Diane Schachter
- B.A., Speech and Drama, DePaul University
- M.A., Communications Studies, Northern Illinois University
- M.A., Applied Behavioral Science, Whitworth College
Diane Schachter is the Fall Program Leader and a member of the LIOS faculty since 1995. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy with a private practice in Seattle and Bellevue. Her training as a therapist includes a three-year post master's internship in Couple and Sex Therapy from the University of Pennsylvania; training and supervision at the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy in New York, New York; and training in Narrative Therapy with Michael White in Adelaide, Australia.
She extends her 20+ years of experience as a therapist to the business community as well. In her work as a leadership coach and consultant, she strives to create greater health in the workplace. As the primary instructor for "InterAct: Quality Workplace Relations," she helps business clients incorporate the signature LIOS skills into the complexities of the contemporary workplace.
She is passionate about the challenging and healing work of peace, forgiveness, and reconciliation within personal relationships and organizations. She has traveled to Burundi, Africa, to participate in a Peace Conference for teachers to learn firsthand about what others are doing with fewer resources to create peace. Her mission is to help her students and clients create a meaningful vision for their life and work and then execute it.