Lucie Knapp

Lucie Knapp is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina who helps people facing major life changes, stress, grief, and struggles with eating and body image. She brings a calm, warm approach and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her style aims to make tough topics easier to talk about and to turn insight into action.

She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Rutgers University and a Master of Social Work from the Graduate School of Social Work at Rutgers. Lucie spent many years working in behavioral health and lifestyle coaching at Duke University’s Diet and Fitness Center before moving into private practice. That experience shaped her work on the relationship people have with food and habits that affect well-being.

Sessions blend client-centered conversation with problem-solving tools and cognitive-behavioral techniques. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas, Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills, and mindfulness exercises when helpful. Lucie may include role-based exercises from psychodrama to learn new ways of handling relationships and emotions.

People often come to her for anxiety, depression, coping with life changes, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, career concerns, and feelings of isolation or low self-esteem. She helps identify the patterns that keep problems going, then develops a realistic plan to change them.

Her work emphasizes collaboration and clear steps you can try between sessions. With 21 years in the field and experience coaching life purpose and career decisions, she focuses on steady progress and practical problem solving.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small actions toward those values even when feelings are hard. It can be useful for life transitions, grief, and ongoing worries. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and habits and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. It often includes short experiments and homework to try between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and improve sleeping and stress management.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the person about goals and preferences, then try methods that match those needs. Adjustments are made over time so the plan stays practical and relevant to day-to-day life.

Confirm current session formats before booking because this profile does not list specific options. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and make it easier to work through skills from home or during a break at work. Licensed professionals can guide paced steps, role-based exercises, and behavioral practice that translate well to remote work when agreed on by both parties.