Ryan studied Monasticism at the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University (KY), and Zen Meditation, Buddhism, and mindfulness at the Buddha Mind Monastery (OK), and Spirit Rock Meditation Center (CA).

He has worked with diverse populations; from treatment & care of persons with addictive disease to active-duty military & their families to reclamation of executive assets to incarcerated people to men struggling with childhood trauma to people seeking to live lives full of peace.

• Master of Social Work, University of Oklahoma
• Master of Divinity, Austin Seminary (TX)
• Bachelor of Arts, California State University, Northridge.
• Two-year clinical supervision program in Somatic Therapy in Kansas.
• Three-year clinical supervision program in Narrative Therapy & Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in Oklahoma.