Ryan Fernandez Verified Provider

Ryan Fernandez is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor. He practices with Thriveworks Counseling and Psychiatry in Cleveland, Ohio. He accepts Medicare in addition to various major insurance plans. With five years of experience, he seeks to create an environment that is welcoming, safe and nonjudgmental.

Importance of Being Seen and Heard

Ryan works with adults with a special focus on male and court mandated clients. He has a background in substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Stressing that we “can’t change what we do not acknowledge,” he believes that you get out of counseling what you put in. I appreciate that he prioritizes the importance of being both seen and heard.

Emphasis on Holistic and Evidence Based Care

His specialties include self esteem and relationship issues, grief and spirituality and depression and anxiety disorders. There’s an emphasis on holistic care and he employs a wide range of evidence based therapies to achieve treatment goals. 

Some of these modalities are cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing and rational emotive therapy. He also practices narrative therapy, solution focused therapy and existential therapy.