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- Humanistic client-centered
- Drama therapy methods
- Anxiety and depression
About Ryan
LPCC in California with 5 years of experience, Ryan Lisman helps people address stress, anxiety, trauma, LGBT-related concerns, depression, and self-esteem. He also works with issues such as addictions, relationship and family difficulties, grief, intimacy-related struggles, and coping with life changes. Ryan uses a humanistic, client-centered stance and offers creative, embodied options through drama therapy.
Ryan frames sessions around what the client wants to work on. He listens for practical patterns such as communication problems, codependency, control issues, and attachment wounds. From there he mixes conversational work with more active techniques that let people try new ways of relating and responding in the room.
Clients who prefer creative methods can explore drama therapy tools. These approaches encourage movement, role work, and enactment to access feelings and rehearsal of new responses. Ryan also adapts conversational, problem-solving work for goals like managing anxiety, improving boundaries, or addressing compulsive behaviors.
He brings five years of clinical experience in California settings, including work in a hospital mental health unit. That setting shaped his comfort with crisis-oriented concerns and with clients navigating complex challenges like co-morbidity, bipolar symptoms, dissociation, and severe stress.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Sessions are conducted in English. Prospective clients who want to start can complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial appointment through the online therapy options button.
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Approach to therapeutic methods and remote sessions
Ryan names a humanistic, client-centered approach as his main orientation. That means sessions focus on the client's priorities and the therapist follows the client's lead to shape the work. This approach helps with broad concerns like anxiety, depression, and relationship patterns because it centers the person's experience and goals.He also uses drama therapy techniques, which bring movement, role work, and creative enactment into sessions. These methods can help people access emotions that are hard to name and practice new ways of responding in relationship situations. When used alongside conversational work, drama methods offer an embodied route to process trauma, attachment issues, and intimacy concerns.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to try methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences and adjust based on what helps most. That means some sessions may be more verbal and reflective, while others may include active exercises or role practice.
The biography does not list specific online session formats. Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel and offering more flexible scheduling, but check the available formats and times when you schedule.
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Areas of expertise
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does he commonly work with?
He works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, addictions, relationship and family problems, grief, intimacy-related issues, and related areas listed in his specialties.
What is his therapeutic style?
He uses a humanistic, client-centered approach and includes drama therapy techniques for embodied and creative work when appropriate.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has five years of professional experience, including work in a hospital mental health unit in Pasadena, California.
What credential does he hold and where is he based?
He is an LPCC licensed in California and practices from California-based settings.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can clients outside the US work with him?
He is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the booking flow.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.