About Jennifer
Jennifer Rochel is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of practice. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and major life changes. She aims to build a caring, respectful relationship where people feel heard and understood.
Jennifer draws on practical, proven methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Sessions focus on skills people can use between meetings, like managing difficult thoughts, calming the body, and taking small steps toward values-driven goals.
How Jennifer works
She also uses solution-focused strategies to set clear, achievable steps when problems feel overwhelming. Her background includes long experience across clinical settings, with work involving mood disorders, trauma, and complex family concerns. That experience informs how she adapts treatment for different situations, including issues around parenting, relationship stress, caregiver strain, and identity-related concerns.
She lists additional focus areas such as adoption and foster care, body image, and veteran and armed forces issues. Jennifer explains things simply and helps people try new ways of coping without adding jargon. She uses a person-centered, culturally aware approach that begins where each person is and respects their life context.
Her practice in Louisiana combines this practical style with a calm, steady presence. People interested in starting complete an intake questionnaire and schedule a time that works for them. Sessions can happen by video, phone, chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and routines.
Jennifer lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Jennifer works with
The areas below are the ones Jennifer selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps toward what matters to them. It focuses on practical value-based actions and simple exercises for everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and mood challenges. Mindfulness Therapy offers short practices to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity; it pairs well with other approaches when stress or trauma make emotions feel overwhelming.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will ask about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn't helped before. Then she tailors methods and checks in regularly to make sure the plan still fits the person's needs and preferences.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions let people use visual cues and full conversations. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflection, or support between longer sessions, all to fit therapy into busy schedules.
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