About Ryan
Ryan Plasch is a licensed professional counselor, LPCC, based in Minnesota. He focuses on anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and life changes. He keeps sessions direct and easy to follow and uses plain language so parents and adults feel heard quickly.
Ryan prefers practical, down-to-earth work over jargon. He helps people notice the thought patterns that get them stuck. He points out how those thoughts affect feelings and choices, and then he helps create small steps to change them.
Background and approach
He often brings humor and creative problem solving into sessions. That can make hard topics easier to talk about and help people practice new habits. He pays attention to values and goals to guide each person toward decisions that feel meaningful.
Ryan has six years of clinical experience as an LPCC in Minnesota. He has worked with a wide range of life issues and mental health diagnoses. He draws from several approaches to match a person's situation rather than using one fixed method.
When someone is dealing with grief, parenting strain, intimacy problems, or workplace stress, he helps them name what is happening and find concrete ways to cope. He also supports people facing addictions, trauma, and the practical challenges of caregiving and midlife transition.
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Ryan often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in his work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while taking actions that match a person’s values. It can help with anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that cause distress.Finding the right approach is part of the process. He will work collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit best for their goals and preferences, and he adapts techniques as needs change over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or video is difficult, and they can fit into a short break from work. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, focused skills practice, and ongoing support between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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