Cassia Garcia-Knab

Cassia Garcia-Knab is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 16 years of experience who helps people manage strong emotions and life changes. She speaks English and Portuguese and works with people facing anger, grief, relationship and parenting strain, and struggles with self-esteem and sleep. Cassia encourages straightforward conversations and practical steps that people can use right away.

She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what is hardest. Cassia aims to help clients name their patterns and try small changes that reduce conflict and distress. She often focuses on clear tools and everyday strategies rather than long talks that go nowhere.

Her background includes many years of clinical work in Texas and other states, and she combines multiple approaches to fit each person. Cassia draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions focused on the person’s goals. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and DBT skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.

Clients who come in for anger concerns may also address attachment, communication, or past losses that feed heated reactions. Cassia also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, caregiving stress, chronic health issues, and life transitions. She tailors pacing and homework to the client’s daily routine.

If someone prefers to work in English or Portuguese, Cassia can accommodate both languages. She asks new clients to describe what they want to change, then offers a clear plan with check-in points so progress is visible and tangible.

Therapeutic approaches for online work

Cassia uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions grounded in what matters to the person. This approach emphasizes listening closely and shaping goals around the client’s own priorities, which helps when anger or grief feel overwhelming.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a practical way to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. CBT can help reduce repeated patterns of anger by changing how situations are interpreted and what actions follow.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are also part of her toolbox for managing strong emotions. DBT offers concrete techniques for regulating feelings, tolerating distress, and improving communication during high-stress moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and daily life, then suggest which methods to try first. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust techniques if something isn’t working.

The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy routines, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It can also let people use strategies learned in sessions immediately in their day-to-day life, which supports steady progress.