About Ryan
Dr. Ryan Knutson helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and trauma. He also supports those dealing with depression, grief, parenting strains, intimacy concerns, and self-esteem problems.
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Wisconsin with ten years of clinical experience. Ryan keeps sessions straightforward and conversational. He aims to make counseling feel like a real talk rather than a formal test.
He adjusts his style to match what each person needs and prefers practical steps people can try between sessions.
Background and approach
His background includes work in correctional settings, outpatient programs, and group homes, plus volunteer counseling at the Salvation Army. He has supervised other counselors for more than seven years and taught as an adjunct instructor in a graduate counseling program. He also holds a doctorate in counselor education and supervision.
Ryan draws on cognitive behavioral, person-centered, motivational interviewing, and strength-based approaches. He picks methods that fit the situation and changes course when something isn’t helping. That flexibility is meant to help people move past blocks and build workable skills.
Sessions can address a broad range of life issues, including ADHD, substance concerns, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, communication problems, codependency, divorce, and career questions. He wants to help people find clearer next steps and feel more steady in daily life.
Practical approaches for online support
Ryan commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people recognize and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, depressive patterns, and problem-focused habits. He also draws on person-centered methods that emphasize listening and building on a person's strengths to increase motivation and confidence.He will work with each person to decide which approaches fit best. That choice is collaborative - goals, preferences, and everyday routines guide which techniques are tried and for how long. Adjustments are made if something doesn’t feel useful so sessions stay relevant to the person's life.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit counseling into a busy day. Video lets people use visual cues during deeper conversations, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a screen-free check-in is preferred, and messaging or live chat can be useful for brief updates, coaching-style support, or flexible check-ins between longer sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English