About Diane
Diane DeRuyter is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people dealing with stress and anxiety. She supports those facing addictions, anger, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Diane aims to create a calm space where clients can talk honestly and start taking steps toward feeling better.
Diane uses straightforward conversation and practical tools in sessions. She listens first to understand what matters most to each person. Then she works with clients to set small, doable goals and practice skills between meetings.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive-behavioral techniques, and client-centered care. These methods help people notice difficult thoughts, change unhelpful behavior patterns, and clarify personal values. Diane also uses dialectical behavior strategies when strong emotions or crisis moments arise.
With nine years of experience, she has worked with concerns ranging from panic and social anxiety to addiction and communication problems. Diane brings patience and a nonjudgmental attitude to sessions, focusing on what the client wants to change and why. She holds credentials as an LMHC and an LPC and practices in New York.
Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Diane aims to help people build skills that fit their daily life and long-term goals.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on clarifying personal values and taking actions that match those values, which can help with anxiety and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills to reduce panic, phobias, and unhelpful patterns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an accepting, nonjudgmental relationship where the client sets the pace and direction of work.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Diane will work together with each person to figure out which methods fit best for their goals and preferences. That collaborative decision can change over time as needs evolve and new priorities emerge.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat allows real-time typed conversation, and text-based messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing notes between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines while keeping care consistent and focused on progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New York, Colorado
- Languages
- English
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