Dawn Rochelle, LCSW

Dawn Rochelle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and life transitions. She focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life more manageable while clients work through deeper issues. Dawn draws on 18 years of clinical experience to help people sort priorities and take realistic action.

She begins by noticing what already works in a person's life. Those strengths become the starting point for coping and problem solving. Sessions include coaching, skill building, and clear steps to reduce overwhelm while addressing things that are not going well.

Dawn uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person. She incorporates client-centered work to follow what matters to the individual, cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thoughts, and EMDR methods for processing trauma when appropriate. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also appear in her work to support motivation and moment-to-moment awareness.

Her background includes executive coaching, wellness planning, and life skills development. She helps people spot negative messages from past experiences or toxic environments and then replace them with targeted, practical strategies. This makes goals feel more reachable and everyday life more stable.

Dawn has experience supporting people through caregiving stress, aging and geriatric issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and first responder challenges. She works with a wide range of professionals, parents, and caregivers and supports diversity, equity, and inclusion in her practice.

How Dawn’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on what matters most to the person in front of the therapist. It involves listening closely, following the client’s priorities, and shaping sessions around those goals. This approach helps when people need support making decisions or finding clearer direction.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and homework to test new ways of thinking and acting, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. EMDR is a trauma-related method that helps process distressing memories; when used it is aimed at reducing the emotional charge of those memories and improving functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dawn will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. She combines approaches as needed and adjusts plans based on how a person responds during sessions.

Many people choose online therapy to make sessions fit their schedules and routines. Please confirm the specific session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to keep regular appointments, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when days are busy. Therapists can also suggest tools and exercises to use between meetings so progress continues outside of sessions.