Devorah KnaffLMFT

Devorah Knaff is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and issues related to LGBT identities. Devorah aims to meet people where they are and to build on their existing strengths as they work through hard things.

Her approach starts with listening. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and helps them name what matters most. Sessions move at a person's pace and focus on practical next steps as well as deeper meaning.

Devorah draws on client-centered work to make space for a person's experience. She also uses narrative and existential ideas to help people tell and retell their stories with more agency. Jungian concepts can be used when imagery or symbols are helpful in understanding patterns.

Motivational interviewing is part of her toolbox when someone needs help finding the energy to change habits or make decisions. Across methods, the emphasis is on collaboration and respect rather than judgment.

People often seek her out for grief, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, fertility concerns, sleep problems, anger, and life transitions. She also works with issues like attachment, adoption and foster care, blended family dynamics, chronic illness, and questions about fatherhood and forgiveness.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Client-centered therapy is about listening closely and following the person's lead. It helps people feel heard and helps identify what they want to change or keep. Narrative therapy focuses on the stories people tell about themselves and looks for ways to retell those stories with more control and purpose. Existential therapy addresses larger questions of meaning, choice, and responsibility when someone faces life transitions or deep uncertainty.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and comfort levels and suggest which methods to try first. This is a joint process and can shift over time as needs change.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking since the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can help fit therapy into a busy life by making scheduling more flexible and reducing travel time. It can also allow shorter check-ins when a full session feels overwhelming, or make it easier to remain off camera when that helps a person focus. Licensed professionals and therapists can tailor the format and pace to match what a person needs.