Affirming therapy for LGBTQ+ folks
Queer- and trans-affirming therapy where your identity does not need to be explained before the real work can begin.
Therapy forHuman Beings.
Existential-humanistic psychotherapy
I’m Ry. I help people explore who they are, come to know themselves more deeply, and discover more present and meaningful ways to live.
presence•meaning•identity•choice•belonging•aliveness
Ry BrownMA, LPCPsychotherapist & Clinical Supervisor
Let’s talk.
I’m Ry. I’m an existential-humanistic psychotherapist.
Existential humanism isn't a technique I use. It's a perspective that informs how I try to show up in the world: present, honest, responsible, and open to the full complexity life. I bring that same perspective to my work as a therapist.
As a queer, poly man, my life experience has deepened my respect for identities, relationships, and lives that do not always fit conventional expectations. I know the value of being met without judgment or having to translate important parts of yourself.
I offer presence, warmth, directness, honesty, and a great deal of respect for how difficult it can be to be a person. You will not have to make yourself smaller, tidier, or less complicated to be valued in our work.
Ry
Being human isn't easy.
There is more to you than what brings you to therapy.
Being human isn’t easy. And you are not a problem to be fixed.
Whether you are facing depression, anxiety, grief, burnout, a major life transition, relationship or family struggles, or questions of identity, belonging, and meaning, I invite you to slow down and become curious about your experience.
I work from an existential-humanistic perspective, welcoming people across identities and relationship structures. I have particular experience supporting LGBTQ+ people and those exploring polyamory or other forms of consensual non-monogamy. Together, we pay attention to the ways you have learned to protect yourself, what unfolds between us, and what helps you feel most alive. We make room for uncertainty as you come to know yourself more deeply and move toward choices that feel honest, meaningful, and fully your own.
“Therapy isn't about becoming someone new. It is about meeting yourself more honestly and choosing how you want to live.”
Support for relationships beyond traditional models
Knowledgeable, affirming support for polyamory, consensual non-monogamy, and the many ways people create relationship, intimacy, and family.
Clinical supervision & training
Reflective supervision and experiential learning for therapists who want to deepen their presence, relational capacity, and practice.
Ways we can work together
You might come for individual therapy, relationship or couples therapy, clinical supervision, or consultation. Whatever brings us together, I begin with the real person—or people—in front of me, bringing presence, curiosity, honesty, and respect for the complexity of being human.
A space to understand yourself more deeply
Individual Psychotherapy
A place to slow down, become present with what is happening, and explore your experience more deeply—for anxiety, depression, grief, burnout, identity, life transitions, relationships, meaning, and the feeling that something needs to change.
A space to understand each other more clearly
Relationship & Couples Therapy
Support for couples and relationships who want to understand their patterns, speak more truthfully, repair what has been hurt, and build a way of relating that can hold each person’s full humanity.
Become the therapist you mean to be.
Clinical Supervision
Reflective, relational supervision for clinicians who want to deepen their presence, strengthen their ethical grounding, and stay human in the midst of demanding clinical work.
Support for complex work.
Clinical Consultation
One-time or ongoing consultation around difficult cases, relational impasses, ethics, professional identity, private practice, or bringing an existential-humanistic perspective more fully into your work.
For therapists, supervisors & clinical leaders
Your humanity belongs in the room, too.
Clinical supervision and consultation is not simply case review or a performance of certainty. It is a place to talk honestly about what happens in the room: your presence, assumptions, limits, ethics, stuck places, and the personal realities of doing this work.
- Bring clinical dilemmas without needing a perfect answer.
- Develop a relational stance that feels alive, ethical, and embodied.
- Make room for identity, power, culture, intimacy, rupture, and repair.
- Build a sustainable professional life that does not require leaving yourself behind.
Let’s get started.
You don’t need the right words. Schedule a free 30-minute consultation, and we’ll begin with a conversation about what brings you here, what you’re hoping for, and whether working together feels right.