Perla Campos Ruiz
Supportive family therapist focused on practical parenting tools
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Perla
Perla Campos Ruiz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who focuses on clear, practical support for parents and families. She offers direct, compassionate guidance for everyday stresses parents face. Perla writes and listens with empathy, aiming to make therapy feel manageable and useful from the first session.
She has practiced since 2017 and works with people ages 4 and older. Her experience includes supporting survivors of crime and domestic violence, and partnering with families involved with the Department of Children and Family Services.
Background and approach
She has also provided care in correctional health and hospital settings, helping people with anxiety, depression, grief, post-traumatic stress, and substance use concerns. In sessions Perla creates space to tell your story and looks at how past events shape choices and feelings now. She focuses on building concrete coping skills that families can use day to day.
She aims to make difficult conversations easier and to reduce the stress around asking for help. Parents can expect practical tools for managing sleep problems, anger, parenting challenges, and relationship stress. She also addresses issues such as low self-esteem, emptiness, guilt and shame, life purpose, and women's concerns.
Perla blends empathy with clear suggestions so families can try new strategies between sessions. Therapy can feel scary at first, and Perla emphasizes a nonjudgmental approach. She listens closely and helps identify steps you can take toward healthier routines, better communication, and stronger coping skills.
Practical approaches for online family and parenting support
Perla uses evidence-based techniques that focus on clear steps families can try at home. One common approach she relies on is skills-based problem solving, which breaks problems into small parts and builds step-by-step strategies to manage stress, sleep issues, anger, or parenting conflicts. This method helps make big problems feel more manageable.She also applies trauma-informed care principles when working with people who have experienced crime, domestic violence, or other painful events. This approach pays attention to safety and timing, helps normalize reactions to trauma, and focuses on coping skills and gradual processing when the person is ready.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Perla will listen to your goals, try techniques that match your needs, and adjust based on what helps. She works collaboratively to pick strategies that fit your family's routine and comfort level.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy families. Sessions can happen by video or phone, and there are options for live chat or text-based messaging when short check-ins or quick tools are needed. This variety makes it easier to get help between appointments and to fit support into a parent’s schedule.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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