Where Diane stands
- Credentials
- LSCSW
- License
- LSCSW, Kansas / LSCSW 5191
- NPI
- 1659721488
- Experience
- 9 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Kansas
About
- Anxiety and OCD
- Trauma and PTSD
- Codependency support
About Diane
Diane Hughes is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW) in Kansas with nine years of clinical practice. She works with people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, and major life changes. She also supports members of the LGBT community and people coping with relationship patterns such as codependency.
Her practice focuses on practical, evidence-based therapies for anxiety, obsessive compulsive symptoms, and post-traumatic stress. Sessions typically involve learning specific skills to manage symptoms. Diane helps people identify patterns that leave them putting others first and practice alternatives that protect personal needs.
She commonly uses cognitive and behavioral methods to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build coping routines. Exposure-based strategies are used when intrusive fears, panic, or compulsive behaviors are present. For trauma-related difficulties she integrates approaches designed to process distressing memories and reduce their hold on daily life.
People can expect a collaborative process that emphasizes clear goals and step-by-step practice between meetings. Diane outlines treatment options and discusses how each one may help with the concern at hand. She works in straightforward language and focuses on skills that translate into everyday life.
Her experience includes work with mood disorders, life transitions, and concerns linked to gender identity. She offers sessions in English and does not take international clients. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
Evidence-based approaches for online symptom work
She regularly draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. CBT breaks problems into thoughts, behaviors, and feelings and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety and depressive patterns.For obsessive or avoidance problems she uses exposure and response prevention. ERP involves gradual, planned contact with feared situations or thoughts while avoiding rituals, which can reduce compulsive urges over time. For trauma-related symptoms she applies trauma-focused protocols that help process distressing memories and reduce their intensity in daily life.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Together the client and therapist review goals, test methods, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. This collaborative process keeps sessions practical and focused on real-world change.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the available online options before booking. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals can adapt exercises for remote work so skills practice continues between meetings.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Kansas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with anxiety, stress, depression, trauma and related issues such as codependency and challenges tied to gender identity.
How would she approach people-pleasing and boundary problems?
She uses practical, evidence-based methods to identify unhelpful patterns and teach alternatives for setting limits and protecting personal needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of practice as a clinical social worker in Kansas.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a KS LSCSW based in Kansas.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are offered for sessions?
Session formats are not listed here; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and starting steps handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.