About Ryan
Ryan Lunn is a BACP counsellor who combines somatic awareness with relational work to help people manage stress, anxiety and grief. He brings three years of experience and a calm, grounded presence to sessions. He supports people with LGBTQ concerns, relationship difficulties, depression, and eating or self-esteem issues.
Sessions are offered in English and are held online across several formats. Ryan frames therapy around noticing the body as well as the mind.
Background and approach
That means simple grounding, breath work and attention to physical signs of stress alongside talking. He uses client-centred listening so people feel heard, and draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to help change unhelpful thinking patterns. People often come to him for life changes, career stress, or to cope after loss.
He also works with those facing attachment or abandonment worries, communication problems, and issues linked to autism or neurodiversity. Therapy can include discussing past pain and learning small, practical skills for day-to-day coping. Ryan keeps sessions straightforward and practical.
He encourages clear goals and small steps between meetings. He aims to make the work feel manageable rather than overwhelming. The approach is collaborative - the person and counsellor decide the pace together.
He trained in Contemporary Relational Counselling and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, abbreviated BACP. For people in the United Kingdom who prefer remote support, Ryan offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging.
How somatic and relational approaches work online
Ryan blends somatic awareness with relational and client-centred methods to help people notice how emotions show up in the body and in relationships. Somatic work involves simple body-focused techniques such as grounding, breath awareness and tracking tension to reduce immediate physical stress and increase present-moment safety. Attachment-based and client-centred ideas focus on understanding patterns in close relationships and offering empathic listening to help build new ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the journey. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit a person’s needs, goals and comfort. That might mean trying somatic grounding during a video call, using conversational CBT tools, or focusing on emotional processing through relational dialogue - the choice is guided by the person’s preferences.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for this work. Video calls allow for face-to-face contact and observation of non-verbal cues, while phone sessions reduce visual pressure for some people. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or to access support when speaking feels hard. These formats add flexibility and make therapy easier to fit around everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English