Diane McClain

Diane McClain is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) practicing in Illinois with 46 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship concerns, addictions, and the strain of life transitions. Diane also supports those facing compassion fatigue and people navigating issues around intimacy and self-esteem.

Diane favors a client-centered style and uses direct, plain talk. She aims for short-term, solution-oriented work when that fits. She often uses humor to clarify problems and to create memorable ways to try new behaviors.

Her background includes inpatient and outpatient settings, family service agencies, and private practice. That variety informs a practical approach to common life problems. She has long experience supporting caregivers, people with new medical challenges, and families dealing with end-of-life matters.

Diane has focused work around grief and loss, anxiety, and depression. She also brings experience with adoption and foster care concerns, attachment and abandonment issues, blended family dynamics, and care for people with chronic illness or disability. She is familiar with cross-cultural and interfaith situations and has worked as an ally around LGBT topics such as coming out and family disclosure.

People who prefer straightforward feedback and specific next steps often choose her style. She describes therapy as a place to examine choices honestly and to practice different ways of responding so daily life gets easier over time.

Using EFT, client-centered work and CBT in online sessions