About Ryan
Dr. Ryan Hale helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, mood disorders, addiction concerns, grief, and ADHD. He also supports clients dealing with career questions, relationship or family stress, sleep and eating difficulties, anger, and coping with life changes.
He presents in a straightforward, calm way and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Ryan uses a mix of talking and skill-building during sessions. He balances being directive when a plan is needed and reflective when a person needs space to think.
Background and approach
That approach evolved over 11 years in practice. He aims to match his style to what a client needs in the moment. His training and work have included college campuses, first responder settings, independent practice, and work with professional and semi-professional athletes.
Those experiences give him familiarity with workplace stress, performance pressure, and recovery from injury. He holds LPC and LCPC credentials and practices in Kansas. Sessions focus on concrete goals.
People can expect to identify a few clear steps to try between meetings. Ryan uses tools drawn from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical skills, motivational methods, and solution-focused planning. He encourages clients to try different strategies and notice what helps.
The aim is steady progress toward better routines, clearer priorities, and more reliable coping skills. For many people this means improved daily functioning and less overwhelm.
How Ryan’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered work focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. The therapist creates space for people to describe their priorities and then adapts interventions to those goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, emphasizes practical exercises and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, supplies concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal communication.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust what isn’t working. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to a person’s needs, pace, and preferences.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for full sessions with face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people share brief updates, ask questions between sessions, or use shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and daily life while using the approaches described above.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Kansas
- Languages
- English
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