Ryan Curtiss, LCSW is an Honorably discharged Veteran who was medically separated. Ryan went to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas, where he earned his Master of Social Work degree in 2015 and his Bachelor of Social Work degree in 2014. Ryan was a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in Texas from 2015-2022 and is currently a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Texas since 2022. Ryan has been a licensed therapist for over 7-years. Ryan specializes in stress and anger management, anxiety, trauma/PTSD, obsessions/compulsions, ADHD, phobias, depression, and substance use. Ryan holds the following certifications and/or trainings: Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP), Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Certification (TF-CBT), Exposure Response Prevention Certification (ERP), and Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Ryan has worked physically in the Rio Grande Valley and San Antonio metro areas of Texas along with virtual/telehealth throughout the entire United States as a licensed clinical therapist/psychotherapist. Ryan has treated children, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics with mental health issues, acute/chronic disorders, substance use/abuse, end of life issues, chronic pain, medical illnesses, hospice, grief/loss, military and combat related issues, relationship and family issues, personality disorders, conduct and impulse control issues, and so much more in inpatient behavioral, hospitals, primary care, hospice/palliative care, and private practice settings with civilians, Veterans, Military, and Law Enforcement clients.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

A Precise, Tactical, Approach to therapy that is Holistic and Targeted to Activate your Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS) and Deactivate your Amygdala by doing 4 key coping skills that work immediately in your body and brain with an immediate benefit of reducing your Anxiety & reducing your Trauma Symptoms and Reactions. This is followed by the use of Eye-Movement (EM) modalities to guide your brain to heal itself. "Trauma comes back as a Reaction not a Memory" - Bessel van der Kolk We'll share with you some powerful and amazing lessons that will help you be the healthiest and best version of you by improving your ability to cope and self-regulation while healing stuck-points, wounds, losses, and traumas from your entire life and career. We'll will teach you about the science behind these life changing lessons as well as the 4 key coping skills that work immediately in the body system and will drastically improve your daily sense of well-being by reducing your: Anxiety, Depression, Avoidance, Irritability, Stress, Panic Attacks, Hypervigilance, Insomnia, & Physiological and Trauma Reactions. In conjunction with Talk Therapy, PNS Activation, and Amygdala Deactivation, we utilize Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to clear and desensitize wounds, psychological (emotional) pain, and reduce feelings of loss, grief, abandonment, and attachment wounds. These techniques also reduce and heal the turmoil and pain caused by abuse, assaults, and traumas. We can help you lessen phobias and heal negative self-thoughts and core beliefs. Unlike Talk therapy alone, utilizing EMDR as part of your treatment, You do not need to tell us your wounds or traumas for us to desensitize your wound; we guide your brain to do what it naturally wants to do. Put simply, we guiled your brain and body to heal itself! Once we clear/heal your "wound," all of the Anxiety, Depression, Irritability, Insomnia, and Physiological symptoms connected to that "wound" will be eliminated; you only have these Negative and Physiological symptoms because that memory or "wound" is not stored in the proper place in your brain. Utilizing EMDR is how these "wounds" get desensitized and moved to the proper place in your brain, resulting in true alleviation of symptoms and healing! We all have wounds, that's part of the human existence; and I know this sounds too good to be true, but when you feel it, and you will, you'll believe it! Tactical Trauma Therapy Modality Sta

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

Do you have a time where you felt overwhelmed due to emotional pain, loss, abuse, trauma, war, natural disaster, assault, neglect, car accident, witnessing danger/violence/loss, etc.? How would your life change if this was resolved and no longer able to impact your present and your future? Would you want to have no reaction or negative emotions/symptoms when you think about or discuss this/these events from you past? If so, I can help with teaching you 4 coping skills that work immediately upon use and an eye-movement modality to resolve/heal trauma in your brain and body... Make today the last day you live with unresolved ____ in your life; be set free and become the best version of you today. Please go to the website below to read the testimonials/reviews from client's who have benefited from treatment and this unique and specialized approach.

Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.

Severe Anxiety and Panic Attacks. Trauma, Sexual or Physical Assault, Abuse, Neglect, Bullying, Natural Disasters, and Crisis Survivors. Dissociation, Avoidance, Reactiveness to Triggers / Stressors, and Phobias. Depression, Isolation, Fatigue, Low Motivation, and Low Self-Esteem. OCD, ADHD, and ASD (Autism). I treat all issues and diagnosis with all population groups. Anyone who is wounded (and we are all wounded), I'd be honored to work with/help all Survivors and all Warriors, Veterans, Law Enforcement, Federal Agents/Officers, First Responders, and Active Military to help them Silence the Storm and rediscover their Peace.

About Ryan Curtiss