Rochelle McGhee, LCPC - Therapist in Illinois

About Rochelle

Rochelle McGhee is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, and family difficulties. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that reduce overwhelm and improve everyday functioning. Her style is steady and respectful, aiming to help people feel heard and more able to manage life’s challenges.

Rochelle earned a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and holds an Illinois LCPC. She brings 18 years of counseling experience to sessions and draws on evidence-based methods to help clients meet goals.

Background and approach

She often uses skills training to address intense emotions and relationship strains. In sessions she blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy with mindfulness and solution-focused techniques. That mix gives concrete tools - thought work, emotion regulation strategies, and short-term planning - tailored to each situation.

She also uses motivational interviewing to support behavior change when needed. Her approach balances patience with clear direction. Rochelle treats therapy as a partnership and helps clients build a toolbox for coping, communicating, and making decisions.

She pays attention to what is working and adjusts methods to match the client’s needs. Practical arrangements are straightforward. She offers a mix of online formats and checks messages during workdays with a typical same-day response goal when possible.

Rochelle aims to help people move toward a more manageable, meaningful life.

How Therapeutic Methods Translate to Online Work

Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on building skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. Online sessions can teach mindfulness, grounding, and emotion regulation skills step by step so they can be practiced between meetings.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that maintain problems. In remote sessions, the therapist and client review specific situations, try new thinking strategies, and set small experiments to test changes in daily life.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on clear goals and practical next steps. It is useful online because it encourages short-term, concrete plans that clients can try between contacts and then report back on in the next session.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then tailor methods collaboratively. That means strategies may be tried, adjusted, or combined based on what actually helps the client move forward.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes scheduling more flexible. These options let people fit sessions into busy days, review skills in writing, or use short check-ins when that suits progress. The variety supports continuity of care and easier access to regular therapeutic practice.

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.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Rochelle commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, bipolar symptoms, parenting and family issues, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, and career-related worries.

What is her general therapeutic style?

Her style is steady and respectful with clear direction. She focuses on teaching skills and practical steps to help people manage emotions and relationships.

How long has she been practicing?

Rochelle has 18 years of counseling experience and brings that background to work with a range of concerns.

What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?

She is an LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - licensed in Illinois with licence number IL LCPC 180004571.

Which languages are used in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be held by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with this therapist?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Self esteem
Bipolar disorder

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 18 years
Licensed: Illinois
Languages: English

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