Diane Stapleton , LPC

Diane Stapleton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with over two decades of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, and life transitions. Diane aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable and supported for anyone who reaches out.

Her style centers on listening first. She creates space for people to name what’s worrying them and to talk about feelings without judgment. That approach helps clarify what matters most and what a realistic next step might be.

Diane blends different therapeutic tools to match each person's needs. She uses client-centered work to follow the person's lead and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and shift unhelpful thinking. Solution-focused ideas help set small, practical goals to test changes between sessions.

Across 23 years in practice she has worked with a wide range of concerns related to family of origin, communication problems, codependency, abandonment, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. She also brings experience with first responder stress, hospice and end-of-life issues, and aging-related worries.

Sessions are offered in English and take place through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Diane uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time, and scheduling is arranged after a short matching questionnaire.

Approach and online options that fit your life

Client-centered work focuses on what matters to the person in front of her. Diane listens closely, reflects what she hears, and follows each person’s pace to build trust and clarity. This approach is helpful when someone needs empathy and space to sort through painful feelings.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify patterns of thinking that keep problems active and to try practical experiments to change them. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, and unhelpful reactions in relationships by breaking issues into manageable steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Diane will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different ideas. That lets her tailor sessions so they feel useful and realistic rather than rigid or one-size-fits-all.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a traditional face-to-face conversation, while phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are flexible for short check-ins, quick coaching, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between sessions.