About Diana
Diana Fischer is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 35 years of practice in California. She combines therapy and coaching to help people manage family challenges and parenting demands. Diana focuses on practical steps parents can use to feel more confident and steady at home.
She pays attention to how family patterns and social forces shape behavior across generations. That focus includes the effects of violence and addiction on family life.
How Diana works
Diana aims to help individuals identify patterns that repeat and find clearer ways to respond. Her style is heart centered and strength based. She listens for what people already do well and builds on those skills.
Sessions are collaborative - she helps set concrete goals and tracks progress toward them. Diana works with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting, addiction, grieving, mood disorders, and relationship and intimacy issues. She also addresses topics like abandonment, adoption and foster care, blended family adjustments, communication problems, and codependency.
In sessions Diana uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person’s needs. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Her approach aims to create confidence, hope, and achievable change for people navigating family life.
To begin, she encourages people to think about one small change they want to try and bring that to an initial conversation.
What Diana works with
The areas below are the ones Diana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How evidence-based techniques work online
Diana uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical steps people can use at home. One approach helps identify and change repeating family patterns by mapping behaviors and testing small, manageable changes to daily routines. This can be useful for issues like addiction, family conflict, or parenting strain. Another approach emphasizes skills training and coping strategies to reduce anxiety and manage mood symptoms through concrete tools such as breathing practice, routine setting, and problem-solving exercises.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, then try methods that fit your situation. Over a few sessions she and the client will track what helps and adjust the plan as needed to meet evolving needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions work when bandwidth or movement is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, quick skill coaching, or times when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to schedule sessions around work, school, and caregiving responsibilities.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with DianaWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What concerns does Diana help with?
How does she approach therapy sessions?
What is her professional background?
Where is Diana licensed and located?
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Can people living outside the country work with her?
What formats are available for online sessions?
How does cost and scheduling work?
A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions