Ruth Weinberg LPC

05/14/2026

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We're excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Ruth Weinberg. We hope you'll enjoy our conversation with Ruth below. Ruth, thanks

05/04/2026

Hello all, my new website is live!

Professional therapy by Ruth Weinberg, LPC in Denver, CO. Specializing in burnout, narcissistic abuse, grief, and relationship support. Schedule your free consultation today.

12/30/2025

The new year can be a time of reflection. What brings us joy? Which relationships do we want to invest our time and energy in? Where are the places we want to go? What are the things that we want to move towards or say goodbye to? What do we want our life to look like and how do we get there? https://ruthweinberg.com/

11/19/2025

We say Happy Holidays! But let's be honest, the holidays can be stressful and frustrating. They can awaken grief or difficult past experiences for us. They can highlight our feelings of loneliness and isolation. They can leave us feeling disappointed, unseen or unloved. Seeking extra support at the holidays can be a great gift. It can help us move towards connection, gratitude and joy. https://ruthweinberg.com

10/13/2025

Why are we so hard on ourselves? Often, its because we're trying to stay safe.
If we tell ourselves that we always have to do everything right, maybe we can avoid failure. If we call ourselves lazy, maybe we'll push harder.
Our inner critic can be a part of us we hate, fear or desperately wish we could change. Healing doesn't come from silencing that voice, but from listening to it differently—understanding how it is trying to help us and learning to work with it instead of against it. https://ruthweinberg.com/

09/19/2025

“Whether we admit it or not, we all want to change something fundamental about ourselves. Most likely though, being human, our first effort may be targeted at changing whoever is in our line of sight. We look for ways to get others to change—be they our spouses, employers, children or parents-- and search out ways to cajole or coerce them to get with the program. With a modicum of insight, however we will probably recognize that deep change must occur first within ourselves.” --Peter A. Levine, PHD, In an Unspoken Voice https://ruthweinberg.com/

09/05/2025

“When we release the old, incomplete stress responses, we make space for new movement where we once felt stuck. And when you find the stuckness, simply grant it kind, patient, gentle attention. The stuckness will change in the warmth of your attention; it will melt like snow under the sun. Let it. Emotions are physiological cascades that want to complete their cycles, and they will complete those cycles when you allow them to; they want to be travelers, not residents. They want to move on. Let them. You may tremble or shake or cry or curl up in a ball. You may notice your body doing these things without your volition. Your body knows what to do and it will do it as long as you sit calmly with it, as you would sit calmly beside a sick or grieving child.” - Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are https://ruthweinberg.com/

08/19/2025

“Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that's always too small. No matter how hard you try to cover everyone, there's always someone who's freezing”. --Fredrik Backman, Beartown

Sometimes as parents, we feel helpless, frustrated, exhausted, at a loss or heartbroken. We might put pressure on ourselves to know the answers, do things a certain way, stay calm and collected at all times or maybe we get so used to putting our kids first that we forget how to take care of ourselves. We can feel isolated if our challenges seem unique or suffocated by the advice of others. We may stay silent because shame and the fear of judgment keeps us from opening up. It can be difficult to find support. https://ruthweinberg.com/

08/05/2025

“It takes as long as it takes”.

John McPhee said this about the writing process. It can also be said about a healing, growth, grief or therapy process. Often we find that things take longer than we want them to. We may feel unable to let something go and be angry or upset for longer than we expect, experience lingering emotional growing pains for longer than we would have thought or continue to deeply grieve someone we've lost for years, even decades after we've said goodbye. We cannot demand patience of ourselves but we can remind ourselves that things often take longer than we might hope or expect. https://ruthweinberg.com/

05/12/2025

What makes us lonely?

Feeling connected is not just about having people in our lives, it is about the quality of our connections. It is about being truly seen. Belonging.

Being surrounded by others, even loved ones sometimes cannot combat feelings of loneliness. We may be linked to tons of people on social media, but as Esther Perel shares, that doesn't necessarily lead to strong connections and we can feel like “I have a thousand friends online but no one to feed my cat.”

According to Brene Brown, when we are spending time engaged in one sided or superficial online relationships we are missing out on time and energy that we could be investing in creating or maintaining quality, reciprocal and fulfilling relationships with people IRL.

Building and engaging in healthy relationships can be very challenging. If we have experienced bullying, exclusion, attachment trauma, betrayal or abuse, it can be even more difficult. It is a journey to learn the best ways that we can increase our authentic connection with ourselves, with others and with meaningful activities. https://ruthweinberg.com/