, Psychotherapist, and Family Therapist, I have drawn upon my 30 years of clinical expertise working with parents and children and developed a question and answer parenting coaching group where ALL of your questions are answered. Parents of children of ALL ages. With my tell-it-like-it-is direct style with concrete do-able action items, join my group or schedule for a one-on-one consulting/advisor appointment as little or as often as you desire. In person or tele-health.
Expertise
Session Cost
Location
Phoenix, AZ 85028
Location
Additional Location
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
(781) 241-7837Nearby Areas
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