About Dianne
Dianne Taylor is a person-centred counsellor who helps people manage anxiety, depression, addiction, grief and relationship issues. She works with adults who are facing life changes, parenting pressures, low self-esteem or struggles linked to past trauma. Her manner is warm and respectful, and she aims to make people feel at ease from the first conversation.
Dianne uses straightforward talking therapy to help people make sense of difficult feelings. She listens without judgement and adapts sessions to each person's needs.
How Dianne works
That means building a plan together and choosing practical tools that fit day-to-day life. Her background includes seven years of professional experience in the charity sector and independent practice. She has also run group work in mental health settings.
This mix of one-to-one and group experience shapes how she supports people through both immediate problems and longer-term change. Dianne brings a range of approaches to sessions, including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused work, client-centred listening, and cognitive behavioural techniques. She explains options plainly and helps people try different ways of coping until something fits.
She holds the NCPS credential, which is shown as NCPS, and works from the United Kingdom. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged to suit someone’s schedule. Dianne aims to empower people to make steady progress at their own pace.
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What Dianne works with
The areas below are the ones Dianne selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that shape online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It encourages choosing actions that match what matters most, which can help with anxiety, low mood and motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships affect current patterns. It helps people understand why they relate to others in certain ways and supports building safer, more connected interactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and help decide what fits with a person’s goals and everyday life. This is a collaborative process and plans can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is helpful for in-depth conversation and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging offer shorter check-ins or a way to share thoughts between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments, while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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