About Diana
Diana Lively is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Oklahoma. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD, and trauma. Her style is practical and down-to-earth, focused on small steps that add up to real change.
She has 16 years of experience in behavioral health and a background that includes work in community mental health and court diversion programs. Diana combines psychotherapy with education about how disorders and substance use interact.
Background and approach
She has led recovery and prevention groups and facilitated outpatient co-occurring therapy classes. Diana draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to tailor sessions to each person. She mixes talk therapy with psychoeducation and relapse-prevention strategies when addiction is a concern.
Her approach is pragmatic and goal-oriented while staying attentive to the person behind the problem. Many clients meet with Diana to learn coping tools for anxiety, manage mood shifts, or build routines that support sleep and sobriety. She also helps people untangle communication problems, deal with grief, and address issues like codependency or caregiver stress.
Sessions often include homework, skill practice, and clear next steps. Diana emphasizes wellness and mindfulness as part of recovery. She aims to help clients find sustainable habits, stronger relationships, and clearer purpose as they move forward.
How Diana’s approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and motivation to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it is commonly used for anxiety, mood concerns, and sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, useful when emotions feel overwhelming or relationships are strained.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then recommend ways of working together. Clients and the therapist adjust methods over time so the work fits evolving needs and produces useful tools for daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions let people use visual cues and longer conversation; phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can support brief processing, skill coaching, and ongoing accountability between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work consistently.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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