How I Show Up for You
Authentic
Perfection isn’t the goal— in therapy or in life. What matters is showing up as we are. I come to the room grounded and curious, sometimes scrappy, sometimes playful, always human. Healing takes root when we set aside masks and tell the truth of our experience.
Intuitive
Much of my work is intuitive. I listen not only to words but to what lives beneath them— a pause, a shift in tone, the energy in the room. I follow what feels alive, what softens, what stirs something true. There’s no script, just trust in the process and in your own rhythm. Some of the most meaningful work happens in the moments we don’t plan.
Present
I’m not just listening — I’m right here with you. Present, engaged, noticing the things that are hard to say. I don’t sit behind a clinical wall. I laugh when it’s funny, I slow down when it’s tender. I meet you as a whole person because that’s how we get safe enough to go deep. My presence isn’t without cracks, but it’s real — and it’s here to hold the work with care and honesty as you become more fully yourself.
Jennifer Knox, MA, LMFT
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What You Can Expect
Here, you don’t need to have the right words or feel “ready.” You just need to be open to beginning — gently, and in your own time.
You don’t have to carry everything alone — and you don’t have to do it perfectly to begin.
The capacity to heal already is within you. Sometimes it just takes a grounded, compassionate space to help you find it again. Think of therapy like being in a small boat — we may not always know exactly where it’s going, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. We’re in it together.
That’s what I hope to offer: a space where you can exhale, where even the quietest parts of you are welcome and supported as you find your way back to yourself.
My Path to This Work
I come to this work not only as a therapist, but as someone who’s been deeply transformed by therapy myself.
I’ve been the one on the couch, unsure where to begin — and I know how powerful it is to feel truly seen and understood.
I know how important it is to have a safe, steady person with you through life’s transitions, painful moments, and periods of growth — someone who can hold space without judgment while you find your way forward.
Originally from back East, I carry that with me the blunt honesty, the humor, and resilience that shaped me. I spent twenty years living and working in San Francisco, long enough to witness massive change and to understand what it means to be holding a lot: ambition, burnout, identity, and the quiet ache for something more real.
Now rooted in the California desert, I bring all of that with me: the grit, the insight, and the trust in the process of becoming more fully yourself.
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What's in a Name?
The name Inner Sage Psychotherapy was chosen with care. It’s not a brush-off or a vague spiritualism — it reflects a deep trust in the quiet wisdom already living within you. The part that knows when something isn’t right, that longs for more, and that hasn’t given up. In Dialectical Behavior Therapy, this is known as Wise Mind — a grounded clarity we all carry, even when we’ve lost touch with it.
When life has been full of chaos, pain, or pressure to survive, that inner voice can go quiet. The world is loud — in our environments, in our thoughts, and in the lingering echoes of trauma. It’s easy to become disconnected from yourself.
Therapy offers a kind of refuge from the noise. A place to lay down what’s heavy, speak what’s true, and begin to listen inward again — to tap into the steady quiet knowing that’s always been there, waiting to be heard.