About Dianna
Dianna Zuniga welcomes people who are weighed down by stress, anxiety, grief, or changes in life. She writes simply and directly, and aims to help people find clearer footing. Dianna uses practical strategies to build skills for daily life and stronger coping during hard moments.
Dianna is a Licensed Independent Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LISW and LCSW. She has 21 years of experience across clinics and school settings, and has treated concerns such as trauma, depression, addictions, parenting stress, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
How Dianna works
She offers services in English and Spanish in California. Her approach blends several evidence-based methods. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot thinking patterns that keep problems alive.
Dialectical behavior tools help with emotion regulation and managing intense feelings. Trauma-focused work addresses painful past events while mindfulness practices support grounding in the present. Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth.
Dianna aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can try new skills. She focuses on practical exercises that people can use between sessions to handle conflict, stress, and daily demands. People who choose Dianna can expect straightforward goal-setting and ongoing review of what works.
She helps build small, concrete changes into daily routines. The emphasis is on usable strategies that fit each person’s life and values.
Dianna lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Dianna works with
The areas below are the ones Dianna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Registers | LISW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Dianna draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that lead to anxiety or depression. CBT focuses on small experiments and practical homework that can be reviewed during video or chat sessions. Dialectical behavior therapy contributes emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills for managing intense feelings and improving interpersonal moments. These skills are taught step by step and practiced between meetings to build stability.Mindfulness Therapy is used to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and support clearer decision-making. These exercises are brief and can be guided live or sent as short prompts for a client to try later. Choosing the best mix of these approaches is a collaborative process - the therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to solve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video lets people practice skills face to face, phone sessions offer a lower-bandwidth option, and messaging supports quick check-ins or ongoing coaching between visits. These options give flexibility while focusing on the same practical skills and goals used in traditional therapy.
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