Devorah Knaff, LMFT

Devorah Knaff is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 11 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people navigate struggles like relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, and challenges tied to identity and sexuality. Her work often centers on everyday problems that interfere with functioning and wellbeing.

She approaches therapy from a perspective that centers the person telling their story. She treats each client as the expert on their life and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions are conversational and geared toward practical change rather than labels or jargon.

Devorah uses ideas from client-centered work to listen closely and follow the client's lead. She also draws on narrative and Jungian approaches to help people understand the stories and inner patterns that shape behavior. Motivational interviewing techniques support people who want to make concrete changes.

Her experience includes supporting people with parenting stress, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and fatherhood questions. She also addresses chronic pain, illness, and disability related struggles alongside emotional issues like guilt, shame, isolation, and anger.

People who find her approach useful tend to want a therapist who listens, honors their lived experience, and works collaboratively. Those interested in exploring identity, intimacy, life purpose, or coping with major life changes may find a practical, thoughtful ally in her.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Client-centered therapy places the client's experience at the center of sessions and focuses on active listening and empathy. It is useful for people who want a supportive space to tell their story and make decisions about relationships, identity, or life transitions.

Narrative therapy helps people separate themselves from problem-saturated stories and rewrite those narratives. This approach can help with issues like grief, shame, isolation, and life purpose by identifying alternate storylines and choices.

Motivational interviewing is a practical, goal-oriented method that supports people who want to change behavior. It helps clarify motivation and build small, achievable steps toward goals like improving sleep, managing stress, or addressing health-related routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful. She tailors techniques from different approaches based on the client's needs and collaborates on a plan rather than imposing a single method.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing sessions to occur from a familiar location. Some formats use less bandwidth or are shorter check-ins, which can suit a tight schedule or a quick follow-up. Confirm the available session formats with the therapist before booking so arrangements match daily routines and technology needs.