Ryan Garza
Compassionate LCSW focused on practical change
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed in
- Utah
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Ryan
Ryan Garza is a licensed clinical social worker with 17 years of experience. He practices in Utah and offers straightforward, practical help for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and parenting concerns. He presents himself as compassionate and direct, and he aims to make therapy understandable for busy parents.
Ryan uses a client-centered way of working. That means sessions start with what matters most to the person in front of him.
Background and approach
He listens first and then builds a plan around clear goals and small, doable steps. He draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and motivational interviewing to guide sessions. CBT helps people change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
DBT offers tools for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to make change. In sessions Ryan focuses on practical skills and real-life actions.
He helps people talk through difficult moments, practice new responses, and set boundaries that support daily life. He also addresses issues such as communication problems, codependency, fatherhood concerns, and caregiver stress. Ryan explains treatment in plain language and adjusts it to each person’s goals.
He encourages collaboration so the plan fits family responsibilities and work demands. He aims to help people gain more clarity, better coping skills, and greater control over the next steps in their lives.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Client-centered therapy focuses on what matters to the person. The therapist listens closely and helps set goals that match daily life, which is useful for parents juggling many responsibilities.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches simple exercises to change unhelpful habits and reduce symptoms of anxiety or depression.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for handling strong emotions and staying steady during stressful moments. It is useful when people need tools for emotion regulation and managing intense reactions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan as progress is made. That partnership helps match techniques to what actually works for the person.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options let people fit sessions around work, school, and family life. They also make it easier to use skills in real time and to check in between meetings when needed.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Ryan
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