About Diane
Diane Hicks Brown is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 38 years of experience. She focuses on stress and anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. Diane speaks directly and listens carefully to what matters most to each person.
Her sessions are calm and practical. She tailors conversations and plans to each person's situation. Diane aims to make therapy feel manageable so people can take small steps that add up.
Background and approach
She works with issues like abandonment, attachment struggles, control problems, and feelings of isolation or loneliness. She also addresses mood disorders, social anxiety and phobia, workplace stress, and building self-love and confidence. Diane helps people sort what feels overwhelming and find clearer ways forward.
Diane frames treatment around the person's goals. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques suited to the issue at hand rather than a one-size-fits-all method. Progress is paced to what a person can handle and sustain.
With decades of practice in Virginia, Diane brings long-term experience and steady support to the work. She encourages people to try a first session, talk about what they need, and shape a plan together.
Evidence-based approaches for online work
Diane uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One approach emphasizes building coping skills and problem-solving to reduce stress and anxiety; sessions teach concrete strategies people can use between meetings. Another approach focuses on processing experiences related to trauma and abuse in a paced, supportive way so overwhelming feelings become more manageable.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Diane will listen to a person's goals and preferences, discuss which techniques might help, and adjust the plan as progress is made. The aim is to find methods that fit the person's life and feel doable week to week.
Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule. Video works well for in-depth conversations, phone sessions can be lighter on bandwidth and easier during a work break, and chat or messaging are useful for brief check-ins or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make therapy more flexible and accessible while keeping the focus on steady, practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 38 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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