About Ryan
Ryan Lisman is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in California with five years of clinical experience. He focuses on anxiety and stress and helps people navigate grief, depression, relationship struggles, and questions about identity and intimacy. He communicates in plain language and aims to make therapy approachable for people feeling overwhelmed or stuck.
Ryan uses a humanistic, client-centered approach that prioritizes the person’s goals and perspectives during sessions.
Background and approach
He brings a drama therapy background to his work, offering creative and embodied ways to process emotions when that fits a person’s needs. Sessions often combine conversation with experiential techniques to make progress feel tangible. He has worked in hospital mental health settings, which informs his ability to coordinate care and work with complicated situations.
That experience helps when people face co-occurring concerns such as addiction, trauma, or mood conditions like bipolar disorder. Ryan aims to help people build coping skills they can use between sessions. Common topics he addresses include attachment and abandonment issues, body image and eating concerns, communication and codependency, and intimacy-related questions.
He also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, anger, and major life changes. The focus is practical - talking through what’s happening and trying new ways of responding. Ryan invites people to shape therapy around their values and comfort.
He explains options, tries techniques collaboratively, and adjusts the plan as progress is made. For English-speaking adults in California who prefer a straightforward, creative, and person-centered style, he offers a clear path forward.
Approaches that meet you where you are
Ryan uses humanistic, client-centered methods that focus on what matters to the person in front of him. This style emphasizes listening, reflection, and working at a pace set by the client to address anxiety, stress, and life changes.He also brings drama therapy techniques which use movement, role-play, and creative expression to access emotions and try new responses. Those methods can help when talking alone doesn’t feel enough or when people want a more embodied way to practice change.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Ryan will discuss options and collaborate with each person to find techniques that match their goals, comfort level, and daily life. He adjusts the plan as progress is made so therapy stays relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and interactive exercises. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, reminders, or ongoing support between longer sessions. Together these formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and try approaches that suit how someone prefers to communicate.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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