Dianna Privitt, LMFT
California · 6 years in practice
Dianna Privitt is a California licensed marriage and family therapist who supports people facing addiction, relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, stress, anxiety, and mood concerns like depression and bipolar.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 131286 · expires February 2026
- NPI
- 1639525264 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Dianna
Dianna Privitt is a California licensed marriage and family therapist who supports people facing addiction, relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, stress, anxiety, and mood concerns like depression and bipolar. She also helps with intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, sleep and eating problems, anger, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.
Dianna aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable and less lonely. Her approach centers on listening closely and creating a nonjudgmental space for people to speak freely.
Background and approach
She blends Existential therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-based ideas to help people clarify values, feel more grounded in relationships, and cope with painful emotions. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and practical ways to move toward those goals. Dianna uses client-centered and emotionally-focused techniques to strengthen emotional awareness and improve connection.
She helps clients notice patterns that keep them stuck and try small, doable changes. Work may include learning new ways to handle stress, building healthier boundaries, and processing past hurts at a pace that feels right. With six years of clinical experience as an LMFT, she draws on real-world tools and steady support rather than quick fixes.
Conversations are straightforward and grounded in clients' everyday lives. Dianna encourages curiosity, responsibility, and hope as people navigate change. Sessions are offered in English and conducted online by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
The therapy subscription can be canceled at any time and scheduling is based on the therapist's availability.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Dianna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dianna names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Existential therapy helps people face big life questions and find personal meaning when they feel stuck or overwhelmed; it focuses on choices, responsibility, and what matters most to the individual. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical skills to accept difficult feelings while committing to actions that align with one's values, and it often helps with anxiety, depression, and coping with loss. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early bonds shape current trust and communication, which can improve intimacy and reduce conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and life context and then recommend a blend of methods. This is a collaborative process and plans are adjusted as progress and needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows a quicker check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help clients fit therapy into busy days and different routines.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Dianna commonly address?
She works with addiction, relationship and family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, bipolar, stress, intimacy and sexual concerns, parenting strain, sleep and eating issues, anger, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe the therapy style here?
The style is direct and compassionate with an emphasis on listening. Sessions aim to help clients clarify values, notice unhelpful patterns, and try practical steps toward change.
What is Dianna's professional background?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist with six years of clinical experience working in California settings with a range of mental health and relational concerns.
Where is the therapist licensed and practicing?
Dianna holds a California LMFT license and practices from California.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are offered to clients in locations compatible with her California licensure.
What formats are available for sessions?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; scheduling follows the therapist's availability after the matching process.
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