Diane Poehlman, LMHC

Diane Poehlman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with more than 30 years of clinical experience. She brings a broad understanding of different cultures and perspectives after growing up in upstate New York and living in multiple regions of the United States, and she draws on that background when supporting people as they create the life they want to lead.

Diane has worked across inpatient and outpatient settings as well as in group homes, foster care programs, juvenile justice, and with clients facing dual diagnoses and other mental health challenges. She approaches therapy as a collaborative process that helps remove obstacles and resolve problems that prevent forward movement.

Her clinical experience includes work with addictions, LGBT concerns, depression, bipolar disorder, anger, self-esteem, anxiety, grief and loss, and relationship and family issues. Diane believes that identifying how past experiences influence present functioning can open the path to letting go and building new ways of being that better support a person’s life journey.

In practice she uses cognitive behavioral approaches and reality therapy, teaching practical tools to reach goals, seeking solutions, and keeping attention on constructive and positive change. As a licensed counselor, she focuses on helping people develop strategies that fit their values and needs while supporting steady progress toward greater contentment and self-acceptance.