- Body-centered work
- DBT skills
- EMDR elements
About Dianna
Dianna Hansen is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 14 years of experience. She has worked in settings that included substance abuse treatment and care for military and veterans, and she has seen people managing dissociative identity disorder. Dianna lists stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, and LGBT issues among the areas she addresses.
Dianna describes her approach as integrating body-centered work and talk therapy. She brings a background in bodywork, a personal interest in yoga, and a love of music into sessions. That combination is intended to help people notice how feelings show up in the body as well as in thought.
She frames trauma as something people often carry from ordinary life as well as from extreme events. In practical terms she uses techniques from dialectical behavior therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing alongside movement-based practices. Sessions focus on small steps to process painful memories and to build skills for distress.
Dianna also lists guilt and shame, life purpose, panic disorder and panic attacks, and self-love as additional focus areas. She aims to blend skills training with somatic awareness so a person can manage moments of high anxiety and return to daily tasks.
Her work is offered in English in California. People who are considering therapy are asked to follow the site flow to review online therapy options and schedule a first session.
How therapeutic methods translate to online sessions
Dianna integrates body-informed practices with evidence-based techniques. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, focuses on concrete skills like distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. It helps when anxiety or panic feels overwhelming by giving step-by-step tools to manage intense moments.Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, often called EMDR, is used to process painful memories so they feel less charged over time. In practice this involves guided processing aimed at reducing the emotional intensity linked to a memory.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then suggest which techniques to try. That collaborative process can change as progress is made or as needs shift.
Confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel, and allow for different rhythms such as shorter check-ins when time is tight. It can also let people use sessions alongside other supports and daily routines without needing to rearrange as much of their schedule.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, and LGBT concerns. Additional areas listed include guilt and shame, life purpose, panic disorder and self-love.
How would she approach feelings of shame or guilt?
She combines talk therapy with body-centered practices to help people notice where shame and guilt sit in the body. Techniques aim to process memories and develop skills to manage strong emotions.
How long has she been practicing?
She has practiced as an MFT since 2012 and has 14 years of professional experience. Her full licensure as an LMFT in California was completed in 2018.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a California LMFT and practices in California. The credential listed is LMFT.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking by following the site flow. The profile does not list specific session formats.
How does billing work and what does therapy cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact fees are provided during sign-up.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.