Ruthlyn Webster, LCSW

Ruthlyn Webster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with 39 years of professional experience. She offers therapeutic support to individuals, couples, and families facing a range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and self-esteem struggles. Her practice also attends to related issues such as abandonment, caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, feelings of emptiness, family conflict, forgiveness, guilt and shame, infidelity, isolation and loneliness, questions of life purpose, postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress, and pregnancy and childbirth.

Ruthlyn strives to create a welcoming clinical space where clients can explore life’s challenges while learning practical skills to improve day-to-day functioning and relationships. In collaboration with each client she identifies the specific challenges at hand, clarifies short- and longer-term goals, explores potential strategies, and works to develop concrete skills that support well-being and connection. Her approach emphasizes teaching and coaching alongside emotional support so that clients build tools they can use beyond the therapy room.

Her strengths as a provider include establishing open communication grounded in trust and mutual respect, nurturing opportunities for personal growth, and adapting to individual and family needs while maintaining a consistent therapeutic relationship. She is experienced working with children and adolescents who face emotional or behavioral concerns, families seeking stronger connections and better communication, couples aiming to restore and preserve their covenant relationship, and adults managing anxiety, depression, or life transitions.

Ruthlyn’s clinical methods include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients reframe unhelpful thinking and develop healthier coping strategies, as well as couples counseling for partners addressing conflict, communication breakdowns, or mistrust. Her long tenure in the field supports a balanced blend of practical interventions and compassionate support.