- Collaborative goal setting
- Family systems perspective
- Trauma-informed care
About Diane
Diane McCollum is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 20 years of experience. She offers counseling for adults and children and approaches each person with respect and honesty. Diane draws on her own experience with therapy to connect with clients who feel stuck during life changes.
She focuses on practical change. Diane encourages people to set their own goals and works alongside them to reach those goals. She emphasizes clear communication and healthy boundaries in the counseling relationship.
Diane uses a family systems viewpoint combined with a warm, compassionate, humanist-spiritual foundation. That perspective shapes how she helps people untangle family of origin patterns and relationship dynamics. She has helped many people address trauma and abuse and consider how the past influences the present.
Her approach mixes evidence-informed techniques with a person-centered stance. Diane pays attention to feelings, values, and daily actions people can try between sessions. She supports clients dealing with depression, anxiety, stress, codependency, grief, parenting challenges, and chronic illness concerns.
Diane believes therapy is a two-way process where both therapist and client learn. She aims to understand each person’s experience and to offer honest feedback delivered with dignity. Clients who want a collaborative, respectful counselor may find her style helpful.
How Diane’s Approaches Can Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small, values-based steps. It helps when people feel stuck or avoidant and want clearer direction in life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns and ease symptoms like anxiety or depression. Client-Centered Therapy centers on understanding a person’s experience without judgment and offering empathy to help them explore personal concerns and make decisions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Diane collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She will listen to what feels useful and adjust the focus as progress is made, so therapy evolves with the client.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow for flexible scheduling around work or caregiving. Some approaches work well with short skill-building check-ins while others use longer conversations and reflective exercises, and Diane will help decide what rhythm suits each person.
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Experience
20+ years
Credentials
Texas, Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Diane works with a wide range of issues including trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, stress, codependency, grief, parenting concerns, relationship and family problems, chronic illness and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends a person-centered, compassionate approach with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based therapies. She emphasizes clear communication, boundaries, and collaborative goal setting.
What is her clinical background?
She has two decades of clinical experience working with adults and children in multiple settings and draws on personal experience with therapy to relate to clients facing life transitions.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She holds LPC and LMFT credentials and practices in Texas.
Can I work with her if I live outside the U.S.?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking to ensure they meet your needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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