Devorah Knaff, LMFT

Devorah Knaff is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are navigating relationship strain, LGBTQ concerns, grief, trauma, and everyday stresses. She emphasizes clients' strengths and treats people as the experts in their own stories. Taking the first step into therapy is recognized as a brave move, and she aims to make that step feel manageable.

Devorah uses a conversational, person-focused style in sessions. She listens first and works to understand each person's priorities before suggesting next steps. Sessions often involve talking through current patterns, identifying small changes, and trying new ways of responding to stress or conflict. She supports people coping with depression, anxiety, sleep problems, parenting strain, and life transitions.

Her background includes substantial work with trauma and abuse and with family-related concerns such as adoption, blended family issues, and family-of-origin patterns. She also helps people facing chronic illness, fertility or fatherhood questions, and struggles with shame or isolation. Practical problem solving and narrative reflection are tools she commonly uses.

Devorah combines client-centered listening with approaches that bring meaning into view. She draws on techniques from narrative and Jungian work to help people reframe personal stories and notice recurring themes. Motivational interviewing ideas help when someone wants to make concrete behavior changes.

People who connect well with her tend to want a therapist who listens closely, respects their lived experience, and helps them try small, achievable steps toward change.

Approaches that shape online sessions

Devorah blends client-centered listening with narrative and motivational approaches. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on hearing a person's experience without judgment and supporting their own goals; it helps when someone needs acceptance and clear reflection. Narrative Therapy helps people notice the stories they tell about themselves and consider alternative, more helpful narratives; it can be useful for handling shame, identity concerns, and family patterns. Motivational Interviewing is a brief, practical approach that supports people who want to change habits by clarifying their motivation and planning small steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs and then recommend what to try first. That process is collaborative and can change as progress is made or priorities shift.

Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten commute time, and allow a quicker check-in between in-person visits. It can also accommodate people who prefer a conversational, sit-and-talk style or who want to work on practical behavior changes without needing to travel.