- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Guilt and shame
About Rochelle
Rochelle Toyer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the District of Columbia with 29 years of clinical experience. She focuses on common relationship struggles and personal challenges that often feel overwhelming. Her practice lists addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, and anger as main areas of focus.
Rochelle helps people build clearer self-understanding and work through painful feelings that hang on after hard events. She addresses communication problems and control issues in everyday relationships. She also supports work on forgiveness, guilt and shame, and the sense of isolation or loneliness that can follow strained connections.
Clients can expect practical conversation about what is happening now and how past patterns show up in daily life. She pays attention to how personal values and spiritual perspectives shape choices and relationships. Sessions include discussion of goals and small steps people can try between meetings.
Her practice emphasizes self-love and finding purpose alongside resolving specific conflicts. Parenting topics are addressed in ways that relate to the individual parent’s experience. Rochelle draws on long experience to help people notice patterns and try different ways of responding.
Rochelle’s work is presented with attention to cultural background and identity. She aims to help clients unpack guilt or shame without rushing to fix things, while exploring healthier ways to relate to themselves and others.
Approaches she uses and online session fit
Rochelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at clarifying patterns and changing unhelpful reactions. One common approach focuses on identifying how past experiences shape current relationship and intimacy problems, helping people notice repeated responses and try alternative behaviors that feel more manageable. Another practical approach concentrates on communication skills - teaching short, repeatable ways to express needs and set limits so interactions become less reactive.Deciding which approach fits best is part of the work. Rochelle will collaborate with each person to match methods to their concerns, goals, and preferences rather than applying a single method to everyone. That shared planning helps keep sessions focused on the issues the client brings, like guilt, shame, parenting strains, or addiction-related patterns.
Please confirm current session formats before booking because the biography does not list specific online or in-person options. Online work can make attending easier for people with tight schedules, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-in meetings when needed. Therapists and licensed professionals often use virtual sessions to fit therapy into everyday life while keeping the conversation practical and goal oriented.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
29+ years
Listed in
District of Columbia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she typically address?
She works with addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting, anger, and related areas such as communication problems, control issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose, and self-love.
How does she approach guilt and shame in sessions?
She talks through how those feelings show up in daily life and explores steps people can take to respond differently. The focus is on understanding patterns and trying practical options between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Rochelle has 29 years of experience working as a counselor with individuals facing relationship, addiction, and personal growth challenges.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LPC, a Licensed Professional Counselor, practicing in the District of Columbia.
Can she work with people who speak other languages or live abroad?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What does someone need to do to start working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.