honoring the stories, strengths, and cultural roots that shape each person’s experience, believing healing happens within relationships and recognizing the inseparable connection between mind and body.
listens deeply, holds space without judgment, and helps them feel seen in their complexity, bringing both warmth and clarity to create a steady, grounding presence that addresses both mind and body.
I focus on seeing the person before the problem, creating specific and measurable goals while exploring how day-to-day lifestyles support wellness, understanding that the mind and the body can’t be treated separately.
My focus in establishing a therapeutic relationship hinges on seeing the person before the problem. Research suggests that the greatest predictor of outcomes in therapy is the quality of the connection between the client and the clinician. I prioritize establishing a meaningful working relationship before moving into a working stage of therapy. Once we reach the working stage, I utilize a highly humanistic and integrative approach. I have post-graduate training in integrated medicine for mental health practitioners, and love exploring how we can create day-to-day lifestyles that support us in our wellness goals. I’m also highly solution oriented and love working with my clients and creating specific and measurable goals.
All three have a meaningful place in psychotherapy, but I definitely skew towards being future-oriented. I strive to help my clients envision and then embody the changes they want for their lives. I support clients in setting meaningful goals and breaking them down into actionable steps. While this process incorporates work on the past and present, it’s really defined by taking active steps towards our future.
I work best with young adults who are trying to trying to find their way in the world. Most of my clients identify as neurodivergent and my approach takes individual strengths and weaknesses into account when setting goals and identifying desired outcomes. My clients tend to appreciate my highly relational and understanding approach and find a lot of support in exploring their desired outcomes.
I have worked with clients as young as nine and as old as seventy. I am always assessing for best-fit on multiple fronts, but I work most effectively with older teenagers and young adults who are working on transitioning into adulthood.
ground themselves in their self-care routine and approach goals with self-confidence.
the mind and the body can’t be treated separately. I am intentional in exploring day-to-day habits with clients so we can identify patterns that could be working against them and learn to support ourselves with a concrete self-care routine
Explore what you want your future to look like. We will identify potential barriers and possible support systems that may affect your outcomes. Then, we will develop ongoing goals to move towards a meaningful future.
Tapping into a sense of self-efficacy. My goal is to support clients in building a skillset that allows them to be independent and self-possessed. I am passionate about supporting people in discovering their inner strength and embracing the best version of themselves.
Nature and connection. I believe humans are biologically hardwired with both of these as primary needs. I find my best self when I’m connecting with others in the great outdoors.
Rock climbing, snowboarding, hiking, camping, gardening, and really anything nature-based.
Am also an avid gamer (both video games and board games). I love discussing what I’ve been playing most recently and hearing about what others have been playing.
Working in a variety settings (inpatient, IOP, private practice, community-based, crisis services) and in a variety of roles (behavioral health technician, residential supervisor, community-based therapist, private practice owner, clinical supervisor, program director).
Studying integrated medicine for mental health practitioners. We tend to underestimate how physical health and self-care habits impact our mental health outcomes. I love to talk to my clients about their sleep hygiene, dietary habits, exercise habits, etc.
Blake Ruble is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Supervisor in the state of Colorado, with over 10 years of experience in the mental health field. In his private practice, he specializes in supporting individuals with neurodiversity, tech addiction, and suicidality. Blake brings a wealth of expertise in service delivery, supervision, administrative support, and clinical proficiency. Blake has also spent over five years working in mobile crisis response, and can provide significant support when working with high-risk clients.
Blake’s supervision approach is rooted in Colorado’s Empowerment Model of Supervision, which allows him to adapt his role as a leader, consultant, researcher, colleague, or teacher based on the needs of the situation. With five years of experience providing supervision, Blake has guided numerous supervisees through the provisional licensure process.
Outside of his professional work, Blake is an avid rock climber, snowboarder, and outdoor enthusiast. These activities help him stay grounded and connected to the healing power of nature. He has a passion for supervision and is committed to helping his supervisees develop their unique, integrative approaches to therapy while providing a strong foundation for their clinical growth and success.
Primarily the Empowerment Model of Clinical Supervision and the Integrated Development Model. The first focuses on several roles that a supervisor may play (Leader, Colleague, Researcher, etc) and the second focuses on different levels of competency that a supervisee may move through. These two models allow for flexibility in interpreting a supervisee’s need and responding in a supportive and nuanced manner.
I do not find these two to be mutually exclusive. In fact, I believe that challenging can be one of the best ways of providing support to a supervisee. Supervisors are charged with being gatekeepers of our profession, and I believe this means challenging supervisees to demonstrate understanding and competency before moving them forward. Much like in psychotherapy, aligning with my supervisees is my first priority in working with someone. However, it is this alignment that also allows me to challenge those I work with to be better.
