Personal Experience
Ryan holds a B.A. in Leadership and Organizational Management and an M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, both from North Park University. Ryan completed his clinical internship through a combination of individual and community-based mental health counseling services. Before that, Ryan spent over a decade serving in leadership roles in a variety of adolescent and young adult programs.
Ryan is dedicated to helping clients find meaning and purpose in their lives through an existential lens. Integrating CBT, mindfulness, and solutions-focused therapy, Ryan empowers individuals to identify their needs and cultivate the self-compassion and resources to navigate their inner worlds and relationships.
Specialties include
Ryan specializes in addressing relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, substance use disorders, and family discord.
There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one's life. - Viktor E. Frankl