Diane Hughes is a Kansas-based clinical social worker (KS LSCSW 5191) with nine years of practice. She is a female therapist who identifies as gay and liberal and has experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, and life transitions.

She works with clients from the LGBTQIA+ community and aims to help individuals build lasting strategies that increase confidence, a sense of empowerment, and stronger connections with themselves and others. Diane relies on evidence-based approaches and offers treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), cognitive processing therapy (CPT), and prolonged exposure therapy (PE) when they are clinically appropriate.

Diane strives to establish warm, collaborative working relationships to make these therapies accessible and practical for each person she serves. Her training as a licensed specialist clinical social worker informs a pragmatic, compassionate approach to care.