About Diane
Diane DeRuyter is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, low self-esteem, and phobias. She supports those navigating life changes, relationship strains, ADHD challenges, and issues related to sexual orientation. Diane aims to make reaching out feel manageable for a worried parent or adult seeking help.
Her sessions focus on creating an open, nonjudgmental space for talking through thoughts and feelings. She uses clear, practical methods so clients can try new skills between meetings.
Background and approach
Diane encourages small steps that build confidence and reduce overwhelm over time. Diane blends several evidence-based approaches to match each person’s needs. She may use cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help clients clarify values and take action even when feelings are intense. She also draws on client-centered and dialectical behavior ideas to validate emotions while teaching coping and emotion-regulation skills. Existential perspectives can help people explore meaning and purpose when life feels unsettled.
Diane holds the LMHC and LPC credentials and has nine years of professional experience. She practices from New York and conducts sessions in English. Practical details such as session formats and steps to begin are outlined below for easy reference.
How Diane’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying what matters most and taking small, values-based actions even when hard feelings show up. It can help with anxiety, phobias, and life transitions by teaching practical steps toward a meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and teaches practical tools to reduce panic, worry, and avoidance. Those tools work well for phobias and social anxiety by breaking problems into manageable tasks. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the person leads the pace and content of sessions, which helps people feel heard and accepted as they try new coping strategies.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Diane will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. She collaborates with each person to tailor methods and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for interactive skill work and role plays, phone can be easier when lower bandwidth or hands-free is needed, live chat and messaging are helpful for short check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to work therapy into a busy schedule and keep continuity when life gets in the way.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New York, Colorado
- Languages
- English
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