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Online therapist

Diane Langston-Schicker

Experienced Florida therapist focused on personal change

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Credentials
LMFT
Experience
27 years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Diane

Diane Langston-Schicker is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Florida with 27 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction. Her work also covers relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and life transitions.

Diane uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. She listens first, then helps people find steps they can try between meetings. She draws on approaches like attachment work, cognitive behavioral strategies, and EMDR when trauma memories need attention.

Background and approach

Her style is warm and focused. Diane aims to make therapy feel like a cooperative process. She checks in about what is working and adjusts the plan to fit each person's goals and pace.

People come to Diane for help with grief, anger, body image, ADHD, and complicated relationship patterns. She also addresses issues such as adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, and blended family dynamics from an individual perspective. Sessions may include practical skills for managing stress, exercises to improve communication, and techniques to reduce symptoms of anxiety or depression.

Diane balances evidence-based tools with attention to personal history and attachment patterns to support longer term change.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and feelings. In sessions this looks like talking through relationship patterns and learning ways to feel safer in close connections, which can help with anxiety and intimacy concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with clear exercises and homework. It is practical and works well for anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching skills to interrupt negative cycles.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, helps process traumatic memories so they feel less distressing. EMDR sessions use structured sets of attention and reflection to reduce the emotional charge of past events.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to a person's history, goals, and preferences and recommend techniques that fit those needs. Plans are adjusted over time so the method matches what helps most.

Online therapy makes these approaches accessible via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. That flexibility helps people fit sessions into busy lives, keeps work moving when travel is difficult, and allows follow-up between meetings through messaging. Therapists can use the same tools and structured exercises online to support progress from wherever a person is located.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
Diane works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, parenting concerns, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, self-esteem, and career challenges.
What is her general approach in therapy?
Her approach blends client-centered listening with practical tools. Diane uses attachment-focused work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and EMDR when trauma is involved to help people make changes and feel better day to day.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 27 years of experience as a practicing therapist, offering long-term and short-term support across many types of concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Diane is a licensed marriage and family therapist, FL LMFT MT1622, practicing in Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients as well.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
27 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English

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