About Dianna
Dianna Zuniga welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or major life changes. She is a Licensed Independent Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of experience. Dianna speaks English and Spanish and aims to make sessions straightforward and practical for busy lives.
She keeps sessions warm and down-to-earth. Dianna listens first, then helps people build small, usable skills to manage strong emotions and tough situations.
Background and approach
She focuses on real steps that can be tried between appointments so progress feels tangible. Her background includes work in mental health clinics, substance abuse services, and public and personal schools. That variety shaped her ability to work with people facing addiction, parenting strain, trauma, relationship problems, and compassion fatigue.
Those experiences inform how she tailors support to fit each person’s life. Dianna uses methods that emphasize skills, present-moment coping, and practical problem solving. She draws on cognitive behavioral approaches, dialectical behavior ideas, mindfulness, solution-focused techniques, and trauma-focused work when appropriate.
The aim is to combine tools that match the issue at hand and the person’s goals. Sessions are collaborative and respectful. Dianna helps people notice what is working, try different strategies, and adjust plans over time.
Her focus is on helping clients build resilience, reduce distress, and move toward clearer goals in everyday life.
Practical approaches for online therapy
Dianna uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try new, more effective ways of thinking and acting. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and everyday stressors because it breaks problems into manageable steps.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy ideas to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These skills can help when emotions feel overwhelming or when relationships are strained.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Dianna works with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and daily life. She adjusts strategies over time based on what proves helpful and what the person prefers.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face work when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit during a work break. Live chat or text messaging can be used for quick check-ins or brief skill practice between appointments. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and build skills in the context of everyday routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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