- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Eating disorders
About Norah
Norah Knabe is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 15 years of clinical experience based in Minnesota. She focuses on helping people manage strong emotions, stress, and relationship concerns. Norah offers straightforward support and practical tools to help people move forward.
She listens to each person's story and helps name the feelings underneath difficult moments. She teaches skills to regulate emotions and reduce day-to-day symptoms. Sessions may include breathing and grounding practices, skills for managing intense feelings, and steps to shift unhelpful thinking patterns.
Background and approach
Norah draws on approaches that prioritize the client's experience and practical change. She uses client-centered techniques to build understanding and trust. Cognitive behavioral tools are used to notice and change thoughts that keep problems going.
When intense emotions or patterns create ongoing distress, dialectical behavior strategies provide concrete tools to tolerate discomfort and improve relationships. Mindfulness practices are offered to help people pause and notice what matters most in the moment. People often come for help with parenting stress, grief, addiction-related concerns, self-esteem, and career pressures.
Norah also works with issues such as trauma, body image, caregiver stress, and communication problems. Her style is warm, steady, and focused on practical next steps. Getting started begins with a brief matching process and scheduling.
Sessions are available in a variety of online formats to fit different needs and routines.
What Norah works with
Everything Norah lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Norah helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Norah lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a trusting, respectful relationship. It helps when someone needs a compassionate space to be heard and to make choices that feel right for them.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It offers clear exercises and strategies for changing unhelpful thinking and reducing symptoms like anxiety or low mood.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, supplies practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. These tools can be useful when people feel overwhelmed or get stuck in repeating patterns.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and then try methods that fit those needs. Adjustments are made as work progresses so strategies match what actually helps.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing connection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and still use the same therapeutic approaches discussed above.
Questions people ask about Norah
What kinds of concerns can be addressed?
Norah works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, grief, addictions, body image, and many related life challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and practical, focusing on listening, validating feelings, and teaching concrete skills for emotion regulation and coping.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of clinical experience working in therapy since 2011.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, MN LMFT, licensed in Minnesota.
Which languages are offered and can international clients participate?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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