About Rochelle
Rochelle Bard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in California with three decades of therapeutic experience. She blends clinical approaches with Christian faith for clients who want spiritual perspective alongside counseling. Rochelle focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier and more capable in relationships and life.
She helps people sort through relationship problems, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, and low self-esteem. She also works with concerns tied to abandonment, adoption and foster care, aging, attachment, blended families, and caregiver stress.
Background and approach
Other areas include communication and commitment problems, divorce and separation, fertility and fatherhood issues, and coping after disasters. Rochelle uses methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide sessions. She also draws on Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy to help clients set goals and try actionable steps between meetings.
Her style is collaborative and strengths-based, inviting clients to use what already works for them. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging depending on the format chosen. She does not work with international clients.
Rochelle encourages people to take the first step when they feel ready and offers support for making practical changes. People who prefer faith-informed counseling and a focus on clear, doable strategies may find her approach a good fit. She aims to help clients name their priorities, build confidence, and move toward more fulfilling relationships and daily life.
Approach and online options for counseling
Rochelle commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. ACT focuses on accepting difficult thoughts while committing to actions that match personal priorities, which can help with grief, trauma, and relationship decisions.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which means she listens closely and follows the person's lead. This approach helps people feel heard and build confidence as they work through family conflict or self-esteem issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is another tool she draws on to identify unhelpful thoughts and try concrete behavior changes for problems like anxiety, low mood, or communication breakdowns.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Rochelle will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped before, then adapt methods collaboratively. Clients can expect a mix of listening, practical suggestions, and agreed-upon steps to try between sessions.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video or phone sessions let people have longer conversations, while chat and text can be used for shorter check-ins or quick support. These options let therapy fit around work, caregiving, and daily life while keeping regular contact with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English