Roc Kauffman, LMHC, LCMHC

Roc Kauffman is a licensed mental health counselor with over two decades of clinical experience. He left a long career in the home services and antique furniture repair world to pursue graduate training and counseling work. Roc emphasizes attentive listening and practical steps that help people move forward.

He begins by forming a working relationship based on how each person learns and communicates. Roc uses a client-centered, strengths-based stance that builds on what already works in a person’s life. Together the client and Roc set clear goals and choose doable steps to reach them.

Roc draws on a variety of methods to keep people engaged in the work. Cognitive behavioral assignments are often used to practice new ways of thinking and acting between sessions. He also uses acceptance and commitment ideas, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing techniques as tools to support change.

He has substantial experience addressing trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, mood concerns, substance use, and complex reactions that follow early adversity. Roc describes therapy as a collaborative process where persistence and practical strategies increase a person’s capacity to cope.

Roc works with a wide mix of people from diverse cultural backgrounds. He aims to find approaches that fit each person by trying different practices and adjusting course as needed. His background and years of practice shape a calm, solution-oriented style that focuses on daily progress.

Approaches that translate well to online care

CBT focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses short exercises and between-session tasks to practice new skills; it is helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and to clarify personal values that guide action, which can help with worry and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and working at the client’s pace to build trust and find solutions that feel right.

Figuring out which approach fits best is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust over time. That shared decision-making helps find techniques that feel useful and doable.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text messaging let people check in between appointments or fit brief check-ins into a busy day. These options make it easier to schedule sessions and keep consistent progress.