- Stress and anxiety
- Mindfulness practice
- Solution-focused work
About Kurt
Kurt Ruffley is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Montana with four years of experience. He founded RuffStuff Counseling PLLC and offers counseling focused on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting, self-esteem, and depression. Kurt uses a trauma-informed outlook and practical methods to help people facing early-adulthood pressures and other life stressors.
Kurt draws on a background that includes military service and work in education. That experience informs how he structures sessions and communicates with people who feel overwhelmed by transitions. He blends mindfulness techniques with goal-focused work to reduce stress and build emotional awareness.
In practice he aims for clear, straightforward planning. Sessions commonly include skill-building exercises, short-term goals, and discussion of coping strategies. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques appear in sessions to help people identify next steps and stay moving forward.
Kurt also works with people affected by adoption and foster care, abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, substance issues, domestic violence, and family of origin problems. He lists autism spectrum concerns, antisocial personality issues, co-morbidity, codependency, communication problems, and coping with disasters among his additional focus areas.
RuffStuff Counseling provides telehealth and occasional in-person work in Montana’s Flathead Valley and remote access to rural Montana. Sessions begin with an intake and care planning step to set clear expectations and practical goals for therapy.
Approaches used in online sessions
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. In practice this means identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression. DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches concrete skills for handling intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It is often used when someone struggles with emotional regulation or frequent conflict. Mindfulness Therapy emphasizes present-moment awareness through simple attention exercises. It can help reduce stress and increase the ability to notice and respond rather than react.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them over time based on how the client responds.
The listing indicates telehealth and occasional in-person sessions in Montana’s Flathead Valley, with remote access to rural Montana. Confirm the current session formats before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a work or school day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They also let people continue work when relocation or distance would otherwise interrupt care. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, DBT, and mindfulness tools for virtual meetings so practical skills and goal work remain possible over video or phone.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
Montana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting, self-esteem, and depression, plus a range of related issues such as adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, and substance issues.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Sessions combine practical tools and reflective work. Expect mindfulness exercises, problem-solving, and motivational interviewing to identify next steps.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has four years of clinical experience as an LCPC working through trauma-informed and goal-oriented methods.
Where is he based and what credential does he hold?
He practices in Montana and holds the LCPC credential listed as MT LCPC.
Can I work with him if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and he is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The biography notes telehealth and occasional in-person sessions in Montana’s Flathead Valley and remote access to rural Montana. Confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to schedule with him?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
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