Like a lotus flower we
too have the ability to
rise from the mud,
bloom out of the
darkness, and
radiate into
the world. 

Dr. Deborah Rutt, PhD LCSW CDWF

The Holding Heart - Individual, Relationship Psychotherapy & Life Coaching, LLC
Intuitive Heart Services,  Communication Consulting,  Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator 


My calling as a therapist began initially from a passion to understand personal communication, starting as speech pathologist specializing in early child development and mother-child interaction. Soon after, I embarked on a career passion to study adult relational communication -- in intimate relationships, friendships and life conversations.  And then psychotherapy found me.  Now with over 25 years of service as a mental health therapist and communication consultant, I still love helping people navigate their human connection with one another in essential (interpersonal) life relationships, as well as help people strengthen the relationship with their own self, their intrapersonal relationship, all for the purpose of living healthier lives, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. In this professional endeavor I often fuse Western (traditional) with Eastern (nontraditional) perspectives of change; incorporating various perspectives, such as neurobiology and energy work along with practical strategies -- like those developed by Brené Brown--- along with compassionate guidance to help people create a joyous life -- not just to resolve old patterns of fear and dis-ease, but to express one's authentic self and live a wholehearted live with greater love and well-being.  As an important part of my own personal and professional growth, I have cultivated a 30-year life long practice of mindfulness and meditation. Now, I support clients in developing their own meditation practice that can foster a foundation for wellness and resilient change. Coincidentlly, through my own meditation journey, I discovered my gift as an intutive, as someone who is clairsentient, having access to a spontaneous 'knowing' accessed with intent. The Intuitive Heart tab describes my services offering intuitve readings, channeling and as an energy worker /  ThetaHealing® practitioner. 

I am constantly inspired in my work by my own clients and many professionals including  -- Dr. Joe Dispenza, Dr. Brene Brown, Dr. Bruce Lipton MD, Dr. Dan Siegel MD, Pemra Chodrin, Gregg Braden, Stan Tatkin, Dr. Sue Johnson, John and Julie Gottman, Esther Perel, David Whyte and many more.