Mark Ryle, LCSW

Mark Ryle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship concerns. He speaks English and Spanish and works with adults on practical steps they can use between sessions.

He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and client-centered methods to keep sessions focused and useful. Sessions aim to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. Mindfulness and solution-focused tools are added when they fit the issue at hand.

Before clinical work, he spent many years in corporate finance, investment banking, and private equity. That background informs his coaching work and helps him support people with career and workplace stress. He also brings experience working with trauma, intimate partner violence effects, and compassion fatigue.

In session he balances coaching with therapy, helping clients set clear goals and practice specific skills. Typical concerns include anxiety, bipolar symptoms, body image and eating issues, ADHD, parenting strain, and intimacy-related challenges. He also addresses attachment and abandonment worries and communication or commitment problems.

Mark has 13 years of clinical experience as an LCSW in California. He uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. New clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for them.

His work emphasizes collaboration, measurable steps, and building skills clients can use long after therapy ends.

How therapy approaches work online

Mark combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered care with mindfulness practices. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. Client-centered therapy prioritizes the person's goals and experience, creating space to talk and decide what matters most. Mindfulness techniques teach awareness of thoughts and feelings and can help reduce reactivity to stress.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. He will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide whether to emphasize CBT skills, coaching-style goal work, or mindfulness practice and then adjust the plan as needs change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth sessions and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat work well for shorter check-ins or when someone wants to reflect in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting, or travel and let people try different formats to see what helps most.