Specializations & Expertise

 

• Intimacy & Relationship Building: Supporting individuals and couples in strengthening emotional connection, trust, vulnerability, and healthy relational dynamics.

• Attachment & Relational Patterns: Helping clients understand how family experiences and attachment styles influence present-day relationships.

• Betrayal Trauma Recovery: Guiding individuals and couples through healing after broken trust, infidelity, and relational injuries.

• Childhood Sexual Trauma & Recovery: Helping clients explore the lasting effects of childhood sexual abuse on identity, attachment, intimacy, relationships, and emotional well-being while supporting healing and post-traumatic growth.

• Compulsive Behaviors & Recovery Support: Assisting clients in exploring the intersection between intimacy, attachment, compulsive behaviors, and emotional well-being.

• Cultural Sensitivity: Exploring the role of culture, family values, spirituality, and identity in shaping relationships and personal growth.

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Therapeutic Approach

 

Diana's clinical methodology is collaborative, integrative, and relationship-centered.

 

• Narrative Therapy: Helping clients examine, challenge, and re-author the stories they tell about themselves, their relationships, and their experiences.

• Attachment-Based Therapy: Exploring attachment styles and relational patterns to foster deeper emotional connection and security.

• Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT): Identifying strengths, resources, and practical steps toward meaningful change.

• Family Systems Theory: Understanding individuals within the context of family, relationships, and larger systems.

• Imago Therapy: Facilitating deeper understanding of relational patterns and enhancing communication skills.

• Trauma-Informed Care: Creating a safe and supportive environment that acknowledges the impact of trauma on emotions, behaviors, and relationships.

• Mindfulness & Nervous System Regulation: Incorporating grounding techniques, breathing exercises, and body awareness to support emotional regulation and resilience.

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In her warm, collaborative approach, Diana helps clients explore their challenges and move toward meaningful change.

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Commitment to Holistic Healing

Diana’s work is characterized by:

• Empowerment: Supporting clients in recognizing their strengths and capacity for growth.

• Narrative Awareness: Helping clients understand the stories that shape their identity, relationships, and emotional experiences.

• Culturally Responsive Practice: Creating a therapeutic space that honors diverse backgrounds, values, and lived experiences.

• Mind-Body Connection: Drawing from her training as a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) to incorporate mindfulness, breathing exercises, grounding techniques, and nervous system awareness when appropriate.

• Advocacy for Healing: Passionately supporting clients navigating intimacy concerns, betrayal trauma, anxiety, compulsive behaviors, and relational disconnection.

 

Education & Credentials

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• Marriage & Family Therapist–Limited Permit (MFT-LP), New York

• Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, Touro University (Summa Cum Laude)

• Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200)

• Background in Trauma Advocacy: Supporting survivors of sex trafficking through trauma-informed care and empowerment-focused services.

• Community Mental Health Experience: Working with individuals navigating relational, emotional, educational, and life challenges.

• Operational & Marketing Consultant: Founder of a consulting firm helping business owners improve operations, systems, and sustainable growth.

 

Why Work With Diana?

 

Diana combines a relational, systems-oriented perspective with a genuine belief in her clients’ capacity for growth, healing, and meaningful change. Her work focuses on intimacy, attachment, communication, narrative identity, anxiety, compulsive behaviors, childhood sexual trauma, and relational dynamics, helping clients gain deeper insight into themselves while building healthier, more fulfilling relationships.

 

Whether working with individuals, couples, families, or therapy groups, Diana collaborates with clients to identify patterns, strengthen emotional connection, and develop new ways of relating to themselves and others. Through a warm, supportive, and collaborative approach, she helps clients create lasting change that aligns with their values, goals, and vision for their lives.

 

Begin Your Journey

Diana provides:

• Individual, Couples, Family, and Group Therapy

• Support for intimacy and relationship concerns

• Guidance through betrayal trauma recovery

• Support for healing from childhood sexual trauma

• Anxiety and compulsive behavior support

• Narrative Therapy

• Attachment-focused therapy

• Mindfulness and nervous system regulation techniques

• Collaborative support for personal growth and relational healing

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Key Highlights: Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT-LP), Narrative Therapist, Attachment-Focused Clinician, Relationship Specialist, Group Facilitator, Marketing and Operational Consultant.