Meet Diana (she/her)
Welcome! I first want to acknowledge your courage and desire to get help. I know it can be challenging to take the first step, especially if you’re not used to asking for help. Let me introduce myself to help you determine if I am the right fit for you.
I am a mental health therapist licensed in the state of Maryland. I have over seven years of experience working with diverse populations in outpatient settings. Intentional Counseling and Wellness was born out of my desire to practice in a way that better aligns with my values while also providing high quality, individualized care for my clients.
I utilize a multicultural, person-centered approach to therapy. I welcome and encourage you to talk about your cultural identities, and explore how these identities, as well as your environment and upbringing impact your mental health. I can help you in uncovering and recognizing your resiliency and inner strength and I will assist you in learning how to utilize those strengths to cope with and overcome your challenges.
I utilize humor in my practice as well as in my personal life, and I believe that only by being my most authentic self can I encourage you to be the same. I am a firm believer in the connection between the mind, the body, and the soul, and I will encourage you to explore and incorporate movement, breath, and mindfulness in your treatment and life.
My interests and my love for therapy go hand in hand. I love running marathons because they are big goals I chip away at daily, literally step by step. I’m a yogi trying to return to the mat and I believe that movement is medicine. I love making new neural connections and getting lost in new experiences, whether they are traveling to new places, baking a new dessert, reading a new book, or let’s face it, binge watching a good show.
I support BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and trans rights. As a human being, woman, member of a minority, and therapist, I believe it is my privilege and responsibility to create and foster an anti-racist, all-inclusive safe space for healing members of my own communities. I am committed to do no harm by uncovering my own biases, by educating myself in order to better support my clients of all identities and backgrounds, and by continuing to have conversations around race-related problems and inequalities that our marginalized populations endure on a continuing basis. The personal is political.
Professional Affiliations
NASW – National Association of Social Work
EMDRIA – EMDR International Association