Ryan Garza, LCSW

Ryan Garza is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with more than 17 years of experience providing therapy in individual, couples, family, and group settings. He has worked with people facing a broad range of concerns including depression, anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, PTSD, personality disorders, co-occurring conditions, codependency, and issues common to veterans. His practice also addresses relationship, parenting, intimacy-related, and anger-related challenges as well as caregiver stress, isolation, shame and guilt, and questions of life purpose.

His style is client-centered, respectful, and encouraging, with compassion and occasionally appropriate humor woven into the therapeutic relationship. Treatment is developed collaboratively, shaped by each person’s goals and preferences, and tailored so interventions match individual needs. He draws on a range of evidence-informed methods including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), solution-focused approaches, motivational interviewing, mindfulness strategies, trauma-focused therapy, and elements of acceptance and commitment work.

Ryan emphasizes practical skills for managing present demands while addressing past difficulties, helping people prepare for future challenges. He frames therapy as an active investment in personal well-being and works toward greater clarity, emotional balance, and a clearer sense of purpose through shared planning and focused interventions.