Diane Shrock-Wang, LMFT

Diane Shrock-Wang is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 35 years of experience. She helps people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship strain in straightforward, practical ways. Diane is based in California and works with adults facing life transitions, career pressures, parenting challenges, and grief.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Diane also draws on attachment-based and client-centered approaches to strengthen relationships and self-understanding. For trauma, she can incorporate EMDR strategies when appropriate.

Sessions focus on clear goals and small, doable steps. Diane helps people build coping skills, improve sleep and eating patterns, and manage anger or addictive urges. She also supports those dealing with adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, and family-of-origin concerns.

Her style is warm and practical. Diane listens, reflects what she hears, and offers tools clients can use between sessions. People leave with specific strategies for communication, boundaries, and emotion regulation.

Diane blends long experience with a flexible approach tailored to each person. She views therapy as a collaboration - clients set priorities and she helps map the path forward. Her work emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Many clients benefit from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy because it focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce stress and anxiety. CBT often includes simple exercises and homework that translate well to remote sessions.

Attachment-based work looks at patterns in how people connect and respond in close relationships. Online sessions can help people notice those patterns, practice new ways of relating, and apply them between appointments. Client-centered therapy creates space for people to be heard and to explore what matters most, with the therapist following the client's pace and priorities.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Diane will work collaboratively to match goals and methods, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds. Clients and therapist check in together about what is helping and what to try next.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility: video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging helps with quick reflections or reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain momentum between sessions, and keep consistent contact when progress matters.