Diana is a psychotherapist focusing on how the mindbody responds and integrates traumatic events in our lives.
I am currently available for telehealth (virtual) sessions.
email: houghtonsomatictherapy@gmail.com | Tel: 970.818.8537
Diana M. Houghton, Ph.D.(Cand.) LPC.0019337
Verify this credential at: www.colorado.gove/dora/dpo
My Background
I’m a somatic psychotherapist who considers that human beings encounter the world through our senses (body). Our nervous system is shaped by our body’s experiences. There is no living body without a mind. Therefore, to be more accurate, each human being is a mindbody. It is our whole body that experiences and responds to its surroundings. It is a means of communication and exploration. We learn from our world in relation to others: people, animals, the environment.
Head Therapist/Licensed Professional Counselor Houghton Somatic Therapy
2020 – Present
Ph.D. (C) General Psychology with an emphasis on integrating Learning, Technology, and Psychology
2016 – 2023
Head Therapist/Owner Holistic Stress Management
2013 – 2016
M.A., Somatic Counseling with an emphasis on Body Psychotherapy
2010 – 2013
Intern Counselor Veterans Administration Medical Center
2011-2013
My Areas of Focus
Trauma
EMDR
Anxiety
Depression
Neurodiversity
Eating/Relationship with Food
Trauma is an injury to the nervous system. It seems more invisible than perhaps a broken back or severed nerve but no less real. Trauma recovery is not about healing or getting over it but about combining the new reality of having survived trauma without making it the center of your daily life. Moving it from a feeling of always there to a view of yourself with compassion and resources. Someone who can find fulfillment and satisfaction in life again is the goal.
