Rochelle Bard, LCSW

Rochelle Bard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 30 years of therapeutic experience. She blends clinical methods with Christian perspectives when clients prefer that integration. Rochelle focuses on helping people manage relationship struggles, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, and low self-esteem. She emphasizes clients' strengths and personal knowledge of their own lives.

Rochelle draws on practical, goal-oriented approaches in sessions. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and take meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy are used to build momentum and set doable steps forward.

Her work often centers on family-origin concerns, blended family issues, and commitment and communication problems. She also supports people facing adoption and foster care challenges, caregiver stress, fertility and fatherhood concerns, and aging-related questions. She can help people process trauma, loss, and the emotional impacts of cancer or other health changes.

Rochelle aims for a respectful, client-centered style. She treats each person as the expert on their story and partners with them to set realistic goals. Sessions tend to focus on clear steps, practical skills, and values-based choices rather than abstract theory.

She offers clinical care in English and provides both video and phone sessions. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking and follow the site steps to begin the intake process.

How Rochelle Uses Practical Approaches in Online Therapy

Rochelle commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people get clear on their values and take actions that match those values, which can be useful for relationship or commitment concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to change how they feel and act.

She also draws on Solution-Focused and Motivational Interviewing techniques to set achievable goals and build momentum. Solution-Focused work keeps attention on what’s working and next steps. Motivational Interviewing supports people who feel stuck and want to find internal reasons to move forward. Rochelle approaches decisions about methods collaboratively and will help determine what fits a person’s needs and goals.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier scheduling and fitting sessions into a busy day, shorter phone check-ins when needed, and being able to meet without travel time. Rochelle offers video and phone sessions; prospective clients should confirm the current session options before booking. She and the client will discuss which approach and session rhythm best fit daily life and therapeutic goals.