About Roc
Roc Kauffman is a licensed mental health counselor with 21 years of experience. He uses the name Roc professionally and brings a long history of listening and repair work into his therapeutic practice. He practices in Vermont and holds MA LMHC and VT LCMHC credentials.
Roc begins by focusing on the decision a person made to reach out. He prioritizes building a therapeutic alliance and learning each person's way of communicating and learning.
How Roc works
The first sessions are about establishing shared goals and a clear plan for how to reach them. His work rests on a client-centered, strengths-based stance. That means he looks for abilities you already show and uses those as starting points.
He combines that stance with practical tools such as cognitive-behavioral exercises, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness practices to help build skills and momentum. Roc also has extensive experience addressing trauma, grief, and loss with phase-oriented approaches. He describes treatment as a collaborative process of trying techniques, seeing what helps, and adjusting course.
The aim is to increase capacity to cope and reduce symptoms by treating underlying issues. In sessions he uses clear, direct language and concrete assignments when helpful. Roc frames therapy as teamwork: he brings experience and tools, and you bring your goals and effort.
Together you create steps that fit your life and move you toward the changes you want.
Roc lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Roc works with
The areas below are the ones Roc selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Vermont |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on identifying values and taking small committed actions toward what matters, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and uses short exercises and homework to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction-related habits.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) targets distressing memories and the reactions they trigger through structured processing steps. It is often used for trauma and its aftereffects.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Roc will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. He treats approach selection as an experiment - trying something, reviewing how it worked, and adjusting together.
Online therapy offers flexibility that many people need. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and EMDR-style work, phone sessions are good when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins or scheduled written work. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week and to keep continuity when schedules change or travel occurs.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with RocWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What kinds of problems does Roc help with?
What is his therapeutic style like?
How much experience does he have?
What are his credentials and where is he based?
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
What session formats are available?
How are sessions billed and what do they cost?
How do I begin the process?
A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions