Therapist profile
Rochelle Nakoa, LCSW
Missouri
LCSW - Codependency and trauma support
Continue with RochelleWhere Rochelle stands
- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Missouri / 2012013818
- NPI
- 1194061440
- Experience
- 13 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Missouri
About
- Addictions
- Attachment work
- CBT methods
About Rochelle
Rochelle Nakoa is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 13 years of experience. She practices in Missouri and works with a wide range of concerns including addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, depression, anxiety, grief, and codependency.
Rochelle draws on client-centered ways of working. She helps people put thoughts into words and onto paper to make sense of what they are feeling. Sessions focus on noticing patterns that keep people stuck and on practical steps to change daily routines and responses.
Her background includes work with hospice patients and families around end-of-life care, support for veterans during readjustment to civilian life, and clinical roles with active military focused on substance use and family relationships. She also worked in corrections providing individual and group therapy across gender and transgender populations. Those roles shaped her experience with sexual trauma and intimate partner violence.
In the room she uses methods drawn from attachment-based and cognitive behavioral approaches alongside client-centered listening. That combination is used to look at how early patterns influence current relationships and to practice different ways of responding in real situations.
Rochelle often helps with practical problems like setting boundaries, reducing people-pleasing, managing overwhelming emotions, and coping with major life changes. She supports clients in making step-by-step changes rather than promising instant answers. If you want to explore codependency, she can help you notice the patterns and develop alternatives.
How sessions work
Approach-driven online sessions that fit your life
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice how they relate to others and how those patterns affect trust, boundaries, and closeness. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and helping a person name their thoughts and feelings. It is useful when someone feels stuck or unsure who they are and needs space to sort things out. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and introduces small experiments and practical skills to change unhelpful patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to figure out which methods match their goals and preferences. That makes therapy a collaborative effort where approaches can be combined or adjusted over time.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-in times when needed, or avoid travel time. It can also let people practice skills between sessions in the places they actually live and relate. Ask about available formats and how sessions are scheduled when you complete the matching questionnaire.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, depression, anxiety, grief, codependency and many related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a client-centered approach that helps people put thoughts on paper and notice patterns, combined with attachment-informed and cognitive behavioral ideas.
How much experience does she have?
Rochelle has 13 years of clinical experience across hospice care, veteran readjustment, active military settings, and correctional mental health work.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Missouri.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified here; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.