Ryan Plasch, LPCC

Ryan Plasch is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Minnesota who works with adult individuals, couples, and parents. With six years of clinical experience, he brings a warm, approachable, and non-judgmental presence to therapy and uses a practical, strengths-focused style that often includes humor and creative problem solving.

Ryan commonly supports people who want to evaluate and redefine life roles and goals, helping them spot repetitive thinking patterns - what he calls "cognitive loops" - and the sabotaging thoughts and feelings that keep them stuck. His work emphasizes identifying the inner critic, building emotional intelligence, and realigning daily life with a person’s values, hopes, and long-term objectives.

He sees men and women in individual therapy and maintains a strong focus on couples who are trying to reconnect after challenging life transitions such as infertility, postpartum adjustment, or grief and loss. In couples work he helps partners close emotional and physical distance, repair attachment and communication wounds, clarify family goals and values, and increase sexual chemistry when that is part of the couple's goals. Ryan also draws on personal experience with male infertility, miscarriage, and parenting when supporting clients through related challenges.

Ryan’s approach integrates evidence-based methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Existential Therapy, and the Gottman Method to tailor care to each person or relationship.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that align with their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where a person wants to live in a more values-driven way.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing thought and behavior patterns that contribute to distress. It is effective for problems like anxiety, depression, addictions, and persistent negative thinking.

The Gottman Method is a structured approach to couples work that concentrates on improving communication, rebuilding connection, and managing conflict so partners can repair attachment and strengthen intimacy.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Ryan collaborates with each client to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and may integrate techniques from different approaches as appropriate. Licensed professionals and therapists commonly tailor plans in this way to support individual and relationship change.

Online therapy with Ryan offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur by video call or phone, and shorter check-ins are available via live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, to maintain continuity during life changes, and to access care from different locations.