Works with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
- Depression
How Rochelle works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Rochelle
Rochelle Nakoa is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience. She helps people navigate anger, addiction, depression, anxiety, grief, and relationship struggles. Rochelle focuses on practical steps people can use day to day.
Her style is down-to-earth and direct. Rochelle draws on several counseling approaches to meet people where they are. She listens first, then helps organize thoughts and goals.
Sessions often include talking through patterns, identifying triggers, and trying new ways to respond.
Background and approach
Parents and caregivers may find tools to manage stress and improve communication. Her background includes work in hospice and correctional settings, and roles supporting veterans and service members adjusting to civilian life. Those experiences shaped her ability to handle trauma, intimate partner violence, and complex losses.
Rochelle brings a practical focus born from varied clinical work. In the room she uses client-centered techniques to help people discover what matters to them. She also uses cognitive behavioral methods to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Attachment-based ideas guide work on close relationships and trust. Rochelle is based in Missouri and holds the credential Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW. She offers therapy that aims to be straightforward and usable, so people leave sessions with clear next steps.
Her approach emphasizes steady progress over quick fixes. Sessions cover a wide range of concerns including coping with life changes, parenting stress, anger, ADHD, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. People who want practical tools and compassionate listening may find this style helpful.
What Rochelle works with
Everything Rochelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Rochelle's practice.
- 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 for online care and practical tools
Rochelle uses client-centered therapy to prioritize the person sitting across from her. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting what the client says, and helping them name values and goals so they can make changes that matter. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and offers concrete techniques to reduce anger, anxiety, and mood symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rochelle will collaborate with each client to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That can mean starting with listening and goal-setting, then adding behavioral strategies or attachment-focused conversations as appropriate.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different rhythms of life. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, quick coping strategies, or when someone needs flexible, asynchronous contact. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between sessions.
Questions people ask about Rochelle
What concerns does she help with?
She works with anger, addictions, trauma, depression, anxiety, grief, relationship problems, parenting strain, ADHD, and related issues listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Rochelle uses a direct, practical style that begins with listening and then organizing goals and steps clients can try between sessions.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 13 years of clinical experience that includes hospice work, veteran readjustment support, and mental health roles in correctional settings.
What credential and location apply to her practice?
She holds LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and practices from Missouri.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
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.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.