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Rochelle Lachance

Experienced therapist focused on family and parenting

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Credentials
MD, LCSW-C
Experience
41 years
Licensed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Rochelle

Rochelle Lachance is a licensed clinician with four decades of hands-on experience. She brings a practical, calm presence to conversations about parenting, family challenges, relationships, addiction, grief, and stress. Rochelle listens first, then helps people set clear goals and take small steps toward change.

Her plainspoken style aims to make hard topics easier to talk about. Rochelle began practicing social work in 1975 and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in 1983.

Background and approach

She also holds an MD and has worked across many settings including hospitals, outpatient clinics, psychiatric units, substance use programs, and special education schools. That background gives her a broad view of services and community supports in Maryland. In sessions she focuses on building trust and problem solving.

Expect a therapist who asks practical questions and helps you try techniques between meetings. She draws on methods such as cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, and client-centered listening to match the work to your needs. Her experience includes home visits with geriatric clients and training in marriage and family therapy.

Rochelle also has experience with hoarding, hospice and end-of-life counseling, infidelity and jealousy, and obsessive-compulsive challenges. She combines clinical knowledge with familiarity about local resources. Many people find her steady, experienced approach useful when dealing with life transitions, anxiety, depression, trauma, or parenting stresses.

Rochelle helps identify steps you can take now and supports follow-through toward the goals you set together.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Client-centered work focuses on listening and supporting a person’s own goals. In practice this means the therapist reflects what you say, helps you clarify priorities, and follows your lead as changes are tried. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical tools to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name emotions and change interaction patterns that cause pain in relationships. Finding the right approach is a team effort. Rochelle will discuss your concerns and try methods that fit your goals and comfort level. Over a few sessions she will adjust techniques or combine styles to match what helps most. Online therapy offers flexibility for busy families and people in different parts of Maryland. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide shorter or more frequent contact for check-ins and homework support. These options make it easier to keep momentum between appointments and to fit therapy into a crowded schedule.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?
Rochelle works with issues such as addictions, relationship and parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, ADHD, and related areas like hoarding and end-of-life counseling.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is straightforward and focused on listening, building trust, and solving practical problems. She helps clients set clear goals and tries things between sessions to see what works.
What is her professional background?
She has been practicing social work since 1975 and has over 41 years of clinical experience, including work in hospitals, psychiatric units, substance use programs, outpatient facilities, and special education schools.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credentialed as LCSW-C with number 04908, and she practices in Maryland.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
41 years
Licensed
Maryland
Languages
English

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