About Ryan
Prof. Ryan Davis is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Michigan. He brings 14 years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, and relationship concerns.
He also supports those dealing with depression, grief, and challenges around intimacy and self-esteem. Ryan centers sessions on the person in front of him. He treats each client as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Conversations are straightforward and paced to fit what the client needs in the moment. In therapy he uses client-centered methods to create a supportive space where people can talk through what feels hard. He also draws on emotionally focused approaches to help people clarify and name their feelings and patterns.
These methods are useful for mood concerns, relationships, and trauma-related stress. Ryan works with a broad range of concerns including ADHD, career and life transitions, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to identity such as LGBT concerns and gender dysphoria. He also addresses grief, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, and complicated feelings like guilt and shame.
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients. The aim is practical progress - clearer decisions, better coping skills, and more reliable ways to manage difficult emotions. He encourages people to reach out when they’re ready to begin.
How his approaches work in online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and accepting what a person brings to sessions. The therapist reflects back concerns, helps people name their strengths, and supports clients as they make their own decisions. This approach is helpful for stress, depression, and building confidence.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and work with core emotions and interaction patterns. It guides clients to notice how feelings influence behavior and relationships, which can be useful for intimacy issues, grief, and trauma-related reactions.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust as needed. Clients are invited to share what helps and what does not so the plan can change over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy practical for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel and to find a rhythm that suits daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English