About Ryan
Ryan Derico is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, life changes, ADHD, and work-related strain. He frames the first step toward change as an act of courage and focuses on practical ways to make day-to-day life easier. He presents as steady and direct so conversations stay focused and useful.
Ryan centers sessions on the client's own experience and strengths.
Background and approach
He listens first to understand what feels hardest, then works with each person to set small, manageable goals. Sessions include clear talking, problem solving, and steps people can try between meetings. His background includes seven years in clinical counseling and many more years in human services.
That mix gives him both clinical perspective and practical knowledge about everyday challenges. He brings experience helping people who also identify as LGBT and those managing compassion fatigue. Ryan works with a range of concerns connected to attention differences, autism spectrum symptoms, impulsivity, phobias, social anxiety, somatization, and trichotillomania.
He uses straightforward approaches to reduce symptoms and improve functioning rather than long academic explanations. People can expect a collaborative tone in sessions. Ryan emphasizes clear steps, regular check-ins, and choices about what to try next.
He aims to help people build routines and strategies that fit their life and goals. For practical matters he offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Scheduling and next steps begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and picking a time that works.
How therapy approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the person's experience and building on their strengths. It involves open listening, reflecting what matters to the client, and helping them choose practical steps that feel right for their life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses simple exercises and experiments to test unhelpful thinking and to build new habits that reduce anxiety, impulsivity, or low mood.
Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method that helps people find their own reasons to change. It works well when someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps and is useful for goals like managing ADHD-related routines or making career shifts.
Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily demands. That process may involve trying a few different techniques and adjusting based on what helps most.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging gives practical flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and shared tools, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or shorter updates. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to use the format that feels most helpful for progress.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Phobias
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Indiana
- Languages
- English
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