How Dianna works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Dianna
Dianna Wheeler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 13 years of experience. She decided early on that psychology made sense to her and followed that interest into counseling after graduating from Sam Houston State University. Dianna has spent most of her career in community mental health and also provides court-ordered treatment groups and part-time individual therapy.
She focuses on helping people recover from past hurts and learn to forgive themselves and others.
Background and approach
Her work often includes building coping skills and strengthening emotional resilience. She aims to guide each person toward greater self-reliance and practical tools they can use day to day. In sessions she blends a few approaches to match a person’s needs.
That might mean talking through life stressors, practicing skills from cognitive behavioral work, or using client-centered listening to understand personal history. The goal is to increase awareness, insight, and healthier ways of handling emotions. Dianna supports people facing a wide range of concerns, including anger, trauma, anxiety, depression, addiction, ADHD, grief, parenting stress, and career struggles.
She also addresses specific topics such as attachment issues, chronic illness, and boundaries around alternative sexual cultures. Her style is straightforward and practical. She helps people set goals, try new coping strategies, and notice what works.
To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dianna lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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.
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Client-centered therapy starts by listening to each person with respect and without judgment. It helps people feel heard and guides them to discover their own answers and goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) focuses on building skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal interactions.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with the person to decide which methods are most useful based on current needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration helps tailor sessions so they feel relevant and doable for everyday life.
Confirm the session types before booking because the biography does not list specific online formats. Many people find online therapy easier to fit into busy schedules, allows shorter check-ins when needed, and can remove travel time so sessions fit a workday or caregiving routine. Licensed professionals can use the same therapeutic tools online as in person, focusing on skill practice, problem solving, and processing difficult experiences to help people manage anger, anxiety, grief, and other concerns.
Questions people ask about Dianna
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, parenting strain, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her general approach to therapy?
Her style is practical and goal oriented. She uses client-centered listening alongside techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to build coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has worked in counseling for 13 years, mainly in community mental health, and also provides court-ordered treatment groups and part-time individual therapy.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds the LPC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and she practices in Texas.
Which languages are offered and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the original biography does not list specific session formats.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.