About Dianne
Dianne Mack uses attachment-based and client-centered work to help people manage stress and anxiety. She is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with three decades of experience. Her style is straightforward and respectful.
She focuses on building trust so people can talk honestly about what hurts. She helps people cope with relationship challenges and the pain of grief and loss. She also supports those struggling with self-esteem, motivation, and confidence.
Background and approach
Practical steps are paired with listening so progress feels doable rather than overwhelming. Her background includes many years helping people navigate panic attacks, chronic illness, and caregiver stress. She draws on cognitive behavioral tools to break down unhelpful thoughts.
Mindfulness exercises are used to slow things down and reduce reactivity. Dianne pays attention to how past connections affect present relationships. That attachment perspective helps when abandonment or communication problems make life harder.
Motivational interviewing is part of her approach when people feel stuck and want a plan to move forward. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Dianne works with each person to set realistic steps and check progress.
She aims to make therapy feel useful and relevant to everyday life, not abstract or distant.
How her approaches work online
Attachment-based work looks at how early connections shape current relationships and feelings. Online sessions use that lens to examine patterns of trust and closeness, which helps when abandonment or communication problems show up in adult life. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the persons lead, offering a space where people can talk and be heard without judgment. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down thoughts and behaviors into smaller steps so unhelpful cycles can change; it is useful for anxiety, panic, and negative self-talk.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean mixing attachment understanding with CBT tools or adding mindfulness practices for emotional regulation.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide ongoing support between sessions and can fit into busy days. These options make it easier to schedule regular work on goals without long commutes or time away from other responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English