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Ryan Schmidtke, Dip Addiction Careworker

Registered Psychotherapist

Core Staff Therapist

Works Online

50-minute sessions from

$195

Think:

Warm, grounded, clear, practical, and emotionally honest. Especially great for trauma, addiction, parenting stress, men’s issues, and burnout.

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Mood Maverick & Trauma Transformer

GREAT FIT IF YOU'RE...

Carrying trauma, burnout, guilt, shame, anxiety, or emotional numbness.

Wanting a therapist who feels warm, grounded, practical, and easy to talk to.

Working through anxiety, depression, addiction, emotional dysregulation, or relationship stress.

Needing support around men’s mental health, identity, fatherhood, or faith-related pain.

Looking for real talk, practical tools, and deeper work that helps you get unstuck.

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Meet Ryan

Grounded, honest, deeply supportive

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Ryan works with people carrying trauma, guilt, grief, stress, identity questions, adjustment to illness or injury, and the pressure of trying to survive without really feeling alive, for people who have learned to keep everything locked down.

His style is warm, grounded, and direct. He helps people sort through what hurts, reconnect with themselves, and move toward something steadier than survival mode.

You are allowed to put down what you were taught to carry alone.

Areas of Support

Ryan works with people carrying trauma, guilt, grief, stress, and identity pain, especially men who have learned to lock everything down.

His work is warm, grounded, and direct, helping people sort through what hurts and move from survival mode toward something steadier.

Men’s mental health

Trauma recovery

Anxiety and stress

Grief and loss

Addiction recovery

Emotional regulation

Faith-related pain

Relationship struggles

What Therapy Feels Like

Focused on what helps

Honest support

Warm and direct

Grounded and steady

Real-talk supportive

Therapy with Ryan feels grounded, honest, and easier to open up in than you might expect.

Ryan helps people sort through pain, stress, guilt, and disconnection in a way that feels human, practical, and rooted in real change rather than just getting by.

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You can book a Discovery Call, or explore your options on our Start Here page.

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Limestone Clinic Pattern

Questions People Often Ask Ryan

Therapy does not have to feel cold, overly clinical, or impossible to relate to. Here are a few common questions people ask before booking with Ryan.

1. Can Ryan help if I have struggled with addiction or unhealthy coping habits?

Support for addiction and unhealthy coping cycles.

Yes. Ryan works with people who are dealing with addictions, unhealthy coping habits, self-destructive patterns, and feeling stuck in cycles they cannot seem to break. He understands that these struggles are often connected to stress, trauma, low self-esteem, or emotional pain.

2. What if I feel embarrassed or ashamed about what I am struggling with?

No need to clean everything up before reaching out.

You do not need to have everything cleaned up or figured out before starting therapy with Ryan. He tends to be warm, down-to-earth, and easy to talk to, which helps many people feel less judged and more comfortable opening up.

3. Can Ryan help with anxiety, depression, or feeling burnt out?

Support for anxiety, burnout, and low mood.

Absolutely. Ryan often works with people who feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, stuck in negative thought patterns, or like they are barely keeping it together. He can help you better understand what is going on and start making changes that feel manageable.

4. What if I have been through trauma or difficult life experiences?

A good fit for trauma and painful past experiences.

Ryan works with many people who have experienced trauma, painful relationships, difficult childhood experiences, or major life stress. He understands that these experiences can affect confidence, mood, coping, trust, and relationships.

5. Is Ryan a good fit for parents who are feeling overwhelmed?

Support for overwhelmed, burned-out parents.

Yes. Ryan often works with parents who are juggling stress, burnout, emotional overload, guilt, or feeling like they are constantly failing at everything. He can help parents feel more grounded, confident, and less alone.

6. Will Ryan just listen, or will he actually help me make changes?

Warm and easy to talk to, but also practical.

Ryan is supportive and easy to talk to, but he is also practical. He helps people notice patterns, develop healthier coping strategies, and make meaningful changes instead of staying stuck in the same loops.

7. Is Ryan a good fit if I do not want therapy to feel too formal or clinical?

A less formal, more human-feeling therapy style.

Very often, yes. Ryan tends to work well with people who want therapy to feel warm, real, relatable, and less intimidating than they may have expected.
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