Diane Shrock-Wang, LMFT
Therapist for stress and parenting challenges
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 35
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Diane
Diane Shrock-Wang is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and life changes. She draws on 35 years of experience in California to offer steady, practical support for everyday struggles. She listens closely and helps clients name what feels most urgent.
Sessions focus on clear, doable steps to reduce overwhelm. Diane uses straightforward tools so people can try things between appointments and notice change.
Background and approach
Her work blends approaches that focus on relationships, standing in the client’s perspective, and thinking patterns that influence feelings. She often helps people untangle communication problems and rebuild trust after difficult events. Diane also supports those coping with grief, addiction concerns, eating or sleeping issues, and career stress.
Many clients seek her help with attachment issues, blended family concerns, adoption and foster care questions, and caretaking strain. She pays attention to family-of-origin patterns and how past wounds show up now. Her background makes her comfortable working with identity topics, including LGBT concerns and intimacy-related issues.
Diane aims to create a calm, practical space where parents and individuals can try new ways of responding. She explains options plainly and partners with each person to set realistic goals. This helps people move from feeling stuck to having clearer next steps.
What Diane works with
Everything Diane lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Diane helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Diane lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online
Attachment-based work focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships and reactions. Online sessions using this approach can help people notice patterns that affect parenting, communication, and trust, then practice different responses.Client-centered therapy places the person’s experience at the center and emphasizes empathy and acceptance. In remote sessions this approach supports open conversation and steady pacing so clients set the agenda and pace of change.
Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. CBT adapts well to video and text formats because it uses concrete exercises, homework, and short skill-building check-ins.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps most in day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around parenting and work demands while maintaining a steady course of support.
Questions people ask about Diane
What concerns does she address?
Diane works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, sleep and eating problems, and career stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative with a focus on clear steps clients can use between sessions. She combines relationship-focused work with attention to thinking patterns and present-day coping.
How long has she been practicing?
She brings 35 years of professional experience supporting people through life transitions, attachment issues, blended family concerns, and caregiving stress.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not taking international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Clients may meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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