Ryan Shelby Butler, LPC
Therapist in Arizona
Ryan Shelby Butler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Arizona who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns.
- Licensed inArizona
- LicenseLPC-21321
- NPI 1164068789
- Experience7+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Ryan
Ryan Shelby Butler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Arizona who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. He meets clients with a clear, down-to-earth style and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. Ryan keeps language simple and aims to make therapy feel doable for busy parents and adults.
He blends attachment-based ideas with acceptance and commitment techniques and skills from cognitive behavioral work.
Background and approach
Sessions often include talking through situations, practicing coping skills, and setting small, realistic goals. Ryan also draws on client-centered and dialectical behavior strategies to help people notice patterns and try different ways of responding. Ryan completed a Master of Science in Professional Counseling and holds the LPC credential in Arizona.
Before counseling he worked in higher education, where he supported students and staff in guidance and leadership roles. That background shaped his interest in coaching, life transitions, and practical problem solving. He addresses a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, parenting strain, intimacy-related issues, and attention difficulties such as ADHD.
Ryan also works with people facing adoption and foster care questions, aging and caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image, and codependency concerns. Therapy with him is collaborative. Clients help set goals and choose strategies that fit their values and daily life.
To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Credentials
- LPC (Arizona)
- License LPC-21321 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1164068789 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ryan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ryan names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Ryan’s Approaches Work Online
Attachment-based work focuses on how early connections shape current relationships. Online sessions use conversation and reflective questions to help clients notice attachment patterns and try new ways of relating. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify values and take small actions toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. ACT exercises online often include mindfulness practices and clear behavior steps to try between sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and introduces practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.Deciding which approach to use is a joint process. The therapist listens to what matters most to the client, reviews goals, and suggests methods to try. Clients and the therapist check progress together and adjust techniques based on what helps in day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let clients work face-to-face when convenient. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, coaching-style exchanges, or ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain regular contact while trying new skills.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does he address?
He works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, ADHD, and related life changes.
What is his therapy style like?
Sessions are practical and conversational, mixing attachment ideas with acceptance and commitment and cognitive behavioral tools to set small, doable goals.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has seven years of professional experience working in counseling roles since 2018, including prior work in higher education support and leadership.
What credentials and location apply?
He holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential - LPC - licensed in Arizona and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. He does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with him?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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