About Roc
Roc Kauffman is a licensed mental health counselor with 21 years of clinical experience. He trained while running an antique furniture repair studio and moved from home services to helping people with emotional and mental health concerns. He holds an MA and practices in Vermont as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC.
Roc emphasizes collaboration and practical work in sessions. Roc begins by building a strong working relationship with each person.
Background and approach
He pays attention to how clients learn, teach, and communicate so therapy fits the person's style. His work is client-centered and strengths based, which means he looks for what already works and builds on it. Sessions often include goal-setting done together and simple, doable steps to meet those goals.
He uses exercises from cognitive behavioral work to keep momentum and clarity between meetings. Mindfulness practices are offered as tools to change habitual patterns of thinking and feeling. Roc also uses methods that address trauma, grief, and loss in phased ways when needed.
He notes that early adversity can lead to many kinds of symptoms, and he focuses on underlying issues rather than just surface problems. The aim is to increase a person's ability to handle stress and life changes. People who choose him can expect a practical, down-to-earth style and a focus on clear steps forward.
He collaborates on goals, tries different techniques, and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
How Roc’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that align with their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by teaching skills for taking steps even when feelings are difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, involves identifying thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going and practicing new ways of responding; it is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and ADHD-related challenges. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, offers a phased approach for processing traumatic memories and reducing their emotional hold when trauma-focused work is appropriate.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try methods collaboratively. Plans are adjusted if something doesn’t fit or if new needs arise, and the client helps set the pace.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions are done. Video calls let people read facial cues and do exercises together, phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth or being on camera is an issue, and live chat or text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins or brief coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or travel and to keep a consistent routine of care.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts, Vermont
- Languages
- English
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