About Diane
Diane Jensen is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of experience. She practices in Wisconsin and offers a calm, straightforward style that many people find easy to talk with. Diane focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and ADHD-related challenges.
Her approach is warm and interactive. Diane listens first, then helps people set practical goals. She uses conversational work to build skills for coping, problem solving, and improving relationships.
Background and approach
Diane draws on several methods to tailor sessions to each person. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow a person's pace and priorities, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. Mindfulness and Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas also inform her work when they fit the client's needs.
People often come to Diane for help with parenting stress, communication problems, career strain, caregiving burden, or changes tied to adoption and aging. She also supports those coping with trauma, codependency, shame, and phobias. Sessions emphasize practical strategies and small steps that build over time.
Diane offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. She works collaboratively to shape a plan that fits a person’s life and goals. International clients can connect in English, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Diane uses several well-known approaches that translate well to remote sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following a person's concerns and priorities; the therapist reflects, listens, and helps the person find their own solutions while offering steady support. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) concentrates on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, which often involves homework and short practical exercises between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes skills for managing intense emotions and reducing reactivity, helpful for anger, self-regulation, and stress management.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Diane will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they shape a plan that may mix techniques from different approaches and adjust as progress is made.
Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for teaching skills and watching nonverbal cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send updates, ask quick questions between sessions, or use a format that feels less intense. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to practice new skills in real time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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