Hey, my name’s Diana. I’m genuinely so glad you are here.

Over the past 20 years, I’ve stepped into a lot of different roles. I’ve been a second grade teacher, a Spanish teacher, an Etsy shop owner, and a photographer. I was also living in Haiti during the 2010 earthquake, and in response, I jumped in to manage a prosthetics lab and later built a business that employed the amputee women. It was one of the greatest joys of my life, as I got to see how profoundly people’s lives can change through a renewed sense of self, empowerment, and resilience, even in the face of extreme emotional and physical trauma.

When I moved back to the U.S., my life took a challenging turn. All of a sudden, I was faced with chronic pain, anxiety, insomnia, and many other health issues. At the time, I didn’t realize that I had been repressing much of my own story and emotions, avoiding them by focusing on helping others. Through the tenderness and skill of several counselors over the following years, I was able to heal from the inside out and reconnect to myself, God, and others in new and beautiful ways. Not only this, I was healed of every physical symptom I had as well. This experience sparked a passion for mental health. I started by creating a social-emotional learning curriculum for kids, which I eventually taught in a local elementary school for several years. A few years later, I felt called to become a counselor myself, and now, here I am.

All of these experiences have shaped how I see people—their pain, their resilience, and the importance of creating spaces where someone can feel safe enough to be themselves and begin to heal. I know how life can stretch you in ways you didn’t expect, and how those experiences don’t just live in your thoughts—they settle into your body, your relationships, and your very sense of self. Maybe most importantly, I’ve also come to firmly believe that we were not meant to walk this life alone.

As you read through my site, you might come across words like attachment, nervous system regulation, or somatic work. More simply, my goal is to create a space where clients feel safe enough to connect with their emotions, notice the cues of their body, and start to feel more like themselves again.