Ryan Bittinger (They/Them) D.Psychotherapy

Ryan is a healer, teacher, researcher, and Doctor of Psychotherapy. They are passionate about helping others to better understand themselves and the difficulties they face. Ryan enjoys sharing their expertise in both Psychodynamic and Person-Centered Therapy, and sharing the benefits of these modalities with other therapists. Ryan is also passionate about educating practitioners to work with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and other forms of childhood abuse. In this vein, Ryan serves on Kingdom Abuse Survivor's Project's Board of Trustees, which is a non-profit organization that seeks to offer counselling and other supports to survivors in Fife, Scotland, UK. As a member of the LGBTQI+ community, Ryan advocates for appropriate recognition of the challenges LGBTQI+ folks face, and helps organizations to offer supportive and informed services for those folks. 

Ryan brings experience of management and administration in mental health and addictions to their work at Centred-Self, and aims to provide a supportive and friendly environment to clients seeking services and the associates who work with us. Ryan is also pleased to be involved in offering workshops and trainings to practitioners as a part of the Centred-Self team.