What Diane Offers.
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My mission is to help clients break through internal obstacles and develop greater resilience to handle challenges, function at their best, take more risks, and ultimately create more-satisfying lives. I bring an extensive background of education, training, and experience to this work.
Background
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, National Certified Counselor, IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisor, Career Consultant, and Registered Yoga Teacher.
I see both individual clients and couples for psychotherapy and career counseling in my private practice, with offices in Palo Alto and Redwood City. I also provide clinical case consultation and supervision for psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed marriage and family therapists, and licensed clinical social workers.
In addition, I serve as an instructor in the Behavioral Health Education program, and as a coach/group facilitator for the Medical Weight Management Program at Kaiser Permanente. Some of the courses I teach include: Mind-Body Medicine, Improving Sleep, Overcoming Depression, Anxiety Regulation, Couples Communication, and Pathways to Emotional Wellness.
I teach Vinyassa-style yoga and Power Yoga at local studios in the Bay Area.
I have completed a three-year post-graduate core training program in ISTDP (Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy), an evidence-based treatment approach that integrates the latest research on the neuroscience of emotion regulation, biofeedback, attachment theory, psychodynamic theory, mindfulness, and experiential learning.
After graduating the three-year core training program, I completed an additional three-year advanced teacher training and clinical supervision program in ISTDP, and have taught ISTDP to colleagues and lay groups.
In January 2015 and again in March 2018, I was an invited speaker at the Vaden Counseling Center at Stanford University. I co-presented day-long workshops on ISTDP for psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed marriage and family therapists, and licensed clinical social workers. I have taught an introduction to ISTDP for lay persons at the Stanford University Law School on three occasions.
I have been a guest lecturer at Stanford University Medical School on managing depression and on anxiety regulation for pre-medical students and students in the public-health program. I have also served as adjunct faculty for the Sophia University Graduate School of Psychology program, and taught Fundamentals of Career Counseling for first-year graduate students.
I recently served as a contributing editor for a book on ISTDP, Co-Creating Change: Experiential Dynamic Therapy Techniques by Jon Frederickson, which earned the International Best Book Award in Psychotherapy/Mental Health for 2014. I also served as an editor and story contributor for another book, Luck is No Accident: Making the Most of Happenstance in Work and Life.
For a list of other publications, click here.
Background
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, National Certified Counselor, IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisor, Career Consultant, and Registered Yoga Teacher.
I see both individual clients and couples for psychotherapy and career counseling in my private practice, with offices in Palo Alto and Redwood City. I also provide clinical case consultation and supervision for psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed marriage and family therapists, and licensed clinical social workers.
In addition, I serve as an instructor in the Behavioral Health Education program, and as a coach/group facilitator for the Medical Weight Management Program at Kaiser Permanente. Some of the courses I teach include: Mind-Body Medicine, Improving Sleep, Overcoming Depression, Anxiety Regulation, Couples Communication, and Pathways to Emotional Wellness.
I teach Vinyassa-style yoga and Power Yoga at local studios in the Bay Area.
I have completed a three-year post-graduate core training program in ISTDP (Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy), an evidence-based treatment approach that integrates the latest research on the neuroscience of emotion regulation, biofeedback, attachment theory, psychodynamic theory, mindfulness, and experiential learning.
After graduating the three-year core training program, I completed an additional three-year advanced teacher training and clinical supervision program in ISTDP, and have taught ISTDP to colleagues and lay groups.
In January 2015 and again in March 2018, I was an invited speaker at the Vaden Counseling Center at Stanford University. I co-presented day-long workshops on ISTDP for psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed marriage and family therapists, and licensed clinical social workers. I have taught an introduction to ISTDP for lay persons at the Stanford University Law School on three occasions.
I have been a guest lecturer at Stanford University Medical School on managing depression and on anxiety regulation for pre-medical students and students in the public-health program. I have also served as adjunct faculty for the Sophia University Graduate School of Psychology program, and taught Fundamentals of Career Counseling for first-year graduate students.
I recently served as a contributing editor for a book on ISTDP, Co-Creating Change: Experiential Dynamic Therapy Techniques by Jon Frederickson, which earned the International Best Book Award in Psychotherapy/Mental Health for 2014. I also served as an editor and story contributor for another book, Luck is No Accident: Making the Most of Happenstance in Work and Life.
For a list of other publications, click here.