Andrea Bray Ryan

Andrea Bray Ryan is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Texas who completed master’s-level training. She holds a Texas professional counselor license (LPC 83457) and has earned certification in Traumatic Stress Studies through The Trauma Center at JRI with Bessel van der Kolk.

Across six years of clinical work, Andrea has served people in a behavioral hospital setting with both inpatient and outpatient clients and has maintained an independent private practice. If an element of the human experience falls under mental health, she has most likely worked with it in her clinical practice.

Her style of therapy is empathic, supportive, present-focused, and non-judgmental. Andrea works with issues such as depression, anxiety, stress management, traumatic experiences, mood swings, women’s concerns, relationship difficulties, personal and professional growth, and grief and loss. She uses evidence-informed techniques and assists clients in developing coping skills, relaxation practices, yoga and body integration, and self-regulation strategies to foster healthier functioning at home and at work.

Andrea approaches each person as a whole - a complex and expressive individual - and prefers a collaborative process that engages the whole self rather than treating isolated symptoms. She helps clients build on existing strengths while acquiring new skills to address the challenges they face.

She regards herself as a fellow traveler alongside those she supports and values the therapeutic journey as part of personal growth. Andrea is honored when someone chooses her to assist them through the difficulties that prompted them to seek therapy. As J. R. R. Tolkien wrote, “Not all those who wander are lost.”