Diane McCollum , LPC, LMFT

Diane McCollum is a licensed professional counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist in Texas with 20 years of clinical experience. She brings a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions and helps people who are facing changes, loss, or ongoing stress. Diane aims to treat each person with dignity and straightforward communication.

She focuses on trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related concerns. Diane offers a calm, steady presence for those needing help to get unstuck.

Diane uses several established approaches to therapy and adapts them to fit each person. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice thoughts and take purposeful steps. She combines these with client-centered and mindfulness work to keep sessions practical and grounded.

Her style emphasizes mutual respect, clear communication, and firm boundaries. Diane says therapy is a two-way learning process where the client’s goals come first. She aims to see issues through the client’s perspective and to help people set realistic steps toward change.

Over her career she has worked in multiple settings and with many different concerns, including caregiver stress, chronic illness, cancer-related issues, and blended family challenges. Diane encourages people to define their own treatment goals and to move at a pace that feels manageable.

How Diane integrates therapy approaches online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and then take actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying thoughts and behavior patterns that keep problems going and then practicing new ways of thinking and acting to reduce symptoms. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and respect so people feel understood as they talk through painful experiences.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Diane collaborates with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She will discuss options, try practical exercises together, and adjust the plan as progress or new concerns arise.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier and to match different needs. Video works well for in-depth conversations and exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text are useful for quick check-ins or brief reflections between sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and accessible for busy lives.