- Person-centered approach
- Practical goal work
- Support for trauma
About Rochelle
Rochelle Nakoa is an LCSW who helps people facing money and financial issues alongside a broad range of life challenges. She works with people coping with addiction, trauma, grief, career stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Rochelle also supports those dealing with parenting strain, caregiving stress, ADHD, and intimacy-related struggles.
She favors straightforward, person-centered work that starts with listening. Conversations focus on what matters to the person in front of her. Rochelle helps clients name problems, organize thoughts on paper, and move toward realistic next steps.
Her background includes 13 years in social work roles across hospice care, military readjustment counseling, active-duty military mental health support, and a leadership role in a corrections mental health department. Those roles involved individual and group therapy and work with people affected by sexual trauma and intimate partner violence.
In sessions she aims to reduce shame and burden so people can make practical changes. Expect calm, direct talk about goals and small, manageable steps toward them. She combines listening with tools drawn from cognitive behavioral ideas, attachment-focused thinking, and mindfulness techniques.
Rochelle practices in Missouri and communicates in English. She has experience helping people through life transitions, chronic health challenges, and complicated family dynamics. To begin, people complete a short intake questionnaire and schedule appointments based on availability.
How her approaches fit online care
Rochelle blends person-centered ideas with attachment-focused thinking and cognitive behavioral techniques. Person-centered work is about listening, reflecting, and helping someone name what they want to change. It helps when someone feels stuck and needs space to sort values and goals. Attachment-based ideas look at how close relationships shape responses to stress and trust, which can be useful for relationship, intimacy, and abandonment concerns. Cognitive behavioral techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or depression.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rochelle will discuss goals and preferences and recommend which methods to emphasize. She treats this as a collaborative process and adjusts the plan as progress and needs evolve.
The practical benefits of online therapy can include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week and shorter check-ins when needed. Because the therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current options before booking. Many people find remote sessions help maintain continuity during life transitions, reduce travel time, and allow work on relationship, grief, and stress issues from wherever they are.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Rochelle address?
She supports people with addictions, trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, and money and financial issues among other life stresses.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses a person-centered approach that emphasizes listening and helping people organize thoughts. Sessions focus on goals and small, practical steps.
What is her clinical background?
Rochelle has 13 years of social work experience including hospice care, veteran readjustment counseling, military mental health, and a mental health leadership role in corrections.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW licensed in Missouri and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to start therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.