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Diana Jackson

Diana Jackson

LMHC

Therapist · Iowa · 12+ years of experience

Compassionate counselor for anger and trauma

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  • Practical coping skills
  • Faith-informed support
  • Short term and ongoing

About Diana

Diana Jackson is a licensed mental health counselor with 12 years of experience helping people through hard times. She supports those coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and anger. Diana aims to make the first step feel manageable and approachable.

She uses a compassionate, steady style in sessions. Conversations focus on what feels most urgent and practical. Diana listens for patterns like social anxiety, communication problems, guilt and shame, and helps people build clearer ways to respond.

Many clients bring faith-based values to therapy, and Diana respects that as part of the process. She also guides work around forgiveness and growing self-love. Sessions look at past hurts such as post-traumatic stress while also teaching skills to handle emotional reactions in the present.

Diana favors straightforward, evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts tools to each person. She helps people practice new behaviors between sessions and tracks progress over time. Her style balances empathy with concrete steps for change.

She sees clients in Iowa and conducts sessions in English. Starting therapy with Diana begins with a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling based on availability. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.

Areas of expertise

Additional focus areas

Experience

12+ years

Credentials

Iowa

Languages

English

Approaches that guide online work and next steps

Evidence-based techniques often used in Diana's work include approaches that target thinking and behavior and methods that focus on processing difficult memories. Cognitive and behavioral strategies help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new coping behaviors to reduce anxiety, anger, and depression. Trauma-focused processing helps people work through painful experiences and decrease their emotional intensity over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences during early sessions and collaborate on which techniques to try. Clients and the therapist review progress together and adjust methods when something is not helping as expected.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people join from a comfortable, familiar setting and focus on practicing new skills between appointments.

At a glance

Listed location
Iowa
Experience
12+ years
Credentials
LMHC
Languages
English
License (Iowa)
LMHC · No. 079713
NPI
1902352412

As listed by the therapist. You can check a license with the state board and an NPI with the national registry.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Diana help with?

Diana works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and depression. She also focuses on communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, post-traumatic stress, self-love, social anxiety and phobia, and women's issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is compassionate and practical. She listens for patterns, teaches coping tools, and helps people try new behaviors between sessions.

What background does she bring to sessions?

She has 12 years of experience supporting people through life challenges such as trauma, grief, and anger. That experience shapes her steady, skills-focused approach.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is an IA LMHC, which stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa. She practices in Iowa and runs sessions in English.

Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

Which session formats are offered?

The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What is the process to begin therapy?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Before you start

  • Online talk therapy is not a court-ordered or mandated anger-management course, and it does not provide attendance certificates.
  • Check that the location and license details above fit where you live.
  • If anyone is at risk of being harmed, contact emergency services or a domestic-abuse helpline first. See the support lines for the US, UK and Australia.
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