- CBT techniques
- Client-centered work
- DBT skills
About Rochelle
Rochelle Smith is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - practicing in California with 12 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, ADHD, bipolar disorder, trauma, and related life changes. She also helps people dealing with grief, parenting strain, career uncertainty, and body image or eating and sleeping difficulties.
Rochelle uses straightforward, talk-based therapy rooted in Client-Centered ideas and cognitive techniques. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking. She integrates skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness when people need emotion regulation and grounding tools.
Her style is interactive and respectful. Conversations aim to reduce shame and blame while naming patterns that cause pain. She helps people uncover how past attachment or abandonment experiences shape current relationships and choices.
Rochelle often works with issues that overlap, such as co-occurring addiction and mood problems, caregiving stress alongside chronic illness, or parenting strain with attachment concerns. She also addresses blended family dynamics, adoption and foster care histories, and communication or commitment problems.
Clients can expect a mix of teaching, reflective conversation, and behavior-focused homework when that helps. For people early in adult life she often focuses on coping skills, clearer communication, rebuilding self-esteem, and planning next steps for career and relationships.
How Rochelle’s approaches translate to online work
Rochelle uses Client-Centered methods and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as core elements in her practice. Client-Centered work involves open, nonjudgmental conversation that helps people clarify what matters to them and make choices that reflect their values. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotion regulation or intense reactions get in the way of daily life. DBT offers concrete techniques for grounding, managing strong feelings, and improving communication in close relationships. These approaches can be combined to address issues such as addiction, ADHD, relationship problems, and coping with major life changes.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Rochelle will work with each person to decide which methods to use based on their goals, current struggles, and what feels doable. That may mean focusing on short-term CBT strategies, practicing DBT skills between sessions, or using Client-Centered conversation to sort through values and priorities.
Confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove travel time. Speak with the therapist during the matching process to learn which session arrangements are offered and how they can fit into everyday life.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address for young adults?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, career concerns, ADHD, addiction, and life transitions common in early adulthood.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is interactive and respectful, focusing on clear thinking and practical skills from Client-Centered therapy, CBT, DBT, and mindfulness.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of concerns including trauma, bipolar disorder, and caregiving stress.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a CA LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California.
Can I see a therapist if English isn't my first language?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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