Ruth Anthony-McClary, LCSW
New Jersey · 30 years in practice
Ruth Anthony-McClary is a licensed clinical social worker in New Jersey with 30 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, New Jersey
- 44SC04805000 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1164504031 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Ruth
Ruth Anthony-McClary is a licensed clinical social worker in New Jersey with 30 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or life changes. She also offers support for trauma, self-esteem struggles, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and career-related stress.
Ruth adapts conversations and care to match each person’s situation. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in sessions. Her style is practical and straightforward, focusing on what will help day to day.
Background and approach
She draws on systemic ways of thinking to look at patterns in relationships and environments that affect wellbeing. Ruth also uses attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current reactions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness skills are used to teach new ways of responding to difficult thoughts and feelings.
Over three decades she has worked with many people facing complicated life circumstances, including caregiving stress, chronic health challenges, adoption and foster care situations, and questions around identity and belonging. Her approach is collaborative - she and the client build goals and steps together. Ruth offers multiple formats for sessions so people can choose what fits their life.
She encourages small, steady changes and practical coping tools. The aim is to help people feel more able to handle daily demands and move toward more satisfying relationships and routines.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ruth lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ruth names
- Systemic Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Ruth’s Approaches Work Online
Ruth uses a few complementary approaches that translate well to online work. Systemic Therapy looks at patterns between people and their surroundings to find small changes that can shift repeated problems; it helps with relationship patterns and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape current emotions and connection needs, which can be useful for issues with intimacy, trust, and self-worth. Client-Centered Therapy centers on a respectful, listening stance where the therapist follows the client’s lead to build goals and make decisions together.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Ruth will talk with each person about their concerns, goals, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. This is collaborative - the plan can be adjusted as work progresses and needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions work well for deeper conversation and body language cues. Phone sessions can fit into a tight schedule or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, and when writing helps clarify thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Ruth commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, anger, career struggles, bipolar, and coping with life changes.
What is Ruth’s approach to therapy like?
She blends systemic thinking, attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness to create practical strategies you can use day to day.
How much experience does she have?
Ruth has 30 years of clinical social work experience working with people facing a wide range of life and mental health challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New Jersey and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Ruth offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Ruth?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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