About Dianna
Dianna Zuniga is a licensed social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. She practices in California and communicates in English and Spanish. With a calm, warm style she aims to make therapy approachable and useful from the first visit.
Dianna uses straightforward tools to help people manage symptoms and rebuild routines. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and change them. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Background and approach
Trauma-focused work is part of her approach when past events affect daily life. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set short-term goals and find practical steps forward. Mindfulness techniques are woven in to help with grounding and present-moment awareness.
She has more than 21 years of experience across clinics, schools, and substance-abuse settings. That range means she is familiar with problems that come from many life areas, including relationships, parenting stress, addiction, and compassion fatigue. Sessions combine skill-building with collaborative problem solving.
Dianna focuses on teaching tools people can use between appointments. She prefers a respectful, nonjudgmental tone and works together with each person to find strategies that fit their life.
How practical approaches translate to online care
Dianna commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors; this approach works well for anxiety, depression, and everyday stress. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance, which can help when feelings become overwhelming.Finding the right method is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their goals and preferences. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be a shorter check-in and a way to practice skills between appointments. These options make scheduling more flexible and can help people maintain continuity of care when life gets busy.
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- California, Ohio
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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