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Online therapist

Suzanne Knapp

Practical support for life and parenting challenges

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
12 years
Licensed in
New York, New Mexico, Utah
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Suzanne

Suzanne Knapp is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with twelve years of experience. She trained and practiced in varied settings, including foster care, group residences, domestic violence shelters, schools, assisted living, outpatient clinics, and independent practice. She combines clinical work and life coaching to help people make practical changes in their lives.

Her style is direct and interactive. She focuses on building self-esteem, finding life purpose, and helping people learn more about themselves.

Background and approach

Sessions aim to clarify goals and identify steps that fit each person’s strengths and values. Suzanne uses a mix of approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques, narrative ideas, and client-centered listening. She often works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, and challenges like ADHD or bipolar mood concerns.

In sessions she helps people set personal and professional goals based on their interests, not others’ expectations. She also addresses communication, blended family dynamics, coping after disasters, first responder stress, and feelings of isolation. She holds a New York Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, NY LCSW 082213, and also carries a New Mexico LCSW, SWB-2022-0126.

Suzanne provides services from New Mexico and conducts sessions in English.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Client-centered work focuses on listening and understanding each person’s view. The therapist uses this approach to help clients feel heard and to build goals that fit their values and strengths.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions shape feelings. It helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping skills by teaching practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns.

Mindfulness approaches encourage present-moment awareness and breathing or attention practices. These tools can reduce stress and support emotion regulation during difficult times.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process and is decided together. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals, preferences, and the issues they bring to sessions.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. These options allow scheduling around work, parenting, and daily life and make it easier to keep consistent progress. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach skills, practice communication, and check in between meetings, all in ways that fit each person’s routine.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Suzanne address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting issues, relationship and intimacy concerns, and a range of other challenges listed in her specialties.
What is her general therapy style like?
She uses an engaging, interactive approach that mixes listening with practical skill building and coaching to help clients reach concrete goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has twelve years of experience across settings such as foster care, shelters, schools, assisted living, outpatient clinics, and independent practice.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with NY LCSW 082213 and NM LCSW SWB-2022-0126, and practices from New Mexico.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She works online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

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Experience
12 years
Licensed
New York, New Mexico, Utah, California
Languages
English

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