About Ryan
Ryan Forbes is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in Utah who focuses on practical support for stress and anxiety. He brings a calm, direct style and about 10 years of counseling experience to sessions. Forbes encourages people to build on their own strengths and take small steps toward change.
Forbes uses straightforward conversations to help people sort through relationship strain, self-esteem struggles, mood challenges, and life transitions.
Background and approach
He describes therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s goals guide the work. Sessions emphasize clear skills you can use between meetings, not just talk about feelings. Over a decade of counseling work has given him experience with a wide range of concerns including depression, bipolar mood patterns, grief, ADHD, and issues tied to identity and intimacy.
He also helps people facing caregiver stress, communication breakdowns, and problems with impulsivity or control. Forbes draws on several therapeutic tools to match what each person needs. Clients can expect a mix of supportive listening and practical strategies such as behavior-focused exercises, problem-solving steps, and attention to how the body and emotions interact.
He aims to make goals manageable and measurable so progress is easier to track. The approach is steady and task-oriented while remaining respectful of each person’s story. People who reach out will find someone who values courage and gradual change.
Forbes frames setbacks as information, not failure, and encourages continued learning. He helps people move toward more satisfying daily life and clearer relationships.
How specific approaches are used online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and working from the client’s goals. The therapist encourages the person to describe what matters most and helps shape sessions around those priorities. This approach is useful for building self-esteem and clarifying relationship or life-direction concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. In online sessions this often means planning concrete exercises, tracking responses between meetings, and trying small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Online work can include practicing grounding, emotion regulation, and communication strategies that help in tense moments.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is often used for deeper conversations and skills work, phone can be used when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging works well for short check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep consistent progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self-love
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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