Susan Knecht, MSW, LCSW

Susan Knecht, MSW, LCSW
Profession(s): Psychotherapy, Counseling, Clinical Social Work
License Status:  I'm a licensed professional.
License Type:  LCSW
License Number:  LCS 25390

My Approach to Helping

Healing is within your reach. My core belief as a psychotherapist is that each of us has the blueprint for our own healing stored within us. We unconsciously know what is healthy for us, and how to achieve it even if we cannot see our way there clearly in the moment. In our work together, my primary focus is to help you tap into that stored information at your own pace. Through our collaboration we can identify what areas in your life may need attention, and we find our way forward with you as the guide. In my experience of walking through these difficult times with clients, positive change does come, sometimes abundantly, from thoughtful consideration of the all-important details and the trials encountered along the way. What is created is the rarest of spaces in your busy everyday life: a therapeutic container that can hold what may feel like the most enormous of cares. My style is relational and interactive; I don't only sit back and listen. We will engage in a therapeutic conversation that moves us gently through any stuck places that we may discover. In the safety of this environment, you can best access your own unique blueprint for healing.

More Info About My Practice

Please feel free to email or call for a free 10-minute phone consultation. My fee is $120 for a 50-minute session. Some sliding scale appointments available. My offices are located on 23rd and 24th Streets in the heart of Noe Valley and are accessible by MUNI on the J-Church and the 48 bus.
 

Services I Provide

  • Individual Therapy & Counseling
  • Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
  • Family Therapy
  • Group Therapy
 

Ages I Work With

  • Adults
  • Elders
 

Languages I Speak

  • English
 

Groups I Work With

  • I specialize in working with: New mothers navigating the space between working in and outside the home, those who would like to explore the impact their new baby has on their relationship and to learn how to make time for themselves as a couple, those who are in or out of relationship and seeking to understand themselves better in that context, people negotiating a life transition after loss (job, loved one), those experiencing the dislocation of place that a political or cultural relocation to the U.S. can stir up, people living with chronic illness
 

Therapy Approaches I Use

  • Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Holistic Psychotherapy
  • Humanistic Psychology
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Mindfulness Based Approaches
  • Object Relations
  • Psychodynamic
  • Relational Psychotherapy
  • Self Psychology
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Somatic Psychotherapy
  • Integration of different therapy models
 
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Locations & Maps
Office 1: 
Noe Valley
San Francisco, CA 94114 United States
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Concerns & Issues I Help With

  • Abuse Survivor Issues
  • Abandonment and/or Fear of
  • Addictions (Drug & Alcohol)
  • Addictions (Other)
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Agoraphobia
  • Anxiety
  • Bereavement
  • Caregiver Issues/Stress
  • Chronic Pain
  • Creative Blocks
  • Depression
  • Eating & Food Issues
  • Fertility Issues
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, & Transgender Issues
  • Grief & Loss
  • Parenting
  • Physical Illness/Disease
  • Post Partum Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress
  • Relationships & Marriage
  • Reproduction, Pregnancy, & Birthing