Perla Campos Ruiz , LMFT

Perla Campos Ruiz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Perla also works with parenting challenges, career stress, ADHD, and issues many women face as they navigate life changes.

She has worked in correctional health care, hospitals, and with victims of crime and domestic violence. That background gives her experience with grief, trauma-related symptoms, and substance use issues. She has provided services to people with open cases at the Department of Children and Family Services.

Perla aims to create a calm space where clients can tell their story without judgment. She listens closely and offers different perspectives to help people see options. Together she and the client identify practical coping skills to use day to day.

Sessions focus on how past and current experiences shape feelings and choices. Perla helps clients translate insight into small, steady changes. She also supports people working on self-love, purpose, guilt and shame, and feelings of emptiness.

Perla offers sessions in English and practices in California. Her approach is direct but compassionate, intended to help clients build momentum toward goals such as better sleep, improved relationships, reduced anger, and clearer direction in life.

Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care

Perla uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize understanding how experiences affect feelings and behavior. One approach focuses on identifying patterns that keep someone stuck and teaching concrete coping skills to manage anxiety, stress, sleep problems, and anger. Another approach centers on processing grief, trauma reactions, and relationship challenges by helping people tell their story and develop healthier ways to relate and make choices.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Perla collaborates with each person to identify goals, test a few techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. This shared process helps clients find practical methods they can use between sessions.

Online therapy offers options that fit different lifestyles. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper connection is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for ongoing coaching, short updates, and staying connected between longer sessions. These formats aim to make consistent therapy more accessible and flexible for people juggling busy lives.