Dianna Privitt, LMFT

Therapist in California

Dianna Privitt is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage addictions, relationship and family difficulties, trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and stress.

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Licensed inCalifornia
License131286
NPI 1639525264
Experience6+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Dianna

Dianna Privitt is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage addictions, relationship and family difficulties, trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and stress. She also supports people wrestling with intimacy concerns, self-esteem, parenting strain, and the impacts of chronic illness or caregiving. Dianna works from California and conducts sessions in English.

Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. She aims to create a space where clients can talk openly about what matters to them.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on clear, practical steps alongside space to process feelings. Dianna encourages small changes that add up over time. She draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how past relationships shape current bonds.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy is used to help clients name feelings and change interaction patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports people in clarifying values and taking mindful action when life feels stuck. Dianna has six years of professional experience as a California licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT.

That background includes helping people cope after loss, navigate blended-family concerns, and address codependency and abandonment worries. She brings direct, empathic support rather than clinical jargon. Many clients find her approach helpful for rebuilding trust, managing anger, and facing life transitions.

Dianna combines talking, reflection, and practical tools so clients leave sessions with something to try between meetings. Her aim is to empower people as they move toward more stable relationships and better day-to-day coping.

Credentials

LMFT (California): License 131286 · expires February 2026
NPI: 1639525264 · national provider identifier

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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

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Online support

Attachment work and emotion-focused care online

Dianna uses Attachment-Based Therapy to help people notice how early bonds influence current relationships. This approach looks at patterns of closeness and distance and helps clients try new ways of relating that feel safer and more connected.

She also integrates Emotionally-Focused Therapy, which helps name and track emotions in the moment. EFT is useful for shifting painful interaction cycles and for learning to respond differently to strong feelings. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is part of her toolkit as well; ACT supports identifying personal values and taking small, committed steps even when feelings are uncomfortable.

Finding the right blend of approaches is a collaborative process. Dianna works with clients to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they check what helps and adjust the plan as therapy moves forward.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can fit brief check-ins or on-the-go reflection. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep continuity during life transitions.

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Frequently asked

What concerns does Dianna help with?

She supports people with addictions, relationship and family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, and stress, among other issues listed in her specialties.

What is her therapeutic approach like?

Her style is warm and nonjudgmental, combining attachment-informed work, emotion-focused listening, and values-based action to help clients make practical changes.

How much experience does she have?

Dianna has six years of professional experience as a practicing therapist.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a California licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, and practices from California.

Which languages are offered for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.

How does cost and billing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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