- CBT strategies
- DBT skills
- Client-centered work
About Dianna
Dianna Wheeler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 13 years of experience. She started studying psychology as a teen and has worked mostly in community mental health since earning her degree from Sam Houston State University. Dianna provides individual therapy that addresses stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, addictions, ADHD, and related concerns.
Her approach blends practical skill-building with talking through past experiences. She focuses on helping people increase emotional awareness, build coping skills, and develop more self-reliance. Sessions can include work on self-esteem, grief, relationship issues, intimacy-related concerns, and career or parenting strain.
Dianna uses methods drawn from Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Psychodynamic Therapy. That means she may listen closely, help you test unhelpful thoughts, teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills, and look at how past patterns affect present life.
She also supports people facing issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, codependency, commitment or control struggles, chronic pain or illness, caregiver stress, and aspects of kink and alternative sex culture. Her work includes both group and individual settings, with experience in court-ordered treatment groups as well as community mental health services.
Her goal is practical: to guide people toward clearer insight and usable tools. People who want to reduce reactivity, manage anger, or build reliable coping strategies may find this approach direct and focused.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people can feel understood and notice what they want to change. Online sessions can still center on this kind of attentive conversation and exploration of goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice and test the thoughts that fuel anger or anxiety, then try different behaviors. In online sessions CBT techniques can be taught, practiced in between meetings, and reviewed together to see what helps.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. These skills are useful for managing sudden anger, long-term resentment, or relationship stress and can be taught over video or phone with practical homework between visits.
Finding the right fit is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose approaches that match their goals and preferences and adjust methods as progress is made.
Confirm the session formats before booking because the biography does not specify which formats are used. Many people value online sessions because they can fit meetings into work breaks, avoid travel time, or pick a shorter phone check-in when needed. Talk with the therapist during the matching process about what will work best for scheduling and how to structure sessions for real-life demands.
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, addictions, ADHD, and related concerns such as self-esteem, grief, and relationship strain.
What is her general therapy style?
She blends listening-focused client-centered work with skills-based approaches like CBT and DBT, and also uses psychodynamic ideas and motivational interviewing when helpful.
How much experience does she have?
Dianna has 13 years of experience working primarily in community mental health and running both groups and individual sessions.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Texas.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the original biography does not list specific formats.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first session.