About Diego
Diego Gumucio is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Florida. He brings five years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and related challenges. Diego speaks English and Spanish and works with international clients as well.
His approach is practical and tailored to each person. He uses methods like cognitive behavioral work, acceptance and commitment ideas, and client-centered listening to help people find what works.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on the present and on small, useful steps that fit each person’s life. Diego helps people navigate common struggles such as self-esteem, sleep problems, grief, anger, and the effects of trauma or loss. He also supports those coping with parenting strain, first responder stress, immigration concerns, and substance use issues.
He pays attention to how family of origin, attachment, and adoption histories shape current problems. In sessions he emphasizes clear communication and practical tools. He may use motivational interviewing to address ambivalence or dialectical behavior skills to manage strong emotions.
The goal is to build coping skills and clearer choices, not quick fixes. People who prefer a calm, direct style that adapts to their needs may find his approach helpful. Diego encourages collaboration: together they set goals, try strategies, and adjust the work as needed.
To begin, clients follow the site’s matching steps and schedule a first session.
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Diego commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in his online practice. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and focus instead on values-based action. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and chronic stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with mood, anxiety, sleep, and coping skills.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Diego collaborates with each person to identify which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. He adjusts techniques over time and checks in about what is or isn’t helping so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is helpful for in-depth conversations and skill practice, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can be used for brief check-ins or when a shorter touchpoint fits someone’s day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, travel, or busy family schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Idaho
- Languages
- English, Spanish