About Diane
Diane Zimmerman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Montana who helps people facing relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, and the stresses of daily life. She also supports people dealing with parenting concerns, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, career shifts, compassion fatigue, and attention challenges such as ADHD.
Diane keeps sessions straightforward and focused on what matters now. She centers the client's own knowledge about their life and looks for strengths to build on.
How Diane works
Conversations aim to be practical and respectful, with time spent on skills and decisions that help people cope between sessions. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas to understand close relationships and patterns that repeat over time.
Diane also uses client-centered work to make room for the client's priorities, cognitive behavioral tools to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and mindfulness and DBT strategies to manage intense feelings and stress. She has six years of direct experience as a therapist and more years in related social work roles.
Diane emphasizes collaboration - the person in the room defines the goals and she helps map steps to reach them. Her tone is steady and encouraging, aimed at helping people take manageable steps toward change.
Diane works with people across a wide range of concerns including adoption or foster care issues, attachment challenges, blended family stress, chronic illness or pain, divorce and separation, domestic violence effects, dissociation, and coping with disaster. She offers care in English and accepts international clients for online sessions.
Diane lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Diane works with
The areas below are the ones Diane selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Montana |
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Online support options
Approach-focused care for online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connections affect current relationships. It helps people notice repeating patterns in how they relate to others and learn different ways to connect. Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's goals first and follows their lead in sessions; it creates space to talk through what feels most important and to make choices at a comfortable pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) addresses unhelpful thoughts and behaviors by teaching clear strategies to change thinking patterns and test new actions in daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Diane will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can shift over time as progress is made or new challenges appear, and she will help adjust the plan together.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls make it possible to have face-to-face conversation when discussing relationship patterns or practicing skills. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a quicker emotional check-in. Live chat or text-based messaging supports ongoing check-ins, brief skill coaching, and follow-up between sessions. These formats help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep steady momentum toward goals.
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