My Background
I got my start in counseling on the Samaritans’ Suicide Prevention Hotline in New York City, where I volunteered for three years.
I trained at the Massachusetts School for Professional Psychology where I graduated with a Psy.D. (a Doctorate in Psychology). The Psy.D. differs from a Ph.D. in Psychology in that the Psy.D. has a greater emphasis on practical, clinical work, and less on research or learning to be a professor. Each year of graduate school, I worked with people in different settings and with different problems, from hospitalized people dealing with major mental illnesses to inner-city Boston high-school students to divorcing families in a Court Clinic. I graduated in 2008 after presenting my doctoral project, The Effects of Psychotherapists’ Values On Their Work with Clients Who Practice Consensual Sexual Sadomasochism.
After receiving my doctorate, I entered a Fellowship at the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy, where I worked with individuals and couples dealing with everything from Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder to fibromyalgia to questions about the place of their religion in their lives. I also co-led a group called “Coping Skills for Women Trauma Survivors,” where we adapted Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy to be useful for our clients. At the same time, I also worked as a fee-for-service clinician at the Brighton-Allston Mental Health Association outside Boston. There, I worked primarily with high-school students, though I also performed diagnostic interviews for people entering the clinic.
I spent some time on hiatus from work, living in College Station, Texas, where I served as Secretary and then President of the Board of Directors of the Pride Community Center, a newly-forming GLBTQIA resource center.
On my return, I worked again on staff at the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy until it closed in 2016. I've been in this private practice since 2012.
My full legal name is Ruth Wejksnora-Garrott. You can use this to look up information about me with the Massachusetts Board of Licensing of Psychology, or to look at information about my National Provider Identification Number, which is 1114185667. I'll also be happy to answer any further questions you may have about my work background, experience, and training.
I trained at the Massachusetts School for Professional Psychology where I graduated with a Psy.D. (a Doctorate in Psychology). The Psy.D. differs from a Ph.D. in Psychology in that the Psy.D. has a greater emphasis on practical, clinical work, and less on research or learning to be a professor. Each year of graduate school, I worked with people in different settings and with different problems, from hospitalized people dealing with major mental illnesses to inner-city Boston high-school students to divorcing families in a Court Clinic. I graduated in 2008 after presenting my doctoral project, The Effects of Psychotherapists’ Values On Their Work with Clients Who Practice Consensual Sexual Sadomasochism.
After receiving my doctorate, I entered a Fellowship at the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy, where I worked with individuals and couples dealing with everything from Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder to fibromyalgia to questions about the place of their religion in their lives. I also co-led a group called “Coping Skills for Women Trauma Survivors,” where we adapted Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy to be useful for our clients. At the same time, I also worked as a fee-for-service clinician at the Brighton-Allston Mental Health Association outside Boston. There, I worked primarily with high-school students, though I also performed diagnostic interviews for people entering the clinic.
I spent some time on hiatus from work, living in College Station, Texas, where I served as Secretary and then President of the Board of Directors of the Pride Community Center, a newly-forming GLBTQIA resource center.
On my return, I worked again on staff at the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy until it closed in 2016. I've been in this private practice since 2012.
My full legal name is Ruth Wejksnora-Garrott. You can use this to look up information about me with the Massachusetts Board of Licensing of Psychology, or to look at information about my National Provider Identification Number, which is 1114185667. I'll also be happy to answer any further questions you may have about my work background, experience, and training.