About Ryan
Ryan Bennion is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of professional experience. He practices in Utah and helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. He speaks English and aims to make first steps toward change feel manageable.
Ryan draws on long-term practice to tailor conversations and plans to each person's situation. Sessions focus on clear goals, practical skills, and steady progress rather than jargon.
Background and approach
He treats people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion while helping them notice what changes will matter most. In sessions he listens first to understand each person's priorities and day-to-day struggles. Then he suggests small, concrete steps to try between meetings and checks what worked.
He also helps people cope with loss and build motivation when confidence is low. Ryan pays special attention to workplace stress, social anxiety and phobias, and feelings of isolation or lack of purpose. He helps people sort out patterns that keep them stuck and practices new responses in the session so they feel easier to use in real life.
People who value practical tools and a respectful, straightforward approach often do well with him. He encourages follow-through with short regular steps and adapts plans as needs shift. This can make starting feel less overwhelming and more doable.
How evidence-based techniques work online
Ryan draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and behavior change. One approach involves teaching stress and anxiety management skills such as breathing work, activity planning, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations to reduce avoidance and build confidence. These techniques help with social anxiety, phobias, and everyday worry.A second approach centers on grief and mood support through structured conversation and behavioral activation. That method helps people re-engage with valued activities, cope with loss, and rebuild motivation after setbacks. Ryan uses simple exercises you can practice between sessions so progress continues outside the meeting.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try options that match your needs, then adjust the plan based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to keep or change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you work face-to-face from different locations, phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera use is difficult, and live chat or text messaging are useful for brief check-ins or on-the-go support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules and keep progress moving forward.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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