Rochelle Nakoa, LCSW

Rochelle Nakoa is an LCSW who helps people navigate hard changes and painful experiences. She works with concerns such as trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, parenting strain, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Rochelle also supports people facing career shifts, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and complicated family situations.

She draws on 13 years of clinical experience across varied settings. That background includes hospice work with end-of-life patients and families, counseling veterans and others during readjustment to civilian life, and therapy with active military around substance use and family relationships. Rochelle also supervised and provided care in correctional mental health, offering both individual and group work to incarcerated people.

Rochelle practices in a collaborative, person-centered way. Sessions focus on understanding what matters to the person and on practical steps toward change. She uses tools that help organize thoughts, spot unhelpful patterns, and build new coping skills.

Her approach combines attention to attachment and relationship dynamics with cognitive-behavioral techniques and mindfulness where helpful. She can also draw on existential questions about meaning and purpose, and on communication strategies influenced by the Gottman method.

People who work with Rochelle often explore past hurts, safety in relationships, and how to manage stress and mood. She aims to reduce shame, improve daily functioning, and support people as they move toward clearer goals and healthier routines.

How therapeutic approaches guide online care

Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps people who struggle with trust, closeness, or patterns that repeat across relationships by identifying relationship dynamics and practicing new ways of connecting.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions influence each other. It breaks problems into manageable steps, teaches skills to change unhelpful thinking, and supports behavior changes for mood, anxiety, and stress-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rochelle will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try strategies that fit those needs. This is a collaborative process and methods can shift as progress is tracked.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the exact session options before booking because the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, cut travel time, and keep check-ins brief when needed. It can also allow for flexible scheduling across locations for international clients. Licensed professionals, including therapists who use attachment and CBT approaches, often adapt exercises and skill practice to work well over distance.