Diane Chandler-Riddlespriger, LPC

Diane Chandler-Riddlespriger is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and holds a Doctor of Counselor Education and Supervision, a doctoral degree focused on training counselors and supervising clinical practice. She is licensed to practice in Missouri and brings more than 12 years of clinical experience supporting people through a wide range of mental health and relationship concerns.

Diane has worked with individuals and couples facing depression, anxiety, relationship and couples challenges, parenting struggles, motivation and focus issues, career transitions, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and attention-deficit concerns. She has extensive experience with trauma and abuse, including cases that involve post-traumatic stress and severe mood or anxiety symptoms. Her training includes Gottman Clinical Certifications Level I and II for couples and relationship therapy.

Her therapeutic presence is warm and interactive, aimed at helping clients feel empowered to make meaningful change while receiving guidance and practical skills. Diane emphasizes respect, cultural and spiritual sensitivity, and compassion, and she commits to providing unconditional positive regard throughout the therapy process. Her clinical work blends cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, person-centered, and solutions-focused approaches, so treatment is tailored to each person's unique strengths and needs and can include psychoeducation alongside empathic support.

Diane focuses on practical, individualized plans that address symptoms and life circumstances alike. She works with issues such as stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns, depression, blended family dynamics, communication problems, forgiveness and guilt, infidelity, veteran and armed forces issues, obsessions and compulsions, panic disorder and panic attacks, postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress, and self-love. She aims to provide a supportive environment for people ready to take steps toward greater well-being and functioning.