Dr. Stella Diai
Compassionate CBT-informed care for life challenges
LPC New Jersey
- Experience
- 5 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Stella
Dr. Stella Diai uses evidence-informed strategies to help people navigate stress, anxiety, mood concerns, relationship strains, and life transitions.
Background and approach
As an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) practicing in New Jersey and licensed in Pennsylvania, she blends cognitive behavioral techniques with a client-centered stance to identify the thoughts, habits, and environmental factors that keep clients stuck. Her approach emphasizes compassion, empathy, and respect while focusing on practical skills that support clearer thinking and healthier coping.
With five years formally documented in her current role and additional prior experience in helping professions, she has worked across a range of concerns including depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, intimacy-related issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and challenges such as forgiveness, guilt, shame, and isolation. She also offers support around career adjustments and compassion fatigue.
Dr. Diai values the therapeutic relationship as the foundation for change and adapts methods to each individual’s needs, combining motivational interviewing and client-centered listening with targeted cognitive-behavioral interventions to promote progress over time.
Approach-Focused Online Care with Practical Flexibility
Dr. Diai combines cognitive behavioral methods with client-centered and motivational interviewing principles to guide online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) involves identifying unhelpful thought patterns and building concrete skills to change behaviors and emotional responses, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and unconditional positive regard, creating a supportive space where clients explore their priorities and values. Motivational Interviewing helps people resolve ambivalence and find internal motivation for change, often used when addressing addictions, readiness for change, or goal-directed behavior.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Dr. Diai listens to each person’s goals, preferences, and life context and then suggests strategies that align with those needs, adjusting techniques over time as progress and feedback shape the work together.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase accessibility and scheduling ease. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy routines, maintain continuity during life transitions, and select the communication style that best supports engagement and skill practice.
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Experience
5+ years
Licensed
New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Languages
English