Diana Norton

Diana Norton is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of practice. She draws on long experience to help people facing stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. Diana focuses on clear, practical steps so conversations feel useful from the first session.

Her work centers on listening first and then shaping goals with each person. She uses client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the client, and she blends techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy when helpful. This lets her address patterns like difficult emotions, sleep problems, addictive behaviors, and issues around intimacy or self-esteem.

Diana also supports people coping with grief, major life changes, caregiving strain, chronic illness, and career stress. She pays attention to attachment concerns, body image, and challenges related to adoption or blended families. She brings decades of experience to these topics while keeping the focus on what a person wants to change now.

Sessions emphasize practical tools and small, achievable steps. That can mean practicing new ways to manage anger, learning thought strategies to reduce anxiety, or building communication skills for strained relationships. Diana works in English and provides services in Indiana.

To begin, she asks about current challenges and goals, then co-creates a plan that fits daily life. The approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

Approaches that guide online work and goal setting

Diana uses client-centered therapy to follow what matters most to each person, giving space for clients to set priorities and guide sessions. This approach helps when someone wants to explore personal values, identity, or relationship patterns in a way that feels led by them.

She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and for changing responses to anger or stress. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are another tool she brings in for managing strong emotions, building distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Diana collaborates with each person to identify goals and then chooses techniques that fit their needs and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress or challenges appear.

If you are considering online care, confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a weekday break, reduce travel time, or allow a shorter check-in when schedules are tight. Licensed professionals can adapt the same CBT, DBT, and client-centered tools effectively in remote formats when those options are available.