Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
How Ryan works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Ryan
Ryan Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 13 years of experience. He helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, relationship struggles, grief, addiction, and questions about identity. He also supports those facing body image concerns, parenting strain, and problems at work or school.
He began his work focusing on anger management and later broadened to support parents and individual adults who are navigating family challenges.
Background and approach
He has long experience working with people in the LGBT community, including identity questions and relationship concerns. He approaches each person without judgment and with practical guidance. Ryan uses a range of methods and adapts to what a person needs.
He often uses client-centered ideas that focus on the person’s goals. He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns. When emotion runs high he draws on skills from dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping tools for intense feelings.
For relationship concerns he can work from emotionally focused ideas and elements of the Gottman Method to improve communication and connection. Sessions may include short-term problem solving or longer work on patterns that repeat across relationships. He accepts international clients and works in English.
His practice is based in Texas and he describes himself as open-minded and welcoming to people from many backgrounds.
What Ryan works with
Everything Ryan lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Ryan's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ryan lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship. Online sessions use that same stance to help a person name goals and steer sessions toward what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and works well for anxiety, depression, anger, and stress through clear exercises and homework.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review a person’s goals and preferences and recommend methods that match those needs. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as progress is made.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which let people fit therapy into busy days. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging works well for ongoing reflection between sessions. These choices make it easier to attend sessions from different locations and schedules.
Questions people ask about Ryan
What concerns does Ryan address?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, grief, and relationship or intimacy problems. He also supports issues like body image, parenting strain, career stress, and identity questions for LGBT people.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He adapts his approach to each person and focuses on practical steps toward goals. Sessions mix client-centered listening with skill teaching and problem-focused work.
How much experience does he have?
He has 13 years of clinical experience, including early work in anger management and many years supporting adults with family and relationship concerns.
What credentials and region should I know about?
He holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, abbreviated LPC, and practices in Texas.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
He works using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and services are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.