About Rochelle
Rochelle Bard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with 30 years of experience. She blends clinical work with the spiritual values some clients want to include. Rochelle aims to make therapy practical and straightforward for people facing hard moments.
Rochelle focuses on relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and low self-esteem. She also helps with issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, blended family pressures, and communication problems.
How Rochelle works
Many people come to her for help after divorce, during caregiving stress, or when facing health and fertility challenges. In sessions Rochelle uses clear, goal-oriented methods drawn from approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She works to identify what feels most useful and then practices skills together in the session.
Her style is collaborative and respectful, treating the client as the expert on their life. Rochelle offers help over video calls and phone sessions as part of an ongoing plan. She explains steps, offers options, and checks in about progress so work stays relevant to daily life.
Clients who prefer faith-informed guidance can bring that into sessions. Beginning therapy can feel uncertain, and Rochelle emphasizes small, steady steps. She focuses on building confidence, improving communication, and developing ways to cope with loss and past trauma so people can move forward with clearer choices.
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What Rochelle works with
The areas below are the ones Rochelle selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Rochelle’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take steps that match their values. It can be useful for grief, trauma aftereffects, and ongoing stress. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, understanding, and offering a nonjudgmental space so clients can explore their own solutions and build confidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills for changing patterns that cause distress.Figuring out which approach to use is a team effort. Rochelle will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they choose methods to try and check progress as they go, adjusting the plan when needed.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people work face to face when that helps, phone sessions can be easier with lower bandwidth or when being on camera is difficult, and messaging or live chat can suit quick check-ins or shorter, ongoing support. These flexible formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the approaches above to address relationship, family, trauma, and grief concerns.
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