Dianna Zuniga , LISW, LCSW

Dianna Zuniga is a licensed social worker with extensive experience supporting individuals, couples, families, and groups across a range of clinical settings. She holds the credentials LISW and LCSW - Licensed Independent Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Social Worker - which indicate advanced training and licensure to provide clinical social work services in multiple jurisdictions. Over the course of her career she has worked in mental health clinics, substance abuse treatment settings, and both public and private school environments, bringing practical, real-world experience to each therapeutic relationship.

Her practice draws on evidence-based modalities including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), solution-focused approaches, and trauma-focused interventions. Dianna adopts a warm, empathic stance and meets people where they are while offering support that seeks to empower and strengthen coping skills. She emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental atmosphere in which clients can practice new strategies for managing life challenges and cultivating personal growth.

Dianna collaborates with clients to identify practical strategies and solutions tailored to individual needs and goals. She aims to help people build skills that are useful both in moments of crisis and in the ongoing work of becoming the best version of themselves, offering guidance grounded in established therapeutic techniques and years of hands-on experience.

Clinical Approaches and Online Care

Dianna integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy into online sessions to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical skills for managing emotions and behaviors. CBT focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and can be useful for issues like anxiety and depression, while DBT emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for people experiencing intense emotions.

She also uses trauma-focused therapy when past traumatic experiences are central to a person’s concerns, offering structured approaches that address the impact of trauma and support gradual healing. These methods are applied with attention to pacing and the client’s readiness, and are selected based on each person’s situation.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time as progress is made.

Online therapy formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - expand access and offer flexibility in scheduling and communication style. These options allow clients to engage in therapy from different locations, choose the mode that feels most comfortable, and maintain continuity of care despite life’s demands.