- Strength-based guidance
- Practical goal setting
- Heart-centered approach
About Diana
She centers sessions on listening and on each person's strengths. Diana aims to create a space where people feel heard and supported. From there she and a client set clear, achievable goals and work toward them together.
Her practice addresses the long reach of family patterns, including how violence and addiction can affect generations. She helps people recognize those patterns and find different ways to cope and relate. That includes guidance for parenting and for people facing separation, grief, or major life changes.
Diana also works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, and low self-esteem. She offers support around adoption and foster care, blended family issues, codependency, and communication problems.
Across sessions she keeps a heart-centered, strength-based tone. The work tends to be collaborative and goal oriented. Clients who want practical steps and steady support often find her style a good fit.
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Experience
35+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English
Therapeutic approaches and what online work can offer
Diana uses well established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on relationships and family patterns. One approach emphasizes strength-based work, which identifies a person's existing skills and builds on them to handle stress, parenting challenges, and relationship strain. Another common focus is trauma-informed work that looks at how past hurt and multigenerational patterns affect current behavior and coping, helping people change those patterns and reduce their impact.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Diana works collaboratively with clients to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors goals and plans together with each person, adjusting methods as progress is made.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the therapist's current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people use a format that suits their comfort level, whether they prefer audio or video interactions. Ask about specific session options when scheduling so they match your day-to-day needs.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Diana address?
Diana works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, family and parenting issues, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, mood concerns such as bipolar and depression, and relationship and intimacy problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is heart-centered and strength-based, emphasizing listening, support, and collaborative goal setting to build confidence and hope.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 35 years of clinical experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California.
Where is her practice located and what credential does she hold?
She practices in California and holds the CA LMFT credential, which indicates she is a licensed marriage and family therapist in that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Diana?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Before you get in touch
Therapists listed here offer talking therapy online. A profile is not a diagnosis of you or of anyone in your life, and no therapist can promise how a relationship will turn out.
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