Diane Critchlow

Diane Critchlow is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who works with people struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship and family concerns. She brings a warm, interactive, and non-judgmental style to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use day to day. Diane’s way of working aims to help clients feel understood while building skills for change.

With 12 years of clinical experience, Diane combines several approaches to tailor therapy to each person’s needs. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and shift patterns that keep someone stuck. Attachment-based ideas and client-centered practices guide conversations about relationships, caregiving, and early wounds.

She also incorporates mindfulness and motivational interviewing tools to support small, steady changes and stronger motivation for healthier choices. Diane pays attention to how past trauma or emotional abuse can affect current mood, behavior, and relationships. Her trauma-informed perspective helps people connect past experiences to present reactions without blame.

Diane helps people tackle specific concerns such as body image, codependency, communication problems, abandonment and attachment issues, blended family challenges, and compassion fatigue. She supports clients through divorce and separation, career transitions, and the stress of caregiving or family of origin problems.

Sessions focus on practical problem solving, goal setting, and building skills for more satisfying relationships and daily life. To begin, readers should use the site's Start Therapy flow to match and schedule based on the therapist’s availability.

How Diane’s approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can help people notice how those patterns show up in daily life and in current relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions; it offers step-by-step tools to change unhelpful habits and manage anxiety or depression.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Diane will talk with clients about goals and preferences and recommend a mix of strategies that fit their situation. That collaboration helps tailor homework, check-ins, and session pacing so progress feels manageable.

This therapist’s profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online therapy easier to fit into work or family schedules, reduce travel time, and maintain continuity during life changes. Online work can also make brief check-ins or focused skill practice simpler to schedule around a busy day.