Dawn Rochelle, LCSW

Dawn Rochelle is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, addiction, and life changes. She brings 18 years of experience and a practical focus to sessions. Dawn aims to help people find what is already working in their lives and build from there.

She begins by listening to a person's priorities and identifying small, manageable steps. Dawn uses client-centered techniques to create space for people to talk through hard moments. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to challenge unhelpful thoughts and on EMDR for trauma-related work when appropriate.

Dawn emphasizes clear coaching and skill-building. Sessions often include concrete tools for coping, problem solving, and improving communication. She helps people spot negative messages that hold them back and replace them with actionable plans.

Her background includes long experience with executive coaching, wellness, and life-skills development. Dawn has worked with people facing career pressure, caregiving stress, compassion fatigue, and major transitions. She also supports those dealing with attachment and abandonment concerns and issues related to adoption and foster care.

People can expect straightforward collaboration toward specific goals. Dawn combines motivational interviewing and mindfulness practices to keep work focused and practical. She works with clients in North Carolina and accepts international clients for online sessions.

Therapeutic methods that translate to online care

Many of Dawn's approaches fit well with remote sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It uses worksheets, behavioral experiments, and goal-setting that work well over video or messaging and helps with anxiety, depression, and coping with change.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building understanding at the client’s pace. In an online session this can mean longer check-ins, reflective listening, and coaching around immediate concerns to help people feel heard and understood.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is used for trauma-related memories and distress. When appropriate, EMDR protocols can be adapted for video sessions with careful planning about pacing and the client's comfort.

Dawn approaches therapy as a collaborative process. She will help figure out which method or combination feels most useful based on goals and preferences. Together they set priorities, try approaches, and adjust as needed to find what helps most.

Online formats provide flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face connection, phone sessions offer a lower-bandwidth option, and live chat or text works for brief check-ins, journaling prompts, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit consistent work into real life.