Rochelle Nakoa, LCSW
Licensed in Missouri · 13 years in practice
Rochelle Nakoa helps people who are coping with addiction, trauma, relationship strain, anxiety, depression, and parenting stress.
License and registration
- LCSW, Missouri
- 2012013818 · expires September 2027
- NPI
- 1194061440 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
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About Rochelle
Rochelle Nakoa helps people who are coping with addiction, trauma, relationship strain, anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. She is Rochelle Nakoa, an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) with 13 years of experience. Her approach centers on respectful listening and practical steps people can try between sessions.
Rochelle draws on several approaches to meet different needs. She uses attachment-focused work to look at patterns that affect relationships. She applies client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person's goals.
Background and approach
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Her background includes work in hospice, with veterans, and inside the corrections system. Those roles involved individual and group work and shaped her interest in sexual trauma and intimate partner violence.
She has supported people facing grief, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and complex life transitions. In sessions she emphasizes clear, practical strategies. People may be asked to try short exercises, track thoughts or behaviors, or practice new ways of communicating.
The aim is steady progress over time rather than quick fixes. Rochelle works with adults on concerns like bipolar symptoms, ADHD, codependency, eating and sleep problems, career questions, and compassion fatigue. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible scheduling.
Rochelle is based in Missouri and offers services in English to national and international clients.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Rochelle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- 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
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- 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-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rochelle names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that translate well to online care
Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationship patterns affect how people connect and react to stress. Online sessions can help identify those patterns and practice new responses to improve communication and closeness. Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s goals and experiences and creates space to talk things through at the client’s pace; it’s helpful for building self-awareness and confidence during regular online meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with concrete exercises like thought logs and behavioral experiments that are easy to assign and review remotely.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they will choose or combine methods so sessions match the person’s needs and pace, with adjustments over time as progress is made.
Online formats offer practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues, while phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging work well for short check-ins, emotional support between sessions, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These choices help make therapy fit around work, caregiving, travel, or varying energy levels.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she address?
She helps people with addictions, trauma and abuse, anxiety and depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, parenting strain, sleep and eating issues, bipolar and ADHD, and related stresses.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sessions are person-focused and collaborative. She listens first, then offers practical tools like thought tracking, communication exercises, and homework to try between sessions.
What experience does she bring to therapy?
She has 13 years of clinical experience working in hospice, with veterans, and inside the corrections system, including individual and group work and work related to sexual trauma and intimate partner violence.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) licensed in Missouri and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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