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Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
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Ruthie Cartwright

Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P (she, her)

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Durango, CO 81301
I believe healing happens in relationship, and I approach therapy as an intentional process built on trust, consent, and collaboration. With reverence for each person’s history and nervous system, I work gently and steadily, integrating attachment theory, trauma-informed care, neuroscience, and developmental understanding to support regulation, integration, and growth. I am currently passionate about working with kids 6 and up, adolescents, young adults, and elders, and specialize in trauma work, both acute and chronic.
As a play and art therapist, I invite expression beyond words. I attend to gesture, sensation, silence, and image. My work is based in mindful inquiry—welcoming mind, body, imagination, and spirit. I help clients slow down, bringing compassionate awareness to what’s unseen or unspoken, while offering grounded support through intensity and discomfort.
As a queer, Jewish, first-generation American and bilingual child of immigrants, I strive to hold space for the complexity of experience. My practice is LGBTQIA+, neurodiversity, and gender, affirming and clients often tell me they feel truly seen, heard, and held in our work together. I would be honored to be a witness to, and ally in, your growth.
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My Practice at a Glance

Available in-person

Durango, CO 81301

(970) 425-0269
I offer therapy sessions in person, and I'm available most weekdays between 10AM-6PM, other than M/F, which I end at 5PM.
I specialize in Child, Life Transitions and Trauma and PTSD 
$125 Per Session  
Let's Connect (970) 425-0269
Photo of Ruthie Cartwright, Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P

My Practice at a Glance

Available in-person

Durango, CO 81301

(970) 425-0269
I offer therapy sessions in person, and I'm available most weekdays between 10AM-6PM, other than M/F, which I end at 5PM.
I specialize in Child, Life Transitions and Trauma and PTSD 
$125 Per Session  

Finances

Fees

  • Individual Sessions $125
  • Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible

Payment Methods

Cash, Check, Venmo
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I currently accept private pay clients, and offer a sliding scale upon inquiry.
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Ruthie Cartwright
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (970) 425-0269
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I currently accept private pay clients, and offer a sliding scale upon inquiry.
Photo of Ruthie Cartwright, Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Ruthie Cartwright
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (970) 425-0269

Qualifications

  • Verified by Psychology Today Prelicense by State of Colorado / LPCC.0024322 Supervised by Jessica Whitesel (Colorado / 4578) Ruth Cartwright

    • Education and Years In Practice

  • In Practice for 1 year
  • Attended Naropa University, Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Transpersonal Art Therapy, Graduated 2025

    • Additional Credentials

  • License: Provisional Art Therapist Registered, ATCB 2026 25830 / 2026
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I have over 14 years of experience assisting youth, teens, and families with leadership, communication, conflict resolution, and crisis skills. I'm licensed as a provisional art therapist and professional counselor in CO and offer play, attachment oriented, and trauma informed therapy.
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Ruthie Cartwright
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (970) 425-0269
"
I have over 14 years of experience assisting youth, teens, and families with leadership, communication, conflict resolution, and crisis skills. I'm licensed as a provisional art therapist and professional counselor in CO and offer play, attachment oriented, and trauma informed therapy.
Photo of Ruthie Cartwright, Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Ruthie Cartwright
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (970) 425-0269

Specialties and Expertise

Top Specialties

  • Child
  • Life Transitions
  • Trauma and PTSD

Expertise

  • ADHD
  • Adoption
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Bisexual
  • Caregivers
  • Coping Skills
  • Developmental Disorders
  • Family Conflict
  • Geriatric and Seniors
  • Grief
  • Lesbian
  • LGBTQ+
  • Parenting
  • Polyamory & ENM
  • Self Esteem
  • Self-Harming
  • Sex-Positive & Kink Friendly
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Spirituality
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Women's Issues
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Ruthie Cartwright
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Ruthie Cartwright
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Do these issues align with your needs? or (970) 425-0269

Treatment Approach

Types of Therapy

  • Art Therapy
  • Attachment-based
  • Existential
  • Expressive Arts
  • Feminist
  • Gestalt
  • Narrative
  • Person-Centered
  • Play Therapy
  • Psychodynamic
  • Relational
  • Somatic
  • Strength-Based
  • Transpersonal
  • Trauma Focused
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Regardless of what modalities we choose, I strive to create an environment of extraordinary emotional safety in my sessions. I not only seek to understand with unconditional positive regard your internal experience, but to invite exploration of the therapeutic relationship itself as a fertile ground for understanding other relationships and patterns as well.
Photo of Ruthie Cartwright, Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Ruthie Cartwright
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (970) 425-0269
"
Regardless of what modalities we choose, I strive to create an environment of extraordinary emotional safety in my sessions. I not only seek to understand with unconditional positive regard your internal experience, but to invite exploration of the therapeutic relationship itself as a fertile ground for understanding other relationships and patterns as well.
Photo of Ruthie Cartwright, Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Ruthie Cartwright
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (970) 425-0269

Location

Primary Location

Durango, CO 81301

(970) 425-0269

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I offer therapy sessions in person, and I'm available most weekdays between 10AM-6PM, other than M/F, which I end at 5PM.
Photo of Ruthie Cartwright, Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Ruthie Cartwright
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Call for a free consultation now - (970) 425-0269
"
I offer therapy sessions in person, and I'm available most weekdays between 10AM-6PM, other than M/F, which I end at 5PM.
Photo of Ruthie Cartwright, Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Ruthie Cartwright
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Call for a free consultation now - (970) 425-0269