Ryan Smith, LPC

Ryan Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns. He works with clients on addictions, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, and issues tied to identity and self-esteem. Ryan often supports parents navigating parenting challenges and people managing the fallout from trauma or loss.

He uses clear, practical methods in sessions and focuses on goals the client finds important. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of his usual approach, and he pairs it with client-centered techniques to keep sessions grounded in each person’s experience. He also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills and tools from emotionally-focused and Gottman work when those fit a client’s needs.

Ryan began his practice addressing anger management and has spent years helping people with relationship and family concerns, including blended family and adoption-related issues. That background colors how he supports communication, boundaries, and commitment questions. He also has experience with body image, eating-related struggles, and substance use challenges.

Sessions tend to be action-oriented and collaborative. He will help identify clear steps toward change and use behavioral tools to test what works. When needed, he works on emotion regulation skills and techniques to strengthen close relationships.

He offers services in English and accepts clients outside the United States. With 13 years of clinical practice, Ryan blends practical problem solving with an open-minded, accepting stance to help people move toward their goals.

Approaches that shape online sessions

Ryan commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Client-Centered Therapy is also part of his practice and focuses on listening closely, reflecting what matters to the client, and building a trusting working relationship. He draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are priorities, offering practical strategies to manage intense feelings and improve coping.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that match those priorities. Over a few sessions the client and therapist adjust techniques so the work fits day-to-day life and leads toward clear steps forward.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports brief check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work, family life, or travel and make it easier to stick with practical skill-building over time.