About Dianna
Dianna Watkins is a Kentucky licensed professional counselor clinical, LPCC, who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, addiction, and low self-esteem. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to feel steadier. Her tone is compassionate and direct, aimed at making a hard step feel manageable.
She creates a relaxed, nonjudgmental space where clients set the pace. Sessions are collaborative - the person in therapy is treated as the expert on their life.
How Dianna works
Dianna listens for what matters most and helps turn those concerns into clear goals and small, doable changes. Her work often addresses trauma, grief, and communication struggles. She also supports people sorting through identity questions, intimacy concerns, and the emotional fallout from abandonment or past hurt.
Practical coping skills and change-focused strategies are used alongside deeper exploration of relationship patterns. Dianna draws on several evidence-based approaches to tailor work to each person. She aims to match techniques to goals, whether someone needs tools to manage daily anxiety or a space to process major life changes.
The sessions focus on what will help a person move forward. With five years of experience, she brings steady support without judgment. People can expect clear conversation, thoughtful reflection, and guidance toward workable steps.
Dianna emphasizes respect, curiosity, and collaboration as clients work toward better balance.
Dianna lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Dianna works with
The areas below are the ones Dianna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
How these approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take small actions that match those values despite uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce symptoms like depression and anxiety. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches practical skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication, which can help with intense emotions and relationship problems.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to explore which methods match a person's needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean combining tools from different approaches and adjusting plans as progress is made.
Confirm the session formats available before booking so you know how sessions will be delivered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, or offering options that fit different schedules. Many people find online sessions let them keep therapy consistent during life changes while working together on skills, communication, and problem solving.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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