Chuck Ruby is a Psychologist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Emotional Disturbance, and Life Transitions. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
I work with adults using mostly humanistic and existential approaches. This means I view so-called “mental disorders” as expected and natural human reactions to common life challenges. Despite conventional wisdom, there is no scientific evidence that they are literal illnesses of the mind or brain. Instead, they are personal, spiritual, political, economic, moral, and existential challenges that we all face. They can be very emotionally disruptive and problematic for us, but rest assured, there is nothing literally ill about you. Nothing is wrong with your brain. The best way to help you is to treat you respectfully as a fellow human traveler, and not as a patient who is sick. Seeing these problems as medical ones does nothing more than alienate you and cause more pain. Psychiatric drugs merely suppress emotions and they can be dangerous.