Diane Byster, LMFT
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Trainings and Workshops.

For licensed psychotherapists learning ISTDP, I offer training groups, case consultation, and supervision.
 
I also have more than 20 years of experience offering a variety of experiential trainings and workshops and have presented my work in diverse settings including: universities, corporations large and small, HMO’s, a career management consulting firm, independent career centers, religious congregations, conferences in the U.S. and the U.K., and non-profit organizations. These trainings vary in length from one-hour brown-bag seminars to half-day seminars to day-long workshops that can be tailored for your particular work environment.

Some frequently requested topics include:

  • Developing Assertiveness
  • Regulating Anxiety
  • Couples Communication
  • Recognizing and Interrupting Depression
  • Breaking Cycle of Emotion Driven Eating
  • ​Interrupting Procrastination
  • Sleep Better
  • Identifying and Dismantling Distorted Thinking​
  • ​Stress Management, including Managing Holiday Stress
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Preventing Burnout
  • Effective Communication in the Workplace
  • Handling Difficult People
  • Career Development: Non-traditional ways to create opportunities and capitalize on unplanned events
  • Information Interviewing
  • Goal Setting: Setting and Reaching Achievable Objectives
  • Journal Writing for Career Transition and Emotion Regulation
  • Time Management


For more information on these presentations, contact me here.
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    I have had the oppor­tu­nity to observe Diane's depth and scope of ex­per­tise, facil­ita­tion skills, and over­all program delivery for over ten years. She is con­fident, clear, engag­ing, and our par­tic­i­pants always walk away wanting her to come back and offer more. We cannot schedule her enough [as a teacher in] our Lifestyle and Weight Man­age­ment Clinic.

    — Cindy Stack-Keer, RD, MPH
    Lifestyle & Weight Management Program Mgr.
    Kaiser Permanente Redwood City

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    I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to study under Diane Byster for over a year. She has a rare combination of strengths seldom found in one teacher: incredible knowledge and expertise, presented with kindness, warmth, and support of her students. She is also unique as a teacher in that she possess both depth and breadth in her understanding of ISTDP. In discussing a particular intervention, for example, she effortlessly moves between different approaches to ISTDP, comparing and contrasting various possible responses to a given client. This is invaluable for students because Diane doesn't teach only one correct way of responding to a client; she offers options, allowing her students to find their unique therapeutic voice.

    — Zeina H.

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    I was in Diane Byster's pre-core ISTDP group for two years, and found it to be very valu­able in shap­ing my clin­ical think­ing and skills. Diane is a thor­ough, con­scien­tious, com­pas­sion­ate, and wise teacher, and an excel­lent role model for an effec­tive ther­apist. The group had a good balance of theo­ret­ical and prac­tical com­po­nents. After each meeting with Diane, I left with a better under­stand­ing of my clients and in­spira­tion to apply the newly learned methods right away. Thanks to Diane's training, I have become a more com­petent ther­apist. I highly recom­mend Diane to anyone who wants to effec­tively help clients.

    — Ruthie Ayzenberg, LMFT, PCCI

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    Psychotherapist Diane Byster, LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) offers psychotherapy, career and personal counseling, case consultation, trainings and workshops on psychological issues, and yoga teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. She provides therapy using methods (including ISTDP, Control-Mastery, and P.A.C.T.) that often work faster than traditional techniques. With offices in the Silicon Valley towns of Redwood City and Palo Alto, she serves clients from Berkeley, Oakland, Piedmont, Albany, El Cerrito, Richmond, San Mateo, San Carlos, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Stanford, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Santa Clara, San Jose, Milpitas, Fremont, Newark, Union City, Hayward, and beyond.