- Trauma recovery
- Life purpose
- Body-centered methods
About Dianna
Dianna Hansen is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 14 years of clinical experience. She has worked in settings ranging from substance abuse treatment to care for veterans, and she supports people coping with trauma, anxiety, stress, relationship strain, and questions about life purpose.
Dianna describes therapy as a practical tool for people who have experienced traumatic events or difficult life changes. She uses her background as a body worker and a long-time yoga practitioner to include embodied practices alongside talk work. Music and movement are part of how she helps people notice and shift unhelpful patterns.
Her work often addresses panic attacks, guilt and shame, struggles with self-love, and LGBT-related concerns. She also brings experience with dissociative identity disorder from earlier roles and with clinical work in more structured treatment programs.
Dianna integrates dialectical behavior therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing alongside yoga-informed techniques. In sessions she combines skills training, processing of painful memories, and somatic awareness to help people manage symptoms and make meaning of what happened to them.
People who are feeling stuck after changes in work, relationships, or health may find her approach concrete and body-centered. She asks about what matters to each person and works collaboratively to identify manageable next steps.
Sessions are conducted in English and Dianna does not accept international clients. The subscription-based sessions can be canceled at any time, and fees vary with location.
How therapeutic methods translate to online work
Dianna draws on dialectical behavior therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in her clinical work. Dialectical behavior therapy focuses on building practical skills such as emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness that help with anxiety and relationship strain. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing helps people process distressing memories by combining focused recall with bilateral stimulation to reduce the intensity of traumatic recollections.Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work. She will review goals, symptoms, and personal preferences with each person and then try approaches that fit. That collaborative process helps decide whether more skills practice, memory processing, or body-based work is most helpful at any stage.
The therapist context does not specify session formats here, so confirm current online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, medical care, or family responsibilities. It also allows for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or sessions that focus on skills practice without needing travel time. Licensed professionals adapt methods to work over video or phone in ways that aim to keep sessions practical and focused on concrete next steps.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Experience
14+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, LGBT concerns, panic attacks, guilt and shame, life purpose, and self-love.
How does she approach therapy?
She combines talk work with embodied practices drawn from bodywork and yoga. She also uses dialectical behavior therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing methods in her work.
How much experience does she have?
Dianna has 14 years of clinical experience and has worked in substance abuse settings, with veterans, and with dissociative identity disorder cases.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (CA LMFT) and practices in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.