Christine Ryan , LPC

Christine Ryan is a licensed psychotherapist who combines long-standing clinical experience with life coaching to support people through transitions and challenges. She has worked in private practice for many years, first for most of her career in Dallas and more recently from the Bay Area, where she moved eight years ago. Christine holds a Master’s degree from Arizona State University and has been licensed since 1983 as an LPC - a Licensed Professional Counselor. Early in her career she gained experience in psychiatric hospital social work and in mental health center settings, grounding her practice in a range of clinical environments.

Over the years Christine’s work has addressed anxiety and depression, relationship difficulties, separation and divorce, family conflict, parenting concerns, grief and loss, and chronic or catastrophic illness and disability. She is a cancer survivor and has been healthy for thirty years, bringing both professional and personal insight to conversations about serious illness. In 2011 she added a Certified Life Coach credential through Coach Training Alliance, which allows her to blend therapeutic skill with coaching techniques in her approach.

Christine now conducts sessions exclusively by phone and online and has contributed as an online coach for a decision-making startup and as a counselor for the Life Reimagined program. She also received Disaster Management Training and is certified as a telephonic critical incident responder. Her practice emphasizes a practical progression of exploration - clarifying the “What” of a situation, understanding the “So What” of its effects, and moving to the “Now What” of change - with a focus on solution-oriented steps that can make a meaningful difference. She blends therapeutic depth with coaching focus to assist Baby Boomers and others facing new life chapters, and she welcomes the opportunity to serve as a collaborative partner in clients’ growth journeys.