- Years in practice
- 13
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Rochelle
Rochelle Nakoa is an LCSW with over a decade of clinical experience. She focuses on parenting concerns alongside a wide range of issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, relationship strain, grief, and stress. Her approach aims to help people find clearer thinking and steadier coping when life feels overwhelming.
Rochelle draws on person-centered principles to build a respectful and nonjudgmental space. She encourages clients to put thoughts to paper and sort through feelings in practical ways.
Background and approach
Sessions often involve clarifying goals, identifying small changes, and practicing new ways to respond to old patterns. Her background includes work in hospice, readjustment counseling, treatment for substance use and military-related stresses, and leadership roles in correctional mental health. Those roles contributed to experience with sexual trauma and intimate partner violence as key focus areas.
This experience informs a steady, trauma-aware stance in session. Rochelle uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to address unhelpful thinking and habits. She also brings attachment-informed ideas to understand how relationships shape emotions and behavior.
Together these approaches help with parenting concerns, communication problems, and repairing connection. In practical terms, she aims for clear next steps each session. That can mean a short skill to try during the week or a change in how someone describes a problem.
The work is collaborative and paced to fit each person’s needs.
What Rochelle works with
Everything Rochelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Rochelle helps people with.
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rochelle lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches and online options for parenting and trauma
Rochelle blends person-centered work with cognitive behavioral and attachment-informed ideas to address parenting stress, trauma, and relationship patterns. Person-centered therapy focuses on listening and helping people name what matters to them so they can move toward their goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors to identify small practical changes that ease distress. Attachment-informed work explores how early and current relationships shape reactions and helps people develop more reliable ways of relating.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. That conversation shapes which techniques are emphasized and how sessions are paced, so the plan fits the person rather than forcing a single method.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face connection for skill practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, coaching-style support, or when written reflection feels helpful. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, childcare, or travel while keeping focus on progress and usable skills.
Questions people ask about Rochelle
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people with parenting issues and a broad range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, and stress.
How does she approach therapy?
She uses a person-centered style with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment perspectives to clarify thinking and change habits. Sessions emphasize practical steps and self-reflection.
What is her clinical background?
She has 13 years of experience and has worked in hospice care, readjustment counseling, treatment for substance use and military-related settings, and correctional mental health leadership roles.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker, licensed in Missouri.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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