- Years in practice
- 12
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- LGBT
About Rochelle
Rochelle Smith is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with 12 years of clinical experience. She offers a warm, interactive style and aims to create a respectful space where clients feel heard. Rochelle focuses on practical steps parents and individuals can take when life feels overwhelming.
She commonly supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, bipolar disorder, and attention-deficit hyperactivity challenges. Parenting concerns, relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and sleep or eating difficulties are also frequent topics in her work.
Background and approach
Rochelle pays attention to how life transitions and caregiving strain affect emotional well-being. Her work draws on client-centered principles and cognitive-behavioral techniques, along with elements from dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness. Sessions tend to mix talk, skill-building, and small experiments clients can try between meetings.
Motivational interviewing is used when people want focused help making changes. Rochelle adapts conversations and plans to fit each person’s situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all script. She avoids labels and emphasizes collaboration, respect, and practical problem solving.
Many clients find this direct yet compassionate approach helps them make steady progress. Rochelle offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs. She conducts therapy in English and practices from California as a California LMFT.
What Rochelle works with
Everything Rochelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Rochelle helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- 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
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- 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-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rochelle lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and adapting sessions to each person's needs. It helps people feel understood and supports them in finding their own solutions when parenting or life feels stressful.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. This approach is useful for anxiety, mood changes, sleep and eating problems, and for parents trying to shift daily routines.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers emotion regulation skills, distress tolerance, and strategies for clearer communication. These tools can reduce intense reactions and help people manage strong feelings in the moment.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rochelle collaborates with clients to choose or blend methods that match goals, preferences, and the problems at hand. She checks in regularly to see what is helping and adjusts the plan together.
Online therapy gives flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients check in between sessions or have shorter, focused conversations. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling parenting and life demands.
Questions people ask about Rochelle
What kinds of concerns does Rochelle address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, bipolar disorder, ADHD and related concerns such as grief, trauma, relationship strain, parenting, sleep and eating issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and interactive, mixing conversation with practical skill building and small experiments to try between sessions.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 12 years of clinical experience providing psychotherapy for a range of mental health and life concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, credentialed as a CA LMFT, and practices in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Rochelle offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's listed availability.
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