Ryan Forsell, LMFT

Founder & Clinical Director

Therapy for Men, Couples & Fathers

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For people who look capable on the outside but feel stuck in anxiety, relationship strain, or a life that no longer fits.

You may be carrying more than most people realize - pressure, responsibility, loneliness, conflict, or a growing uncertainty about who you are becoming.

Therapy offers a place to understand what is happening beneath the surface, heal what is unresolved, and develop a greater capacity for the life and relationships you are carrying.

I work with men, fathers, couples, and adults who want more than symptom relief—they want to understand what is keeping them stuck and make meaningful changes in how they live and relate.

How I Help

I work with clients navigating:

  • Anxiety and chronic stress

  • Relationship conflict and emotional disconnection

  • Men’s issues and identity struggles

  • Fatherhood pressure and family stress

  • Major life transitions

  • Trauma and painful family history

  • Burnout, anger, or emotional numbness

  • Loss of meaning or direction

Special Areas of Focus

Therapy for Men

Helping men move beyond pressure, isolation, and performance-based living into grounded strength and authentic connection.

Life Transition Therapy

Helping clients navigate divorce, reinvention, empty nesting, career shifts, grief, and uncertain seasons with clarity and steadiness.

Therapy for Fathers

Supporting men through the emotional, relational, and identity demands of fatherhood.

Couples Therapy

Helping couples rebuild trust, improve communication, and break painful relational cycles.

Why Clients Choose Me

Clients often appreciate that I am:

  • Warm, direct, and deeply engaged

  • Able to combine insight with practical action

  • Comfortable discussing pain, purpose, and identity

  • Skilled at helping men open up without shame

  • Calm during conflict and emotionally charged conversations

  • Invested in meaningful long-term growth, not surface fixes

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My Counseling Philosophy 

I believe many forms of suffering are signals, not merely symptoms.

Beneath anxiety, conflict, depression, or confusion there is often grief that has not been honored, fear that has not been faced, pain that has not been understood, or a self that has not yet been fully lived.

Therapy can become a place where these deeper realities are named and worked through with courage.

My approach is relational, depth-oriented, and practical. Together we identify the patterns shaping your life, understand the story you have been living inside, and begin building a more honest and empowered one.

I do not believe most people are broken beyond repair. I believe many are stuck in adaptations that once protected them but no longer serve them.

A Little More About Me…  

My own life has included meaningful hardship, change, and seasons that demanded growth. Those experiences shaped both my compassion and my conviction that pain can become a catalyst for transformation when faced honestly.

Outside the office, I most value being a husband and father. I also love nature, building things with my hands, reading deeply, meaningful conversation, and adventure that reminds a person they are fully alive.

Ryan Forsell is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and founder of Praxis. He has extensive experience helping men, couples, and families navigate relationship pain, trauma, identity development, and life transition. He is trained in Restoration Therapy and Gottman Method approaches.

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Ready to Begin?

If you are ready for healing, clarity, and meaningful change, Praxis would be honored to help you find the right fit.