Diane Poehlman, LMHC

Diane Poehlman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with more than 30 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship pain, grief, and changes that come with aging and caregiving. Diane speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps to make life feel more manageable.

She began life in upstate New York and has lived in many parts of the United States. Those experiences exposed her to different cultures and life perspectives that inform her work. Her career includes time in inpatient and outpatient settings, group homes, foster care, juvenile justice, and work with people who have dual diagnoses.

Diane looks for the real barriers keeping someone stuck and then helps find ways forward. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thinking and replace it with realistic alternatives. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills to manage strong emotions and on emotionally focused and narrative approaches to untangle relationship and life-story issues.

Sessions often include learning concrete tools, practicing new habits, and setting clear goals. Diane pays attention to how past experiences shape present behavior and supports people in making different choices. Her work includes concerns such as caregiver stress, blended family dynamics, codependency, eating and sleeping problems, and compassion fatigue.

People who want straightforward guidance and practical tools may find her style helpful. Diane works with individuals in Florida and accepts international clients; she conducts sessions in English.

How Diane’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different, more realistic ways of thinking. It often includes homework and simple exercises to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to help manage strong feelings and conflict. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on feelings and attachment needs in relationships and can help people improve connection and communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Diane will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She reviews what helps, adjusts techniques, and checks in about progress so the plan stays useful and realistic.

The therapist biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow regular check-ins during life transitions. It also supports continuing care when caregiving duties, aging-related needs, or relocation make in-person visits harder. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, DBT skills coaching, and emotionally focused conversations to an online setting so clients keep making steady progress.