- Warm collaborative style
- Skills for everyday life
- Focus on change
About Rochelle
Rochelle Smith is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 12 years of experience. She offers a warm, interactive style and focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and addiction. Rochelle also works with clients dealing with trauma, mood disorders, attention challenges, and life transitions including grief and career change.
Her approach centers on the person in front of her. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions collaborative and respectful. She pairs that with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns that keep problems going and DBT skills for emotion regulation when feelings feel overwhelming.
Rochelle draws on mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice unhelpful reactions and find the motivation to try new strategies. She aims to build practical skills people can use between sessions, such as coping techniques for sleep, eating, or impulse control. Sessions focus on clear steps and real-life changes rather than labels.
She has worked with people experiencing parenting difficulties, blended family issues, adoption and attachment concerns, and caregiver stress. Her background also includes helping people with chronic pain and medical challenges where mental health and physical health overlap.
Rochelle asks people to describe their goals early on so therapy can be tailored. The first meetings typically map strengths, priorities, and small practical steps to try. Over time she adjusts the plan based on what helps most.
How Rochelle uses common approaches in online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and shaping sessions around the client's concerns. This approach helps people feel understood and guides decisions about what to try next. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going and offers clear steps to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and eating issues. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships, which is useful when anger, impulsivity, or mood swings get in the way of daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Rochelle works together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She starts by mapping strengths and priorities, then tests practical strategies and adjusts the plan based on what helps most.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people practice new skills in the spaces where they live and work, so changes translate into day-to-day life.
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Rochelle help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addiction, trauma, ADHD, bipolar concerns, grief, sleep and eating issues, parenting and many life transitions.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm and interactive. Sessions are collaborative and aimed at practical steps rather than labels.
What experience does she bring?
Rochelle has twelve years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns including trauma, mood disorders, and addiction.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California.
Can I work with her in other languages or from outside the U.S.?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.