Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Diana works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LSCSW
- Licensed in
- Kansas
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Diana
Diana Hope is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW) practicing in Kansas with 22 years of experience. She draws on long experience helping people handle stress, anxiety, grief, and anger. Diana focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier and clearer for clients.
She begins by asking what brought someone to therapy and what feels in the way. Early sessions are used to create a shared understanding and to set a comfortable pace.
Background and approach
Diana checks in often to make sure her view matches the client’s experience. Her approach combines down-to-earth conversation with tools people can use between sessions. She often introduces ideas from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotion-focused methods to address mood, relationship concerns, and coping skills.
Sessions are collaborative and aim to build skills for handling intense feelings and difficult situations. Diana has worked with people facing trauma, parenting challenges, identity and intimacy concerns, and life transitions. She also supports people managing attention differences, chronic health issues, or career stress.
Her style is warm, respectful, and straightforward, and she encourages clients to set the pace. People who want clear, practical strategies and a steady, compassionate presence may find her approach helpful. Diana makes space for humor as well as hard conversations, and she helps clients take small steps toward their goals.
What Diana works with
Everything Diana lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Diana's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Diana lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following what matters most to the client. The therapist offers empathy and reflection to help people find their own solutions and move at a comfortable pace.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and stress by offering specific techniques to try between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving coping. It emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clear communication when feelings run high.
Choosing an approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then recommend techniques that fit those needs. That plan can change as progress is made and as new issues come up.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging work for brief updates, skill reminders, or when someone prefers writing. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
Questions people ask about Diana
What concerns does Diana commonly address?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, parenting challenges, intimacy-related issues, and career or life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, respectful, and straightforward. Sessions focus on clear conversation, checking understanding, and practical steps clients can use between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of experience as a social work clinician supporting people with a variety of life and mental health concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the credential LSCSW and practices in Kansas.
Which languages and international options are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.