About Dianna
Dianna Roland-Sumlin brings 14 years of clinical practice to her work in Florida. She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and uses that background to guide people through stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and other life challenges. Dianna writes and speaks plainly in sessions so people know what to expect and can make clear choices about next steps.
She adapts her approach to each person. Sessions often focus on clearer thinking, practical coping skills, and building steadier emotion regulation.
Background and approach
Dianna commonly uses cognitive tools and mindfulness exercises to help reduce overwhelm. She also draws on client-centered listening so the person’s priorities shape the work. Clients contact her about things like depression, low self-esteem, ADHD, anger, gender dysphoria, and the fallout from trauma or loss.
She also helps people navigate career questions, life changes, and feelings of isolation or emptiness. Dianna pays attention to family of origin issues, communication problems, and patterns such as codependency or abandonment fears. Her work can include short-term skill building or longer-term exploration of patterns.
Techniques may include cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior tools, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness practices such as guided breathing or grounding. Sessions move at a pace set by the person seeking help. Dianna offers support for LGBT concerns and for people trying to improve relationships or manage compassion fatigue.
She aims to make sessions practical and understandable so people can apply what they learn between meetings.
Evidence-based approaches adapted for online care
Dianna commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real life, which can reduce anxious and depressive patterns. DBT teaches concrete emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills useful for strong emotions and relationship conflicts.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep the work grounded in each person’s goals. That means she listens first and shapes techniques around what the person wants to change. Finding the right mix of methods is collaborative; the therapist will help weigh options and adjust the plan as needs and preferences become clearer.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people practice skills in real time and preserve face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text options work well for quick check-ins, mood tracking, brief coaching, or supplementing longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, or family demands while keeping treatment focused on practical progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English