“Being a therapist is my second career. My son who has autism went into counseling, I saw a significant improvement in his behaviors and that inspired me to go back for my Masters in counseling. When I was interviewing for Waterfall, I looked up the website and saw the Veggie RX section and I thought I need to be a part of this community!” 

Diane Smith LPC holds a Masters in Counseling degree from Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa Idaho Marriage and Family track. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Oregon and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in the state of Idaho. She is also a National Certified Counselor. For over 9 years, she has worked with, aided and encouraged individuals of varying ages from 18 to 80 years old, families, couples, and adult and adolescent groups through strength-based interventions to help with motivation, processing trauma and reduction of anxiety, and depression. She holds certification in Child Parent Psychotherapy and has been trained in trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy and Parent Child Interactive Therapy. Diane utilizes evidence-based modalities, not limited to: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Adlerian, Solution Focused, and Gestalt therapies. Diane has been married for over 29 years, has a blended family, has lived in California, Nevada and Idaho, and before obtaining her Masters degree has had working experience in hotel administration, employment placement, payroll, accounts receivable and payable and third-party administration health insurance.