Ryan Hale

About

Ryan Hale is Bettor Health's Behavioral Change Specialist. Over more than a decade, Ryan has worked directly with people trapped in compulsive behavioral cycles — first as a peer mentor at a community recovery center, then building his own structured coaching practice. He holds certifications in behavioral health coaching and has completed advanced training in habit reversal therapy, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behavioral techniques for compulsive behavior. His coursework in the neuroscience of reward and craving informs how he teaches urge control: not as willpower, but as a learnable skill built on understanding what the brain is actually doing. Ryan has led behavioral-change workshops for gambling-recovery programs and employee-assistance providers, and his urge-control protocols have been adopted by peer-support groups across multiple states. His guiding principle: knowing why a pattern exists is the first step to changing it.