Diana Barkman
Compassionate help for common parenting and family stressors
- Credentials
- LISW
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Diana
Diana Barkman is a licensed independent social worker in Ohio with 20 years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Her approach aims to make the first step into therapy easier and less intimidating for those reaching out.
Diana creates a straightforward and open space for conversation. She encourages clients to share thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps and clear strategies for coping with daily struggles. Her work often addresses relationship and family concerns alongside personal issues like low self-esteem and feelings of guilt or shame. She uses evidence-based methods intended to reduce symptoms and build skills people can use at home.
Diana blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients see patterns and try new ways of reacting. Those sessions can involve talking through moments that feel stuck and testing small changes between meetings. She offers appointments in the morning and at lunchtime and supports people through several formats including video, phone, chat, and text messaging.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and she aims to make it clear and manageable for anyone who reaches out.
How Diana’s approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following the client's lead. It helps people feel heard and understood, which can ease shame, guilt, and emotional overwhelm.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical tools to shift unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Diana will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then recommend ways of working that fit their needs. The choice of methods is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, phone sessions remove travel time, and live chat or text let clients check in when needed. These options provide flexibility and steady access to a licensed professional while people practice new skills between meetings.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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