Dianne Dabney, LPC

Dianne Dabney is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people cope with stress and anxiety. She works with adults across a range of concerns, including mood shifts, relationship strain, grief, and life transitions. Her goal is practical: to teach tools clients can use between sessions and to help them feel steadier in day-to-day life.

She draws mainly on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different, clearer ways of responding. Dianne also blends client-centered ideas so the work stays focused on each person’s priorities and experiences. She uses dialectical skills when strong emotions or intense relationship patterns make change feel hard.

Over five years as a counselor in Texas, Dianne has worked with adults across diverse life stages and circumstances. She emphasizes simple, usable strategies rather than jargon. Sessions often include setting small goals, practicing new skills, and planning steps for real-life situations.

Dianne describes her style as direct and supportive. She teaches practical techniques and checks in on how they fit the client’s life. People who want clear tools and collaborative planning tend to find her approach helpful.

Her work includes attention to addiction concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and issues around intimacy and communication. She encourages clients to name what matters most and to move at a pace that feels manageable.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Dianne often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients spot patterns of thinking that increase stress and anxiety and to practice different responses. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep the work grounded in each person’s priorities and lived experience. When emotions run high or people struggle with intense reactions, she brings in Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dianne will talk with each person about goals and preferences and together they will choose which methods to try. That collaborative planning helps tailor sessions to what feels useful and realistic for everyday life.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counseling into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also make practicing skills between appointments more convenient, since tools and homework can be discussed and adjusted in the moment.