About Diane
Diane Langston-Schicker is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Florida with 27 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, and complex life changes. Her work often centers on improving relationships and managing stress so daily life feels more manageable.
She uses a straightforward, person-centered style. Sessions focus on listening closely, mapping what matters most, and trying practical steps that fit each person's life. Diane favors clear goals and steady progress rather than jargon or quick fixes.
Background and approach
Diane draws on several approaches to guide her work. She blends client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. For clients coping with past trauma, she also includes EMDR when appropriate to process distressing memories.
Her background includes long-term clinical practice helping people navigate grief, addiction concerns, identity and intimacy issues, and caregiving strain. She also supports those dealing with ADHD, body image struggles, and career transitions. Her experience spans many common and complex life problems.
Sessions aim to build coping skills, improve communication, and restore a sense of control. Diane emphasizes collaboration - she and the client set priorities together and adjust the plan as needs change. She also offers flexible session formats to match different schedules and preferences.
Using evidence-based approaches online
Diane often integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy into online sessions. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and following the client's lead to build trust and clarity. It helps people feel heard and supports exploration of values, relationships, and identity. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and improve daily functioning.She also uses EMDR for clients who need focused trauma processing. EMDR involves guided attention and memory work to reduce the emotional charge of past events and can help with flashbacks, nightmares, and remaining distress from traumatic experiences. Diane discusses whether this approach makes sense and moves at a pace the client finds tolerable.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Diane will talk through goals, preferences, and past experiences to choose methods that fit. She adapts techniques as progress is made so sessions remain relevant and doable for each person.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for therapy that benefits from face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when video is impractical or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when someone prefers written communication. These options offer flexibility to work therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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