Ryan Schmidtke

Ryan started as an online counsellor at WES For Youth Online in July of 2016. He has been working with youth who struggle with mental health and addictions issues for over the past 10 years. Over that time Ryan graduated from McMaster University in the Addiction Careworker program, CyberCounselling Level 1 from the University of Toronto and also became a member of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. Ryan is passionate about social justice, faith and working with youth. When he is not working you can find him playing hockey, soccer (football), travelling, reading or spending time with his family. He is described as a coffee snob who loves building relationships with people and has an uncanny sense of humour.