About

Hi, my name is Diann Horton, LCSW, and I have professional experience working with clients that are experiencing low self-esteem, confidence, struggling with addiction, motivation, stress, and anxiety, as well as, career challenges. I am a big advocate of clients wants and needs, therefore, I tend to favor the client centered approach because you are the expert of your own story. My approach I like to use the cognitive therapeutic approach to understand clients thought process, and challenge negative belief systems that is creating barriers for clients to foster positive thinking that can potentially promote positivity in one’s life and day to day existence. My focus I typically work with individual adult clients that are having trouble with self-esteem, confidence, motivation, and career difficulties, as well as clients struggling with addiction. My communication style I like to create a warm, relaxing environment with no judgement, by simply being authentic and truly wanting to support my client. This helps the client feel more comfortable being themselves and tend to share more freely. My journey to mental healthcare I’ve always had a desire to help others. I worked with the homeless population for 13 years in various roles, however, in the past seven years I provided clinical support for clients, using a cognitive therapeutic approach, that resulted in mental health stabilization, getting housed, family reunification, obtaining and retaining employment, resulting in a better quality of life. I have decided to leave the homeless field and focus solely on providing mental health services to individuals seeking help vs. me coaching an individual into self-realization that maybe they need help. I believe in connecting with the client with attentive listening and reflecting. It is important that the client feels my kind regard is genuine. I feel quality service results in the best and sustainable outcomes.