Rochelle Bard, LCSW

Rochelle Bard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three decades of practice in California. She combines clinical therapy with Christian faith perspectives for clients who want that blend. Her work tends to focus on relationships, family challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, and self-esteem concerns.

Rochelle helps people who are facing abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, and attachment struggles. She also supports those dealing with blended family issues, divorce and separation, and fatherhood concerns. Her experience includes helping people cope with cancer, caregiver stress, fertility and commitment questions.

Her approach is practical and goal-oriented. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered methods, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy to shape sessions. Conversations focus on identifying strengths, clarifying values, and building small, manageable steps toward change.

Rochelle encourages clients to name what matters most and to try concrete strategies between meetings. She offers both video and phone sessions and does not use live chat for therapy. The subscription model for sessions can be canceled at any time.

Clients in California who prefer therapy that can incorporate Christian values alongside clinical care may find her style a good fit. She emphasizes respect for each person’s story and aims to support people as they work toward more stable relationships and better emotional balance.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Rochelle uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters most, accept difficult feelings, and take value-led actions. ACT can be useful for grief, anxiety, and life transitions where people want clearer direction rather than just relief from symptoms.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change patterns. CBT is often helpful for improving mood, managing stress, and building problem-solving routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rochelle will collaborate with each person to identify what fits best based on goals, personality, and the issues at hand. She listens first, then suggests techniques and experiments to try between sessions so progress is measurable.

Rochelle offers video and phone sessions as noted in her profile; live chat is not used for therapy. Please confirm current session options before booking so they match your needs. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so more focus goes to the work itself. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to work well through video or phone formats.