Diane Bossung, LCSW
About Me:
Diane has diverse work experience with kids and adults as a social worker,
undergrad/graduate school educator, physical therapist, childcare provider, and K-12
public-school classroom aide. Diane sees herself as a fellow human, walking alongside
clients on a challenging path toward growth. She does her own work to change
unhealthy patterns, grieve losses, calm an easily activated nervous system, and practice
habits that sustain her energy and enthusiasm for life. Diane is courageous, resourceful,
kind yet firm, organized, and proactive. Diane is committed to racial-cultural learning to
increase self-awareness, reduce micro-aggressions, and facilitate meaningful change
toward greater equity and opportunity for people who have been/are oppressed.
Areas of expertise:
Diane has supported kids, teens, parents, college/grad students,
young, middle and older adults who live with mental and physical health conditions like
anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, brain and spinal cord injury, cancer,
HIV/Aids, limb loss, autism spectrum disorder, learning disabilities, and cerebral palsy.
Diane is passionate about reducing stigma associated with labels that can cause people
to feel less-than and overshadow their true abilities. Diane works with people to build
upon strengths as they accept and adapt to limitations to develop identities that fit for
their age and phase of living.
Therapeutic approach:
Diane engages people ages 5-105 in a co-created therapy
process that starts with a safe, respectful relationship and includes practical methods to
learn, heal, and grow. Diane uses therapy strategies from family systems, solution-
focused, cognitive behavioral, motivational interviewing, mindfulness-based stress
reduction, acceptance and commitment, dialectical behavioral, and mindful self-
compassion therapies. When opening through talking is difficult, Diane offers creative-
expressive art (writing, movement, collage, drawing, painting, sounding, and singing)
for sharing and discovery. She believes emotional, social, physical, and spiritual distress
arises quite naturally in reaction to our complex, frequently over stimulating and often
threatening world. She is passionate about teaching individuals and families to:
- learn about themselves and their natural human reactions
- settle their minds and bodies,
- develop and use inner and outer power resources,
- recognize their worth,
- enact a plan for healing and growth, and
- live a valued life amid challenging circumstances.