Devorah Knaff

Devorah Knaff is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people facing relationship strain, trauma, grief, anxiety, anger, and life transitions. She emphasizes the person’s own knowledge of their story and strengths as the starting place for change.

Devorah works in a direct, supportive way. She treats clients as partners in figuring out what helps. Sessions tend to involve listening closely to what matters most, identifying realistic next steps, and trying new ways of coping between meetings. She encourages small experiments that build confidence over time.

Her approach draws from client-centered work that centers the person’s perspective. She also uses existential ideas to look at values and meaning, and narrative methods to reframe difficult stories. Motivational interviewing can help when someone feels stuck about making changes.

Many people come to her for issues tied to family of origin, parenting concerns, adoption and foster care questions, or gender and identity matters. She also supports those coping with chronic illness, fertility or fatherhood related stress, and problems with sleep or isolation. Anger and intimacy-related concerns are explicitly listed among her focus areas.

Devorah aims to make the first steps manageable. She invites clients to name what feels most urgent and to set small, achievable goals. The work moves at a pace set by each person’s needs and comfort.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Client-centered therapy places the person’s experience at the center. The therapist listens without judgment and follows what the client says matters most, then helps name practical next steps that fit daily life. Existential therapy looks at values, meaning, and choice when life feels uncertain or overwhelming; it can help people struggling with major changes or questions about purpose.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what techniques feel most useful. That conversation is collaborative and can evolve as needs change over time.

Confirm the current online session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a full in-person visit would be hard. They can also support continuity of care during life transitions and make it simpler to balance work, parenting, or medical appointments with regular sessions.