About Diane
Diane Kohm is a licensed marriage and family therapist with thirty years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and life transitions. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away to reduce worry, sleep better, and find clearer direction. Diane writes simply and directly so worried parents and busy adults can understand the process without jargon.
She draws on several clinical approaches to match what each person needs.
Background and approach
Sessions often include learning tools to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts, practicing acceptance and present-moment skills, and improving how people talk about feelings. Diane also uses skills that help partners reconnect and repair hurt in relationships. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth.
She asks about daily routines, stress points, and what the client hopes will change. Together they set small, measurable goals and track progress between meetings. Diane aims for therapy that fits into real life, not a list of abstract tasks.
Clients who come with sleep problems, ADHD concerns, or trauma-related stress get focused plans for coping and pacing. Career stress, midlife questions, and issues tied to family of origin are addressed with communication work and practical problem solving. Diane also supports people facing grief, forgiveness, and questions of life purpose.
She practices in Missouri and offers sessions in English. Diane accepts international clients and provides care through multiple online formats. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect people to scheduling options and the right session rhythm.
Therapeutic Approaches Adapted for Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and decisions tied to life purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing thought patterns and behaviors that keep problems going, which can help with sleep, anxiety, and mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on understanding and shifting emotional responses in close relationships to improve connection and communication.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Diane treats the decision as collaborative and will discuss which methods might fit a client's goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. Together they may try one approach or blend techniques based on what is most helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be quieter and use less bandwidth, live chat works well for brief check-ins, and messaging lets clients send updates or questions between meetings. These options make it easier to fit counseling around work, family, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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