Works with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
How Dianna works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Dianna
Dianna Privitt is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage anger, addictions, relationship strain, stress, anxiety, and grief. She supports clients dealing with trauma, intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and changes like illness or loss. Dianna speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that reduce immediate stress and build long-term coping skills.
She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can say what they think and feel.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on understanding patterns, naming triggers, and trying small experiments to change behavior. Dianna uses a blend of approaches to match each person’s needs rather than a single method. Her work draws on Acceptanc e and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them.
She also incorporates attachment-based ideas to improve relationship patterns and client-centered listening to ensure people feel heard. Emotionally-Focused Therapy influences her approach to strong emotions in relationships. Dianna has six years of clinical experience working in California as an LMFT.
She has supported people facing co-occurring concerns such as depression, bipolar disorder, body image and eating struggles, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and codependency. That range helps when problems overlap. In sessions she prioritizes clear, doable strategies: slowing down when anger rises, practicing short breathing or grounding tools, and planning changes one step at a time.
People leave with concrete practices to try between visits and a plan for the next session.
What Dianna works with
Everything Dianna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Dianna's practice.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dianna lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Dianna commonly blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing painful thoughts and feelings without letting them dictate actions, which can help with anger, anxiety, and avoidance. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and communication, which can be useful for relationship distress and intimacy issues.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals, try a few methods, and adjust based on what helps most. Together you decide which techniques to prioritize and how to apply them between sessions.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when video is not possible, and live chat or text messaging for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit sessions into work days, manage low-energy periods, or practice skills in real time without travel.
Questions people ask about Dianna
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with anger, addictions, relationship and family conflict, trauma, grief, stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, and related issues like body image and eating problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is straightforward and supportive. Sessions focus on listening, naming patterns, and practicing concrete steps to reduce symptoms and improve communication.
What relevant experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience working with clients on a range of issues including addiction, trauma, caregiver stress, and co-occurring conditions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to connect for therapy.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.