Ryan Glathar, LMFT

Ryan Glathar is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 17 years of clinical experience in California. She focuses on helping people untangle relationship problems, manage strong emotions, and cope with life changes. Ryan creates a respectful space where trust is central to the work together. She welcomes straightforward conversations about concerns such as jealousy, intimacy, and addictions. Ryan draws on practical methods to match each person's needs rather than using a single fixed style. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a collaborative relationship and Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for concrete skills to manage emotion and behavior. Motivational Interviewing and psychodynamic ideas also inform her thinking when exploring patterns from the past. Sessions often look like talking through what matters most, identifying small steps forward, and practicing new ways of handling conflict or distress. Ryan pays attention to family history, attachment, and communication patterns that shape current struggles. She also works with issues such as grief, shame, abandonment, and codependency. People choose Ryan for help with parenting concerns, divorce and separation, or healing after domestic violence and addiction. She also supports those dealing with stress, depression, and isolation. Therapy focuses on doable changes and clearer communication in daily life. To begin, clients complete a short questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on Ryan's availability. Fees vary with location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How Ryan’s approaches translate to online work

Ryan uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a respectful, collaborative relationship where the person sets goals and the therapist follows their lead. This approach helps when someone needs space to be heard and to clarify what they want to change. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors through small experiments. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and pattern-based problems like jealousy. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are used to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication in heated moments. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ryan will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative process helps shape practical steps and homework between sessions. Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also makes regular skill practice more feasible for people juggling family, work, or treatment for addiction and recovery.