Diana Simpson
Gentle practical therapy for everyday challenges
About Diana
Diana Simpson is a counsellor with 21 years of experience who combines practical approaches with a warm, respectful style. She uses straightforward conversation to help people facing anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, addictions and life changes. Diana is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and draws on that background to guide her work.
Her way of working is interactive and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on what matters now and on small steps that make a difference.
Background and approach
She aims to help people build self-awareness, cope with strong emotions and improve communication in relationships. Diana uses Client-Centred Therapy to follow what clients bring and to help them feel heard. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going, and Solution-Focused Therapy to identify practical next steps.
Internal Family Systems informs work on inner parts and how they relate to one another. Her experience includes addressing parenting and family concerns, blended family issues, bereavement and abandonment, and ageing and caregiver stress. She also supports people dealing with body image, codependency, commitment and intimacy-related issues.
The approach is tailored to each person’s goals and circumstances. Diana offers sessions in English and practises across formats that suit different needs. She encourages a collaborative process so people feel involved in planning their next steps.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits the client’s routine.
What Diana works with
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Sessions & fees
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Diana commonly uses Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in her online work. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and following what a person brings, helping people feel understood and build their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at unhelpful thoughts and actions and offers practical tools to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression and stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to goals, preferences and what is happening in a person’s life. That might mean starting with a listening, person-focused approach then adding cognitive or solution-focused techniques as needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging suit brief updates, reflection between sessions or when writing helps to organise thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily routines and let people choose how they prefer to connect.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
