Lucie Knapp, LCSW

Lucie Knapp is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina with more than 21 years of clinical experience. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Women’s Studies from Rutgers University and a Master of Social Work from the Graduate School of Social Work at Rutgers University. Her professional training also includes psychodrama techniques from the Montclair Institute of Psychodrama.

For nearly a decade Lucie served as a Behavioral Therapist and Program Coordinator of the Lifestyle Coaching Program at the Duke University Medical Center Diet and Fitness Center in Durham, where she focused on behavioral approaches to weight loss and long-term weight maintenance. After nine years in that role she transitioned into private practice, continuing work that centers on the relationship with food and the emotional patterns that contribute to overeating. Her perspective emphasizes that eating problems are often rooted in wider life challenges such as anxiety, depression, grief, relationship conflict, stress, and communication difficulties.

Lucie combines a warm, interactive style with a practical, action-oriented approach. She blends client-centered work with solution-focused strategies and cognitive behavioral tools, and she uses elements from acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness therapy, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic therapy, and psychodrama when appropriate. This mix allows her to help individuals explore underlying issues – often described as “peeling back the onion” – while also developing realistic, step-by-step plans to address those concerns.

Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, eating and body-image issues, depression, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleep difficulties, parenting and caregiver stress, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, and compassion fatigue. She also supports work on blended family dynamics, codependency, communication problems, forgiveness, isolation or loneliness, life purpose, midlife transitions, and seasonal mood variations.

Lucie aims to create a respectful, compassionate therapeutic environment in which trust is valued and clients are supported to make meaningful change. She emphasizes both insight and practical skills so that people not only understand their patterns but also have concrete tools and plans to move forward.