Meet Ruby Coleman
Your goals matter. Your pace does, too.
Get to know someone who brings warmth, real conversation, and curiosity to helping you find your way forward—with room to share as much as you feel comfortable.
A real conversation starts here.
Spend some time talking with Ruby, and you get a sense that she wants to know more than what brought you to therapy. She’s curious about who you are—what matters to you, what’s been weighing on you, and what you wish people understood without needing a whole explanation.
There’s warmth in the conversation, a little humor, and an interest in getting somewhere together.
If you’ve been looking for someone you can feel comfortable with while working toward meaningful changes, here’s a closer look.
Support for what’s been on your mind.
Anxiety & Depression
When worry, low mood, or overwhelm is taking up more room than you want it to. Together, you can explore what’s happening and what support might help.
Grief & Loss
Space for losing someone you love, a relationship ending, and the everyday moments that feel different afterward.
Boundaries
Room to understand your needs, practice speaking up, and explore why saying no feels easier with some people than others.
Where do you want to go?
Maybe you want to stop feeling guilty every time you say no. Maybe you’re tired of having the same argument with different people. Or maybe you just want to get through the week without feeling like you’re running on your last available nerve.
That’s a place to start. What would you like to understand? What do you want to handle differently? What would feeling better actually look like in your life?
Those answers give the work direction, with plenty of wiggle room along the way. You can arrive planning to talk about boundaries and spend the session unpacking a phone call with your mother. Sometimes those conversations are more connected than you expected.
You don’t have to tell everything at once.
Getting comfortable with someone takes time. Having an appointment on the calendar doesn’t automatically make the vulnerable stuff easy to say.
There’s room to give the short version. To pause. To say, “I want to talk about that eventually, but today is not the day.”
Her hope is to get to know you well enough that the questions and tools fit your life. That starts with listening and allowing the conversation to develop—not expecting your entire life story by minute fifteen.
“I do have a big heart, so I do care, but I care enough to figure out the why.”Ruby Coleman
Everyone can count on you. But you’re tired.
At work, you might be clear about what you can handle. With family? Suddenly you’re available, exhausted, and wondering how you agreed to all this.
Boundaries came up naturally in our conversation, especially how differently we can use them depending on who’s asking.
There’s space here to explore the expectations you’ve been carrying and what happens when you consider doing things differently. You might practice asking for help, saying what you need, or letting someone be disappointed without immediately changing your answer.
You’re allowed to care about your people and have limits.
Grief gets room here.
When we talked about grief, what stood out was her belief that people need space to feel a loss without being hurried through it.
That includes losing someone you love. It also includes a relationship ending—the missing routines, the shared plans, and having to explain why someone is no longer around.
Sometimes the hardest part is how normal everything looks to everyone else while your life feels completely different.
You can talk about that here. The sadness, the frustration, the moments you feel okay, and the moments that catch you off guard. There’s no need to make it sound smaller than it feels.
Some expectations have been with you a long time.
She also spoke about wanting to support Black clients and millennials as they explore the connection between childhood experiences and the way they move through life now.
Maybe you learned to hold your feelings in. Maybe being responsible earned you praise, and now you’re responsible for practically everyone. Maybe you’re only just realizing how rarely someone asked what you needed.
These are conversations she’s interested in having—with care, curiosity, and room for you to decide what you’re ready to share. Her background in education helped shape that interest in listening and creating space for people to feel heard.
Purpose, with plenty of room to be human.
Come as You Are
You can use your own words, lose your train of thought, laugh at the absurdity of a situation, and come back to what hurts.
Find Your Pace
Start with what feels comfortable. If you’re overwhelmed, she may introduce meditation to help you pause and settle into the conversation.
Take Something With You
A new perspective, a question to reflect on, or a coping tool to try. Your goals stay in view while you work through what comes up along the way.
Warmth, curiosity, and somewhere to go together.
You may appreciate this approach if you want someone who listens closely, speaks plainly, and takes an interest in what you want to change.
As a counseling intern at JL Family Services, Ruby brings a personable, goal-focused approach with room for your pace, your questions, and your everyday life.
You don’t have to know how to get there yet. That’s something you can explore together.
Before you begin.
What can I talk about?
Her interests include anxiety, depression, grief, boundaries, and how earlier experiences affect life today. The intake team can help you explore whether her focus fits your needs.
Do I have to share everything right away?
You can start with what feels comfortable and let her know when something feels difficult to discuss. Your goals can guide the work while leaving room for your pace.
Is Ruby a counseling intern?
Yes. Ruby is a counseling intern at JL Family Services. Contact the intake team for details about the internship services, supervision, and whether this option fits your needs.
How do I get started?
Contact the JL Family Services intake team and mention that you’re interested in working with Ruby. They can explain availability, service options, fees, and next steps.
Helpful next steps.
Start with what feels comfortable.
You don’t need every answer before reaching out. Let’s explore whether working with Ruby could be a good fit for you.
