About Ryan
Ryan Sommers is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Indiana. He draws on 11 years of experience helping people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, and relationship concerns. Ryan takes a calm, direct approach and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
He has worked in community mental health and university counseling centers. Those settings shaped his experience with a wide range of concerns, including ADHD, parenting struggles, anger, career questions, and trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
That background helps him match strategies to everyday problems. Ryan believes counseling should start where a person already is. He listens first, then helps people name the next small steps they want to try.
He aims to be collaborative rather than prescriptive, so clients stay in control of their choices. Sessions are conversational and interactive. He uses an eclectic, relational style to support coping skills, emotional regulation, and clearer communication in relationships.
Practical tools and doable homework are used when helpful. People who come in feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of how to move forward often find that working through one decision at a time reduces pressure. Ryan encourages vulnerability and steady progress while keeping focus on real-life changes that matter to the client.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Ryan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical problem solving and emotional regulation. One common approach emphasizes building coping skills and step-by-step plans to manage anxiety and stress, showing people how to break big problems into manageable tasks. Another approach centers on strengthening relationships and communication to address intimacy-related issues, relationship strain, and conflict, using clear, real-world exercises to practice new ways of interacting.Finding the right approach happens together. Ryan will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. He collaborates to tailor methods and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds so the work fits the client’s life and pace.
Online therapy includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit care into a busy schedule. Video offers face-to-face conversation when needed, phone works well for shorter check-ins or lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging can support quick reflections or ongoing check-ins between sessions. These options give flexibility for different communication styles, time constraints, and daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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