- Addictions and grief
- Relationship focus
- Values-based work
About Dianna
Dianna Privitt is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California who helps people facing addiction, relationship strain, family conflict, trauma, grief, anxiety, and stress. She also supports concerns around self-esteem, intimacy, parenting strain, and mood disorders such as depression and bipolar. Dianna aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk openly about hard things and begin to make changes.
Dianna focuses on listening first and helping people name what matters most to them. Sessions emphasize realistic steps and clearer ways to handle strong feelings. She encourages practical coping skills alongside longer-term work on relationship patterns and personal values.
Her approach draws on methods that center emotional connection, personal meaning, and acceptance. That can include looking at attachment patterns, exploring values and committed action, and using client-centered conversation to follow what each person brings to the room. Dianna also applies ideas from Emotionally-Focused Therapy when relationships are a main concern.
She brings six years of clinical experience in California and holds the LMFT credential. Dianna works with a broad range of life challenges including adoption and foster care related concerns among many other focus areas. Sessions are offered in English.
People who choose to work with Dianna start by outlining immediate needs and then set simple goals together. The emphasis is on steady progress and developing tools that fit daily life. If you want to begin, the process starts with a short questionnaire and scheduling step to match timing and preferences.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take small committed steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, life transitions, and problems like addiction where motivation and values matter.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and emotional responses. It can help people understand recurring relationship problems and build new ways of relating that feel safer and more connected.
Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person in front of the therapist, following their lead and offering empathy. This approach supports people processing grief, identity questions, intimacy concerns, and long-term emotional growth.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences. That decision can change over time as goals shift and new issues come up.
Confirm current session formats before booking so you know how sessions are delivered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow sessions around work or caregiving schedules. It also gives flexibility for different ways of connecting, such as shorter check-ins when needed, and supports carrying what is learned in sessions directly into daily routines.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people dealing with addictions, relationship and family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, parenting strain, and intimacy-related issues among other challenges.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental, centered on listening and helping clients name their priorities. Sessions mix practical coping skills with exploration of values and relationship patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience working with people in California on a range of emotional and interpersonal concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.