About Dianna
Dianna Hansen is a licensed marriage and family therapist who brings 14 years of clinical experience to her work. She practices in California and blends talk therapy with body-centered practices drawn from her background as a body worker and yoga enthusiast.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and relationship concerns in everyday life. She frames therapy as a practical resource for people navigating difficult events and ongoing strain.
Dianna describes trauma as something many people encounter through ordinary life, and she helps them make sense of those experiences. Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative, with attention to how the body and mind interact.
Dianna draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside movement and breathing practices. She uses tools that support coping with panic attacks, reducing guilt and shame, and building self-love and life purpose.
Many conversations include concrete skills to manage emotions and improve daily functioning. Her past work spans holistic substance use programs, support for military-connected individuals, and care for people with dissociative conditions.
That range informs a flexible approach that adapts to each person's needs. Dianna emphasizes pacing work to match what a person can tolerate and building practical steps toward change.
Sessions are offered in English and are arranged through an online subscription model with options for video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. People who want to try therapy complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
Practical approaches for online trauma and stress care
Dianna uses a mix of evidence-based methods and body-centered practices to help people cope. Dialectical behavior therapy offers specific skills for regulating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving communication. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is used to process traumatic memories in a paced way so they feel less overwhelming. Alongside these, gentle yoga-based breathing and movement techniques support grounding and body awareness, which can help with panic and chronic tension.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client talk about goals, past experiences, and what feels manageable. Together they try methods, adjust pacing, and pick the tools that fit the person's needs and preferences rather than sticking to a single plan.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video can recreate face-to-face conversation and allow for guided movement work. Phone calls are a lower-bandwidth option for talk-focused sessions. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, skill practice between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English