About Ryan
Ryan Shelby Butler welcomes people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain about their next steps. He speaks plainly about problems like stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or parenting strain. Ryan is introduced by name so visitors know who they would meet in a first session.
Ryan is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Arizona with seven years of experience. He earned a Master of Science in Professional Counseling and additional graduate study focused on Christian counseling from Grand Canyon University.
How Ryan works
Earlier studies include a Master of Science in Leadership and a Bachelor of Arts in General Studies with emphases in psychology, philosophy, and business. In sessions he blends person-centered listening with practical skills training. That means time to tell your story paired with realistic steps you can try between meetings.
He draws on techniques from cognitive and dialectical behavior approaches, attachment-focused work, and acceptance-based strategies to address mood, behavior, and relationship concerns. Ryan also brings life experience from work in higher education and roles in church leadership. He says those backgrounds shaped his interest in values, purpose, and coaching-style support alongside therapy.
Clients can expect straightforward guidance, goal-oriented planning, and room to bring personal or spiritual values into the conversation if they wish. He offers several online formats and written-message options for check-ins and ongoing support. To begin, visitors follow the site process to match and schedule a first appointment.
Ryan lists 17 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
What Ryan works with
The areas below are the ones Ryan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and reconnect with personal values. It focuses on small actions tied to what matters, which can help with anxiety, low mood, and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches specific skills to change thinking and behavior patterns that fuel depression and anxiety, using practical exercises and homework. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current bonds and reactions, which can be useful for relationship strain, intimacy issues, and attachment concerns.Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals, try techniques that fit your situation, and adjust plans based on what helps. That collaborative process aims to find methods you understand and can use outside sessions.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions can be good for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging supports brief updates or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit counseling into work, family, or other obligations while still working with a licensed professional.
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