Richard Ruth
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Professional Psychology Program
Dr. Richard Ruth teaches and mentors students in the Psy.D. program in the Professional Psychology Program at The George Washington University. Dr. Ruth is also a steering committee member, faculty, and supervisor with the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program at the Washington School of Psychiatry; and a practicing clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst. In the Professional Psychology Program,
Dr. Ruth heads the child/adolescent track; teaches child psychopathology and psychotherapy, cross-cultural clinical psychology, history and systems of psychology, ethics and professional issues, and psychotherapy practicum courses; supervises student research; and supervises student clinical work in psychological and neuropsychological assessment and individual, group, family, and couples psychotherapy. In particular, he supervises the transgender group at the program’s Center Clinic, a trans-affirmative group that has been in operation for several years. Several of the research projects in which he is involved focus on LGBT issues. He is trained as a family therapist and as a neuropsychologist, as well as a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst. Prior to coming to the university, he worked as a clinical psychologist in research, school, hospital, and community mental health settings.
Among Dr. Ruth’s longstanding interests are qualitative research, trauma, disability, and cross-cultural clinical work.
PSYD 6221 Special Topics: Transgender Mental Health
BA, New School for Social Research; MA, PhD, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University; post-graduate training in psychoanalysis, neuropsychology, family therapy.