Ryan Lisman

Ryan Lisman is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in California with five years of professional experience. He uses a humanistic, client-centered approach that lets people set the pace and focus of their therapy. He also brings work as a psychotherapist and drama therapist at a hospital mental health unit into his clinical perspective.

His work addresses stress, anxiety, depression, and motivation alongside concerns like trauma, self-esteem, and addictions. He supports people navigating relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and the strain of major life changes. Divorce and separation are among the specific life transitions he helps people process.

Ryan integrates creative methods through his background in drama therapy, adding movement, role-play, and expressive exercises when useful. These options are used alongside conversational methods to make emotional material easier to access and work through. He invites clients to say what feels most helpful in a session so the work matches their needs.

He understands how attachment, abandonment, and codependency can shape relationships. Body image, sexual culture and kink topics, dissociation, and control or communication struggles are also areas he routinely addresses. Sessions aim to build clearer self-understanding and practical ways to cope.

Ryan values an open, nonjudgmental stance and encourages people to explore goals at their own pace. He recommends starting with a short questionnaire and a scheduled session to see whether his style fits the client’s needs.

How humanistic and creative methods work online

Ryan primarily practices a humanistic, client-centered approach which focuses on listening closely and following the client's priorities. That approach emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and helping people name and pursue the goals that matter to them. It fits many concerns such as anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes like divorce or separation.

He also incorporates drama therapy techniques that bring movement, role-play, and creative exercises into sessions. These methods can help people access feelings that are hard to describe and practice new ways of relating. Used thoughtfully, they can complement talk-based work and deepen insight into relationship and attachment patterns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options and try methods that match the client's needs, goals, and comfort level. If a technique doesn’t feel useful, adjustments are made together so the work stays practical and relevant.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and offer flexibility for short check-ins or longer work when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt creative and humanistic tools to online settings to keep sessions focused on progress and usable strategies.