Diane Poehlman, LMHC

Diane Poehlman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with more than 30 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are struggling with relationships, addiction, mood challenges, anxiety, grief, and self-esteem. Diane aims to help clients remove roadblocks and make clear changes so they can live the life they choose.

She has lived and worked in multiple regions of the United States, which shaped her understanding of different cultures and viewpoints. Her background includes inpatient and outpatient care, group homes, foster care, juvenile justice settings, and work with people who have dual diagnoses and other mental health needs. This range informs a practical approach to everyday struggles.

Diane uses techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches along with reality-focused methods. She teaches concrete tools that people can use between sessions to stay focused on goals and to build new habits. She also incorporates mindfulness and narrative elements to help people reframe difficult stories about themselves.

In sessions she looks for practical solutions and keeps attention on strengths and progress. Diane helps people identify how past events still shape current choices, then practices new ways of thinking and acting that fit their goals. Her aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.

People often come to Diane for help with stress, parenting strain, intimacy and communication problems, eating and sleeping concerns, caregiver fatigue, and coping with life changes. She works with issues related to aging, blended families, domestic violence, and substance use, and supports those processing abandonment, emptiness, or grief.

Approaches that translate to online work

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. It helps with anxiety, depression, stress, and patterns that keep people stuck. DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. It can be useful for anger, emotional overwhelm, and persistent mood ups and downs. EFT, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, centers on understanding emotions in relationships and improving connection and communication between people.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Diane will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She adapts tools and exercises so they make sense in the client’s daily life and checks in regularly to refine the plan.

Confirm the current online session options before booking to know what formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets therapists share exercises, worksheets, and mindfulness practices that clients can use between meetings to track progress and practice new skills.