Ryan Schaffer, LCSW

Ryan Schaffer is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Connecticut with seven years of professional experience. He helps people who are dealing with addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related struggles, career challenges, and executive coaching questions. Ryan aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak honestly about their thoughts and feelings.

Ryan often works on a six-month transformation schedule that maps progress over time. He emphasizes both masculine and feminine ways of relating and pays attention to how body, mind, and spirit connect. That approach is meant to help people find clearer meaning and make practical changes in everyday life.

In sessions he focuses on helping clients recognize and own their strengths. Conversations may include exploring patterns like abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, control struggles, and commitment worries. He also addresses substance use concerns, eating and body-image issues, dissociation, and emotional emptiness.

Ryan brings experience helping people recover from the effects of trauma or abuse and cope with disruptive mood or personality challenges. He also supports clients facing disruption from natural or human-caused disasters and those seeking career or executive coaching support.

Sessions are conducted in English, and he accepts international clients. Prospective clients should confirm current session options when booking, since formats are arranged through the intake process.

Approaches that guide online work

Ryan describes his work as focusing on body, mind, and spirit together and uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to support that aim. One useful approach involves structured, time-limited plans like his six-month transformation schedule that set goals and review progress regularly; this helps when people want measurable change in areas such as addiction recovery or career transitions. Another approach centers on exploring attachment and relational patterns to improve intimacy and reduce codependent or avoidant behaviors; sessions may involve identifying repeated responses and practicing new ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to figure out which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can be adjusted over time as a client notices what helps and what does not.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into busy schedules, reducing travel time, and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current session options before booking. Working online can make it simpler to coordinate therapy around work or family obligations while still focusing on long-term change.