Welcome
I’m Diana Waddell, LCSW and founder of Spring Counseling LLC. I provide trauma-informed therapy and professional support services to individuals, families, and fellow clinicians across Alaska. Whether you're seeking healing from trauma, navigating grief, strengthening relationships, or building your skills as a therapist, you're in the right place.
At the heart of my work is the belief that meaningful change happens in safe, supportive relationships; whether in therapy or supervision. I offer individual, couples, family, and group therapy, as well as clinical supervision, consultation, and training for professionals. My approach is relational, compassionate, and grounded in evidence-based practices like EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, IFS, and DBT.
This is a space where your story matters, your identity is honored, and your growth is supported. Let’s take the next step, together.
Start Your Path with Support That Meets You Where You Are
Welcome to Spring Counseling LLC! Whether you’re seeking therapy for trauma, anxiety, grief, relationship challenges or looking for professional support through supervision, consultation, or training, you’re in the right place.
Healing and growth look different for everyone. Here, you’ll find a space that honors your lived experience, affirms your identity, and supports you through meaningful change. I bring compassion, clinical depth, and a relational approach to every part of my work; whether we're sitting together in a therapy session or collaborating in a professional space.
This work is about building trust, deepening awareness, and moving forward, one step at a time. I’m here to walk alongside you.
Let’s begin.
About Therapy Services
It’s not about being “fixed” or “cured,” it’s about building the inner and outer resources to meet life as it is, with more clarity, resilience, and self-compassion. Sometimes therapy means processing trauma or grief. Sometimes it means learning how to regulate emotions, understand patterns, or feel more connected in relationships.
At its heart, therapy is a space to be fully seen, supported, and understood; especially when life feels overwhelming or unclear. It’s a process of growing stronger in your own voice, grounded in a relationship built on safety and trust.
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"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." -- Maya Angelo
Just like therapy helps people grow and heal, professional support; through supervision, consultation, or training, helps those of us doing this work stay connected, supported, and grounded. Whether you’re just starting out or have been in the field for years, I offer a space where you can show up fully with questions, uncertainty, wisdom, and all.
To me, professional growth isn’t about having it all figured out. It’s about staying curious, reflective, and aligned with what matters most to you. My hope is to support you in feeling more confident, resourced, and connected in the work you’re doing because the people we serve benefit when we feel steady and supported, too.
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“Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.” -- Paulo Coelho
Whether you're here to heal, to grow, to learn, or to lead; there's space for you. I’ll meet you where you are, walk beside you, and hold steady while you find your way forward.
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” -- Viktor E. Frankl