- humanistic client-centered
- drama therapy methods
- attachment and shame work
About Ryan
Ryan Lisman is an LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in California with five years of experience. He works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and issues connected to identity such as LGBT-related concerns. His practice also addresses relationship and intimacy-related difficulties, grief, addiction, and self-esteem challenges.
He uses a humanistic, client-centered approach that lets the person guide the work. Sessions can include creative, embodied methods because he is registered as a Drama Therapist and brings that perspective into clinical work. He also draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques depending on what fits the person’s needs.
Ryan describes therapy as collaborative. He listens for patterns linked to attachment, abandonment, control, and codependency. That makes it easier to talk through anger, dissociation, body image, or sexual culture topics like BDSM and kink without judgment. He names concrete goals and helps people practice new ways of relating and coping.
At Huntington Hospital’s mental health unit in Pasadena he works as a psychotherapist and drama therapist, which informs his clinical perspective in outpatient work. He can help people who are coping with life changes, chronic stress, or the emotional fallout of separation and divorce.
Sessions use a subscription billing model that can be canceled at any time. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking and can complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule a first appointment.
How therapeutic approaches are used online
Ryan describes a humanistic, client-centered approach that prioritizes the person’s goals and preferences. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting what matters most, and following the pace the client sets. It is useful for guilt, shame, and issues tied to identity where feeling heard matters.He also integrates drama therapy techniques, which bring movement, role-play, or creative exercises into sessions. Those methods help people try out different responses, practice boundaries, and access feelings that are hard to name. Drama-based work can be adapted to conversation-focused sessions and is meant to make emotional shifts more tangible.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. He will help a client choose whether to emphasize humanistic talking, drama-informed exercises, or evidence-based techniques that match the problem. That choice is revisited as goals change and new needs appear.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and reduce travel time. It also makes it straightforward to follow through on between-session exercises and to keep momentum when life feels chaotic.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does he work with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, addictions, and LGBT-related issues among other areas.
How does he approach guilt and shame?
He uses a humanistic, client-centered stance and creative methods from drama therapy to help people talk through guilt and shame and notice how those feelings affect relationships and behavior.
What is his clinical background and experience?
He has five years of professional experience and works as a psychotherapist and drama therapist at Huntington Hospital's mental health unit in Pasadena, California.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is an LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in California and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions billed 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.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.