Diane Shrock-Wang, LMFT

Based in California 35 years in practice Online sessions

Compassionate guidance for strong emotions

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How Diane works

Practical facts

Credentials: LMFT
Licensed in: California
Years in practice: 35
Languages: English
Session format: Online, through our partner platform

About Diane

Diane Shrock-Wang is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing strong emotions and life changes. She writes clear, direct plans with each person so sessions feel focused and useful. Diane draws on 35 years of clinical experience to guide conversations about stress, anger, grief, anxiety, and relationship struggles.

She uses straightforward talk therapy and practical tools rather than medical labels. Sessions often include learning new coping skills, practicing clearer communication, and sorting out patterns that keep problems repeating.

Background and approach

Diane pays attention to how past attachment experiences shape current relationships and choices. Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including addiction, sleep and eating issues, career transitions, and caring for aging relatives. She also supports people wrestling with identity questions, adoption and foster care histories, and family-of-origin wounds.

Diane treats trauma and abuse with care and may combine gentle trauma processing with skill-building work. Diane aims to help clients build better emotional regulation and stronger connections. She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and client-centered listening to make people feel heard.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is one tool she may use when past memories are getting in the way of daily life. Based in California, Diane brings decades of practical experience to each session. Her approach is collaborative; she explains options and adjusts methods to match what each person needs and prefers.

What Diane works with

Everything Diane lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Diane's practice.

Approaches Diane lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.

How Diane’s approaches translate to online work

Diane often blends attachment-based and cognitive behavioral methods to help people change patterns and feel safer in relationships. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current reactions and helps people notice and change interaction habits. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety, anger, or low mood.

She sees choosing an approach as a joint process. Diane talks with each person about goals and preferences, explains options like CBT or EMDR, and then tries methods that match the client’s needs. Adjustments happen along the way so the plan stays relevant to progress and life changes.

Online therapy gives practical flexibility for that collaboration. Video calls let therapists watch facial cues and practice communication skills in real time. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or be easier when internet bandwidth is low. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, tracking progress, and keeping notes between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting into busy lives.

Questions people ask about Diane

What kinds of problems does Diane help with?

Diane works with a broad range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, anger, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and life transitions.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is collaborative and practical, using client-centered listening alongside tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment work to build coping skills and healthier patterns.

How much experience does she have?

Diane has 35 years of professional experience working with adults across many life stages and emotional challenges.

Where does she practice and what are her credentials?

She practices in California and holds the credential LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions may be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for the client.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Diane?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.