Dawn Rochelle , LCSW

Dawn Rochelle is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and issues tied to trauma. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable. Dawn also supports people dealing with career changes, parenting challenges, self-esteem struggles, and concerns related to addiction or ADHD.

Her approach begins by noticing what already works in a person's life. Dawn builds on those strengths while identifying the priorities a client wants to address. She uses coaching and problem-solving to create clear, doable actions between sessions so progress feels real and measurable.

With 18 years of clinical experience and a background as an executive coach, Dawn blends life-skills development with therapeutic care. She often helps people during seasons of transition, after loss, and when anxiety makes decision making harder. She also works with intimacy and relationship issues, including helping partners reconnect and parents find patience with difficult behaviors.

Dawn uses several practical methods in session, including client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and EMDR for trauma-related work. She frames work as collaborative and goal-focused, helping clients test new ways of responding and thinking.

She practices in North Carolina and provides services that suit a range of lifestyles and schedules. Dawn welcomes conversations about women's concerns and related life changes, and she aims to help people move toward clearer choices and steadier days.

Approaches that translate to online care

Client-centered work focuses on the client's priorities and values. In practice this means the therapist listens first, follows the client's lead, and helps set goals that feel meaningful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches simple exercises to change unhelpful patterns. That approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

EMDR is an approach sometimes used for trauma-related memories; it aims to reduce the intensity of upsetting images and thoughts so daily life is less disrupted. Dawn combines these methods with mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns and try small changes. She will work together with each person to choose which approaches fit their goals and comfort level, adjusting plans as progress is made.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility: video calls allow real-time conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging support brief check-ins and coaching between appointments. These formats make it simpler to fit sessions into work breaks, travel schedules, or busy family routines while keeping therapy focused and goal-oriented.