Ryan Glathar , LMFT

Ryan Glathar is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 17 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth work to help people overcome barriers to a fuller life. Ryan aims to build a trusting relationship so clients feel heard and respected in each session.

She commonly supports people facing relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, anxiety, and addiction concerns. Parenting strain, intimacy issues, grief, self-esteem, career stress, and coping with big life changes are also areas she addresses. She brings particular attention to attachment concerns, codependency, and family of origin problems.

Ryan blends approaches rather than using a single method. She draws on client-centered therapy to follow what matters most to each person. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are offered for emotion regulation and coping under stress.

Her sessions can include motivational interviewing to support readiness for change and psychodynamic ideas to consider how past relationships shape present difficulties. Ryan prefers to match methods to the individual. She and the client decide together which tools make sense.

People find her straightforward and focused. She encourages small, consistent steps that fit daily life. Her practice offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible access across California.

Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in the room and follows what feels most important to them; it helps people feel understood and decide their own goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful patterns for problems like anxiety and depression. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness in stressful moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean trying a few techniques and adjusting as progress is made, with clear check-ins about what is helping.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging helps keep continuity between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to use the tools learned between meetings.