Ryan has worked with children who have experienced maltreatment, neglect, and abuse in various community mental health settings for almost a decade, and spent over five years working exclusively with children and families in foster care in San Francisco, before moving to Austin last fall. In 2014-2015, Ryan completed the inaugural Infant Parent Mental Health Fellowship Program founded by Kristie Brandt and Ed Tronick. Ryan serves as the current Clinical Director of A Home Within, which provides long-term therapy for current and former foster youth. She also serves on the board of Austin Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology and Division 39’s Section IX, Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility. Ryan is in private practice in Austin, TX.