Diane McCollum, LPC, LMFT

Diane McCollum is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 20 years of clinical experience in Texas. She draws on long practice helping adults facing big life changes, trauma, anxiety, and depression. Diane speaks plainly and values honest communication in the therapy room.

Her approach is collaborative and grounded in practical tools. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered work, existential ideas, and mindfulness to tailor care to each person.

Diane understands how a difficult past can shape present reactions. She helps people look at how earlier experiences may influence current relationships, self-worth, and coping. Sessions focus on setting clear goals and building steps toward them, one small change at a time.

She emphasizes respect, boundaries, and straightforward feedback. Diane aims to help people move from feeling stuck to making choices that fit their values. Many clients work on grief, parenting stress, caregiver strain, chronic health challenges, and issues around intimacy and communication.

In sessions she mixes skill-building with reflective listening. That can mean learning coping techniques, practicing new communication habits, or using mindfulness to reduce anxiety. Diane encourages people to shape the work so it meets their daily needs and long-term goals.

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care

Many of Diane's methods translate well to online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it often includes simple exercises and practice between sessions to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or improve daily functioning. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying values and taking committed action toward them while learning to accept difficult feelings, which can help with life transitions, grief, and stress.

Diane also uses client-centered techniques that emphasize listening and letting the person set the pace of therapy. She collaborates with clients to test approaches and pick the mix that fits their goals and preferences. Finding the right approach is a shared process and may shift as needs change.

Online formats offer flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use brief, focused exchanges when a quick strategy or reflection is helpful. Together these options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to practice new skills in real time.