About Diann
Diann Toney is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who helps people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, and struggles with self-esteem. She also supports those dealing with stress, grief, anger, addictions, and major life changes. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at practical steps that make day-to-day life easier.
She builds sessions around the person's goals and life situation. Conversations focus on understanding painful feelings, learning clearer ways to cope, and testing small changes between sessions.
Background and approach
Diann uses evidence-based methods and tailors them to what each person finds most helpful. With eight years of experience, she has worked with a range of concerns such as caregiver stress, family of origin issues, domestic violence, dissociation, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses issues like abandonment, immigration challenges, isolation, and problems tied to aging and caregiving.
Sessions aim to identify patterns and create realistic ways to change them. Her approach blends practical techniques and reflective work. That might mean learning specific skills to manage anxiety, trying new communication habits, or using mindfulness to steady emotion.
The focus is on what can be done now to feel safer and more capable. People who choose her often want clear plans and steady support as they navigate hard situations. Diann works in English and conducts sessions online or by phone, so therapy can fit into a busy schedule.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping the person lead the pace of change. It is useful when someone needs acceptance, clearer self-understanding, and support in making choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by giving concrete tools to try between sessions.
Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and steady difficult emotions. It can be paired with other methods to make coping feel more manageable day to day.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try methods together to see what fits. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as needs evolve.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversation, phone sessions work when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a short check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing check-ins or reflections between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy steady around life demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English