About Ryan
Ryan Powell is a counsellor who aims to walk alongside people as they face difficult moments. He has three years' experience and holds BACP accreditation. He presents a calm, non-judgemental manner while also offering gentle challenge when needed.
People often come to him for help with anxiety, depression and phobias. Ryan has worked in NHS IAPT services and has provided short-term therapy and mental health support to men in prison.
Background and approach
He also runs a independent practice, seeing people by video, phone, chat or text. These roles have shaped a practical way of working that focuses on what helps most now. Sessions are straightforward and conversational.
Ryan listens first, then helps set small, realistic goals. He draws on Client-Centred ideas to make space for the person's felt experience, and on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behaviour. He also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that recur across a person's life.
That can help when problems keep returning or feel connected to past experiences. Treatment plans are adapted to the issues raised, whether that is addiction, trauma, relationship strain, or self-esteem concerns. Ryan works with a broad range of issues including stress, addictions, LGBT-related topics, eating concerns, anger, coping with life changes and obsessional difficulties.
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted. To begin, people follow an online matching process and then schedule sessions according to availability.
How Ryan’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and creating a respectful space where the person leads the conversation. It helps when someone needs to be heard and to make sense of feelings without pressure.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises and small behavioural steps that can reduce anxiety, phobic reactions and low mood over time.
Psychodynamic therapy attends to patterns that repeat across relationships and life stages. It can help uncover why certain reactions keep returning and allow different choices to be made.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Ryan will discuss goals and preferences, then agree a plan together. That means checking which methods feel useful and adjusting them as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls suit deeper conversations and visual connection, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, travel or other commitments and to keep continuity when life shifts.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Anger management
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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