About Ryan
Ryan Suhr is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP) based in Nebraska. He has about ten years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people who feel stuck by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and addictive behaviors.
He also addresses concerns such as parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues related to identity and intimacy. He frames therapy as goal-oriented work rather than only problem-focused care.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to clarify what a person wants to change and then build steps to reach that goal. Conversations are straightforward and practical, with attention to everyday life and values. Ryan draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns.
He uses cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and motivate changes in behavior. He also brings client-centered listening and motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. People often seek him out for career crossroads, coping with life changes, ADHD-related challenges, and compassion fatigue.
He also offers support around less commonly discussed topics such as adoption and foster care, kink and alternative sex culture, autism spectrum concerns, and blended family dynamics. Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled online by following the site's Start Therapy process. The practice accepts international clients and works with a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How Ryan's Approach Translates to Online Therapy
Ryan uses attachment-based thinking to notice how early relationship patterns show up now. That approach looks at connection and trust, and it can help with intimacy issues, relationship patterns, and attachment-related anxiety. He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and improve mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. They will try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps most, so the process stays collaborative and practical.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for full conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or fit therapy into a work break. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people access care from different places and situations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Nebraska, Washington
- Languages
- English
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