Suzanne Knapp, LCSW

Suzanne Knapp is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with twelve years of experience. She practices in New Mexico and brings a background in social work, psychotherapy, supervision, and life coaching. Suzanne focuses on helping people build self-esteem, clarify purpose, and manage stress and anxiety. She uses practical tools to help clients move toward everyday goals.

Her work history includes roles in foster care, group residences, a domestic violence shelter, schools, assisted living, outpatient clinics, and private practice. That variety shaped a flexible approach that fits different life situations. She is familiar with concerns such as depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, trauma and abuse, grief, and compassion fatigue.

Suzanne’s style is engaging and interactive. Sessions often involve direct conversation, goal setting, and skills practice. She aims to help people identify personal strengths and create steps that fit their daily routines.

She commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques. Those methods are used to address unhelpful thinking, increase present-moment awareness, support motivation, and reframe personal stories.

Her practice also covers practical life issues like parenting strain, blended family challenges, communication problems, career concerns, sleep difficulties, and recovery after injury or disaster. Suzanne guides people through coping with major changes and finding clearer direction.

New clients can expect a collaborative process that balances coaching and therapy. Suzanne helps each person set realistic goals and works with them to practice new skills between sessions.

Approaches that fit an online therapy experience

Suzanne often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical and works well for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and mood conditions by teaching specific skills and strategies.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening closely and building a trusting, nonjudgmental relationship. That approach helps people feel heard and clarify their own goals and values. Mindfulness therapy is another tool she draws on to teach present-moment awareness and stress reduction through simple attention practices.

Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative process. Suzanne works with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She may combine approaches and adjust them over time so the work stays practical and relevant.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a fuller face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins or when a written reflection is helpful. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into work, family, or recovery schedules.