About Ryan
Ryan Powell is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of experience and a BACP accreditation. He works in independent practice and has also provided short-term therapy and mental health support in NHS IAPT services and in prison settings. He offers a calm, empathetic presence and aims to help people face difficult feelings and situations.
Ryan uses a direct but compassionate style. He listens first and then gently challenges people to make changes that matter.
How Ryan works
Sessions focus on practical steps as well as understanding the patterns behind distress. The aim is to help people feel clearer and more able to cope. Common concerns he supports include stress, anxiety, depression and addictions.
He also helps with relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, eating issues, anger, self-esteem and life transitions. Additional areas of focus include codependency, drug and alcohol addiction, gender dysphoria, guilt and shame, and issues related to sexuality. Ryan draws on client-centred work to follow each person’s concerns rather than impose a plan.
He also uses cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and psychodynamic thinking to look at deeper patterns. Together these approaches aim to create short-term relief and longer-term change. Sessions are offered in English and he is available to work with international clients.
He aims to make the counselling process straightforward and respectful, helping people find the next right step for them.
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
- Anger management
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Ryan’s approaches work online
Client-centred work focuses on the person rather than a fixed plan. The therapist follows what matters most to the client, offering empathy and reflective listening to help people make sense of their feelings. This approach suits worries about identity, relationships and emotional pain.Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at connections between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses simple strategies to test and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour, which can help with anxiety, low mood and some addictive patterns.
Psychodynamic ideas pay attention to repeated patterns from past experience that influence present feelings and relationships. Talking about these patterns can bring clearer self-understanding and reduce recurring difficulties.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss options and try methods that match a person’s needs, goals and preferences. They will check in as therapy progresses and adjust the focus together.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face to face without travel, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows shorter check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family or other commitments while keeping the therapeutic work consistent.
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