About Ryan
Ryan Derico is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida. He helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, or struggling with self-esteem. He also supports those facing life changes, ADHD concerns, LGBT-related issues, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
Ryan uses a straightforward, respectful style. He treats clients as the experts on their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions are practical and focused on clear steps that fit a person’s day-to-day life.
How Ryan works
He aims to make the first step feel manageable and to keep work in session realistic. Ryan draws on Client-Centered Therapy to listen and respond to each person without judgment. He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Motivational Interviewing is used when people feel stuck and need to find their own reasons to change. He has seven years of clinical counseling experience and a longer background in human services. That mix informs a calm, goal-oriented approach that balances empathy with action.
People can expect short-term strategies alongside deeper work when it’s needed. Sessions may focus on reducing anxiety symptoms, improving daily functioning with ADHD or autism traits, managing compulsive behaviors like hair pulling, or tackling social fears and phobias. Ryan keeps language simple and steps clear so progress is easier to see and use between sessions.
Ryan lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Phobias
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit online counseling
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding without judgment. It helps people clarify their goals and build on strengths so they feel more confident in daily life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It breaks problems into concrete steps and introduces simple skills to reduce anxiety, manage impulsivity, or change unhelpful habits.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. It uses guided conversation to uncover personal reasons for change and to boost motivation for small, sustainable steps.
Ryan will work with each person to choose the best approach. He treats this as a collaborative process and adjusts methods based on goals, preferences, and what works in practice. Trying an approach for a few sessions helps decide if it fits.
Online therapy offers practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a quicker check-in or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send brief updates, ask questions between meetings, or have therapy in shorter blocks that fit a busy schedule.
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