Diane Hendricks, LCSW, LSCSW

Diane Hendricks is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, and midlife transitions. She works with those wrestling with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strains, career change, ADHD, and trauma. Diane is straightforward and warm in her approach. She aims to make it easier to take a first step toward change.

Diane trained with a Master of Social Work from the University of Kansas and holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials. Much of her career was spent in psychiatric settings, including senior counseling, hospice, and services for veterans and first responders. She has also spent time working with the LGBTQ community and people dealing with chronic illness or caregiver stress.

Her primary style is client-centered, which means she starts from where a person is and follows their pace. She combines that stance with practical tools when they fit, drawing on cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness to reduce distress and improve day-to-day coping. Emotionally focused elements help when relationship feelings are central.

Diane describes herself as nonjudgmental, compassionate, and easy to talk with. She values humor when it helps and treats each person as an individual rather than a category. She listens for what matters most and helps people find clearer next steps.

If reaching out feels hard, she acknowledges that reality and keeps the first conversations simple. People who want a steady, encouraging presence while they navigate life changes often choose this way of working.

How Diane’s Approaches Work Online

Diane uses a client-centered stance that begins by listening and following each person's pace. This approach helps people feel heard and chooses goals that matter to them, which fits well with remote conversations and check-ins.

She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. CBT-style work online can include short home practice tasks and simple skills to reduce anxiety and lift mood. Mindfulness therapy is another element she uses to help people notice their present-moment experience and reduce reactivity, which can be practiced through guided exercises between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Diane will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different exercises, and then adapt methods accordingly. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what actually helps the individual.

Session formats are not specified in the original biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into day-to-day life by reducing travel time, enabling shorter check-ins when needed, or allowing use of audio-only sessions when bandwidth or visual focus is an issue. Diane aims to make sessions practical and manageable so people can keep working toward their goals.