Dr. Darling is a licensed psychologist (licensed in Utah and Arizona) and Assistant Professor of Psychology at Southern Utah University. She works with adults and couples navigating a range of life challenges, including major transitions (including but not limited to career, education, retirement, marriage, divorce), relationship and family dynamics, and questions of meaning and direction. She is also a Certified Financial Therapist™ and Air Force veteran.

Dr. Darling works from an integrated existential-humanistic and cognitive framework, grounded in a belief in individual freedom and responsibility. She helps clients understand how their thoughts shape their emotions and behaviors, and works with them to restructure patterns that no longer serve them. Her approach is curious and direct, particularly with clients who have been taught not to show emotion, including but not limited to men, veterans, first responders, and military families. Rather than pathologizing struggle, she explores with clients what their behaviors provide and what they might cost, helping them recognize their innate "response-ability" to shape both external goals and internal freedom. Her own military background informs a genuine understanding of contexts where choice can feel limited. She is known for authentic presence, appropriate humor, and willingness to be fully engaged in difficult moments, and honors both the complexity of human experience and each client's expertise in their own life.

Dr. Darling does not take insurance. Private-pay rates for therapy are listed at the bottom of this page. Dr. Darling can only see patients for therapy in states in which she is licensed - currently, Utah and Arizona.

To book with Dr. Darling, please go to the following link: https://diane-darling.clientsecure.me/