
Christi Ryan, LCSW
About me
Hi, I'm glad you're looking here, good job. I am licensed in Indiana with 28 years of professional work experience. I have experience in addictions, medical issues, end of life issues, aging, career changes, personal development and seeking meaning, loss of faith and spiritual trauma. I'm ready to believe you. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. Your privacy is sacred to me. Taking the first step to seeking help during a hard time, takes a lot of resolve. Congratulations for getting to this part. Good work. Doing the work towards a less stressful, more fulfilling and content life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.
Professional experience
Additional areas of focus: LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Blended Family Issues, Caregiver Issues and Stress, Chronic Pain Illness and Disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Communication Problems, Control Issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Divorce and Separation, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Emptiness, Expats, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and Shame, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation/Loneliness, Life Purpose, Midlife Crisis, Military and Veterans Issues, Mood Disorders, Personality Disorders, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic Stress, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Love, Social Anxiety and Phobia, Traumatic Brain Injury, Women's Issues, Workplace Issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
License information
IN LCSW 34004006A
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Christi Ryan. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
I call Christi my Sherpa and for good reason: I would be lost without her!! She has taught me so many effective anxiety reducing practices that have made my life easier and happier. Christi has a peaceful and calming presence that makes her easy to talk to, and I look forward to our sessions.
Written on May 09, 2023 after therapy with Christi for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Christi is very patient and very easy to talk to.
Written on Apr 04, 2023 after therapy with Christi for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd
Christi is knowledgeable and caring of my mental health. She provides a safe space to validate the feelings that I have and is not afraid to contradict me when she feels I may be misinterpreting something. I can ask her for her personal opinion and not be scared that she is just saying things to say things.
I’ve bounced around a few therapists on the BetterHelp platform, and I’ve been the most comfortable with Christi. I’ve even begun scheduling multiple meetings a week because it doesn’t feel like a chore anymore but a place of positivity and healing.
Thanks Christi.
Written on Apr 04, 2023 after therapy with Christi for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and anger management
She’s great:)
Written on Jan 16, 2023 after therapy with Christi for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue
Christi is so warm and welcoming, extremely easy to talk to, and very understanding. We clicked right away.
Written on Dec 01, 2022 after therapy with Christi for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, and adhd
I feel heard and understood, I feel like I’m actually taking the right path is seeking help because of Christi!
Written on Nov 24, 2022 after therapy with Christi for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd