Diane Chapin , LPC

Diane Chapin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with 17 years of clinical experience. She supports individuals and families facing depression, stress and anxiety, relationship and marriage challenges, family conflicts, bipolar disorder, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, anger, self-esteem struggles, career questions, coping with life changes, and ADHD. Diane brings specialized training in EMDR and DBT, offering approaches suited to trauma processing and emotional regulation.

Diane spent many years as a military spouse and has direct experience working with veterans and families around deployment and reintegration. She and her husband served side by side in the pastorate, and that background informs her strengths in supporting relational and family dynamics. Married for 46 years, she values community, quiet walks in the woods, and reading.

In her practice Diane cultivates an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored honestly. She encourages clients to view the first step toward therapy as an act of courage and expresses pride in those who begin that work. As an LPC, Diane combines practical skills with empathy to help clients move toward clearer coping and healthier relationships.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Options

Diane Chapin offers evidence-based techniques tailored to the needs of each client. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that helps people process distressing memories and reduce the intensity of associated emotions. It is often used for trauma and abuse-related symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and managing intense reactions, making it useful for relationship challenges, anger, and mood regulation issues.

Choosing the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Diane works with clients to identify their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring to therapy, and together they determine which methods will be the best fit and how to adapt them over time.

Online therapy with Diane is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access licensed professionals from home or work and support continuity of care when in-person visits are not feasible.