Erin Knebel, LCSW
Neurodivergent-Affirming & LGBTQ+ Therapy in Dallas, TX
Welcome! My name is Erin Knebel.
I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. My therapeutic approach is holistic and Self-driven, honoring the sacred nature of mind, body, and spirit. My focus is leading you back to your Self. You are your own expert and know yourself better than any doctor or therapist. Our upbringings often sever us from a natural understanding of our emotions, thoughts, and soul; I aim to bring people back into the rich world of their mind and body.
To struggle is normal.
If you’ve already done the therapy thing — you know how to name your feelings, you’ve built a coping skills toolbox, you can probably diagnose your own attachment style — and you’re still stuck, you’re in the right place.
Erin (they/them) works with people who are ready to go past insight and into actual change — building the skills, language, and self-understanding that talk therapy alone didn’t quite get you to. Erin’s practice centers neurodivergent adults, queer and gender-expansive folks, and people navigating non-traditional relationship structures — with a particular focus on identity exploration and building real, usable skills for daily life.
Client Populations: Adults. Neurodivergent. Spiritually diverse. LGBTQ+, gender non-conforming. Kink and poly friendly. Sex positive.
Areas of Focus: Complex trauma, Attachment issues, Dissociative spectrum disorders, Addiction, Identity Issues, Therapy for Spiritual Issues and Exploring Spirituality, Religious Trauma, Lack of purpose, Anxiety, Depression
Treatment Modalities: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, Internal Family Systems, narrative therapy, Shadow work, somatic work, mindfulness, Brainspotting, client-centered & trauma-informed approach, Jungian psychoanalytic therapy & psychodynamic therapy
Rates: $160 per 50 minute session, In-Network with UnitedHealthcare, UMR, Optum, Aetna, and Blue Cross Blue Shield, Baylor Scott & White Health Insurance. Out-of-network insurance, superbill can be provided upon request
Credentials: Erin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Masters in Social Work Degree from University of Texas at Arlington
You might be a good fit for working with Erin if:
- You’ve tried “traditional” therapy — talk therapy, CBT — and it helped a little, but you hit a wall.
- You’re neurodivergent, especially if you’re autistic or ADHD and have spent years masking, and you’re ready to stop performing “normal” in session too.
- You’re queer, trans, or gender-nonconforming and you’re exploring your identity, questioning, or looking for support with gender-affirming care — and you want a therapist who isn’t learning this alongside you.
- You’re in, or curious about, an ethically non-monogamous relationship structure and want a therapist who won’t treat that as the problem.
- You want a therapist who understands that a lot of what gets called “mental illness” is a reasonable response to living inside systems — capitalism, white supremacy, purity culture, ableism — that were never built with you in mind.
What Therapy With Erin Actually Feels Like
Clients often describe Erin as kindly direct — someone who will tell you the truth, gently, instead of just nodding along. Sessions feel grounding and steady, which matters a lot if your nervous system is used to bracing for something.
Fidgets are not just allowed in Erin’s office — they’re encouraged. If you think better with your hands, or you need to move to stay regulated, that’s built into the room, not something you have to apologize for.
Erin will also happily nerd out with you — about your special interest, your hyperfixation, the show you can’t stop thinking about — sometimes in the very same session where you’re doing deeper processing work. That’s not a tangent. For a lot of neurodivergent folks, that kind of genuine interest and info-dumping is co-regulation, and Erin treats it that way instead of redirecting you back to “the point.”
Erin's Approach
Erin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who takes a relational, holistic, and skills-based approach — helping you build real tools for identity exploration, emotional regulation, and navigating relationships and systems that weren’t designed with neurodivergent or queer people in mind. Erin’s work draws on Internal Family Systems (parts work) and a trauma-informed lens, like every clinician at Onward.
Erin holds space for:
- Identity exploration — sexuality, gender, neurotype, or all three at once
- Gender-affirming therapy for trans and gender-nonconforming clients
- Neurodivergent skill-building — executive functioning, masking fatigue, sensory needs, and communication, for autistic and ADHD adults
- Ethical non-monogamy — relationship structure, communication, jealousy, and boundaries, without judgment
- A deconstructionist lens — looking at how systems (religious, cultural, medical) shape mental health, and helping you figure out what’s actually yours to keep
New to therapy? Here's How to get started
Click below to schedule a free 15-minute video consultation.
You’ll get a link to log on to our secure video platform at the time of your consultation.
If you prefer a phone call, we’re happy to give you a call instead.
If it seems like we’re a good fit, we’ll set up a first session and get started.
People Also Ask:
Does Erin work with autistic or ADHD adults who haven't been formally diagnosed?
Yes. Erin works with self-identified and formally diagnosed neurodivergent adults alike, including people who are just beginning to explore whether they’re autistic, ADHD, or both.
Is Erin's practice affirming of non-monogamous relationships?
Yes. Erin works with clients in ethically non-monogamous, polyamorous, and other non-traditional relationship structures, and won’t treat your relationship structure as the presenting problem.
Does Erin offer gender-affirming therapy?
Yes. Erin supports trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming clients in identity exploration and gender-affirming care.
For other options, check our other Onward Therapists.
It’s OK to seek help for mental illness or mental health issues.
The search for the right therapist for you can be a chore. Whether spiritual issues, therapy for dissociation, or religious trauma healing Erin Knebel can help empower you on your journey. It’s true, anti-oppressive counseling is vitally important in these instances. Moreover, the therapeutic relationship is crucial to effective healing, and a mental health professional can help.
If you’ve experienced spiritual abuse, post traumatic stress disorder, a traumatic event related to religion or spirituality, or been ostracized from your faith community or family members for your belief system or questioning of a higher power, you’re not alone.
Religious trauma syndrome is real, and you can heal. A happier, healthier you is possible. Though many mental health conditions listed in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders may respond well to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), we often need a more tailored, and even eclectic approach based on personal circumstance.
