Diane Hanyok

I received my MA from the Townsend Institute at Concordia University in Irvine, CA where I worked with incredible therapists for my own mental health and well-being. I’m a National Board-Certified Counselor. My post graduate training includes certifications from the Makin Institute for NeuroChange and the Trauma Research Foundation. I am trained in EMDR and use this therapy when it’s appropriate. When working with couples for premarital counseling, I use SYMBIS which many have found helpful and enjoyable.

M.A., LPCC, NCC

Gottman Method Couples Therapy- Level 1 & 2 Trained

SYMBIS Certified Faciliator

EMDR Trained

While I counsel in many areas, I especially enjoy working with trauma, complex trauma, PTSD, and DID through a psychodynamic, emotion focused, attachment-based approach. I enjoy working with first responders, nurses, teens and adults from all walks of life. My experience as a nurse, in particular ICU, is integrated into my work and I’m not afraid to help you through a difficult, even terminal diagnoses. You have great value and worth and I enjoy helping you make sense of your life story. Developing a healthy perspective of your past will positively impact your present and future. You are worthy of care and attention, and I’d be honored to be a part of your healing journey.

It’s an interesting paradox that while we are wounded through our relationships, we also experience healing through our relationships. We are relational beings created for a relationship with God and with others.

Author Dr. John Townsend says, "Everything significant starts with relationship. At the end of the day, your faith, your family, your work, and your leadership are all based on who you relate to and how you relate."[i] I get this! As the wife of a military spouse, we moved many times in our 21 years of service, and I had to continually combat loneliness and making new connections. If you desperately desire healthy relationships, I’d love to help you explore how this can be possible for you.

A little about me—I’m a lifelong learner. I enjoy reading, and I love connecting with God and others. I love my evenings when I take the time to watch the moon rise and the stars emerge. Or my morning times as I watch the sun light up the sky and enjoy my first cup of coffee in quiet moments.

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Everything significant starts with relationship. At the end of the day, your faith, your family, your work, and your leadership are all based on who you relate to and how you relate. Your life is motivated by love for others, being part of a family, a desire for intimacy and vulnerability, choosing to work on a great team, and creating a product or service that helps others. We are happiest when we know our lives revolve around people.

Dr. John Townsend