About Ryder
Ryder DeFranco is a licensed clinical social worker with seven years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She practices from Washington and focuses on practical steps clients can use to feel steadier and more capable. Ryder aims to build a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through hard things and find workable next steps.
She uses straightforward conversation and goal-focused tools. Sessions often include learning ways to manage strong emotions, improving communication, and spotting patterns that keep problems going.
Background and approach
Ryder weaves mindfulness and skills-based strategies into sessions so clients can try new responses outside of therapy. Ryder often helps people facing relationship strain, intimacy challenges, grief, or career transitions. She also supports people dealing with trauma, body image struggles, caregiver stress, and issues like guilt or shame.
Her approach breaks big problems into small, manageable steps that can be practiced between sessions. Her style is warm and collaborative. She listens first, then suggests simple experiments and coping strategies that fit daily life.
Motivation and values are part of the work, so clients can connect goals to what matters most to them. Ryder offers several ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She guides each person to a plan that matches their needs and schedule, and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How Ryder’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting connection, then following the client’s priorities so therapy fits their goals and pace. This approach helps when someone needs a respectful space to talk through life changes or relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts, feelings, and actions to find small changes that reduce anxiety and depression. It often includes practical exercises you can try between sessions to test new ways of coping.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, brings concrete skills for handling intense emotions and improving communication. It can be useful for people struggling with impulsivity, strong emotional reactions, or relationship difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ryder will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will choose strategies and adjust them over time so the plan feels useful and realistic.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people meet. Video calls are close to face-to-face sessions and work well for deeper conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a lunch break. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the approaches described above.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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