Dianna Zuniga

Dianna Zuniga is a Licensed Independent Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 21 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anger, anxiety, grief, or changes in life. She also supports those facing trauma, substance concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, and questions about self-esteem.

Dianna uses straightforward skills people can practice between sessions. She draws from cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thinking, dialectical behavior therapy for emotion regulation, and mindfulness approaches to build present-moment awareness. She also uses solution-focused and trauma-focused ideas when they fit a person’s goals.

Her style is warm and empathic. She aims to meet people where they are and to help them build practical coping tools. Sessions focus on small, doable steps rather than overwhelming plans.

Dianna’s background includes work in mental health clinics, substance abuse settings, and both public and private schools. That range of settings informs how she helps people handle parenting stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD challenges, and the ups and downs of everyday life.

People can expect collaboration in session. Dianna works with each person to discover strategies that fit their life and goals. She emphasizes skill practice and steady progress over time.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Dianna uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy along with mindfulness practices to guide online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce stress and anger. DBT offers skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and handling conflict more effectively. Mindfulness therapy trains simple attention and grounding skills to reduce reactivity and increase calm.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. This collaborative process makes it easier to focus on what matters to the individual.

Confirm the available session formats before booking so you know how sessions will be delivered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, DBT, and mindfulness exercises to work well in remote sessions and help people apply those skills between meetings.