Rochelle Bridges MFT-Intern

Rochelle Bridges is a graduate student at the University of Houston Clear Lake working on her Masters of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. She is participating in a two-year internship with the Family Enrichment Clinic and works under the supervision of Yoko Seubert and Thuy Nguyen.

Rochelle graduated from Friends University in Kansas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services / Psychology. She is a student member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and the Texas Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (TAMFT). Rochelle uses a solution-focused approach to therapy and works with individuals, couples and families in a collaborative and family system approach that is client-centered. She has also completed training to conduct premarital education workshops through Twogether in Texas.

Rochelle moved to the Houston,Texas area ten years ago and considers this her home. A mother of four children, three of whom are teens, she has keen insight into the complexities of marital and familial developmental changes. A Christian, she has been a volunteer youth leader in her church for over ten years, is a retreat speaker and teaches adult classes on a variety of spiritual topics. She taught piano lessons to children and adults for twelve years and is a part-time substitute school teacher that is “highly qualified” to teach K-12 special education and English and Language Arts classes. Rochelle worked briefly as a psychological test proctor, administering the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, the Wide-Range Achievement Test, the Wide-Range Intelligence Test, the Personality Inventory Assessment and the Woodcock-Johnson tests. In this position, she screened individuals for learning disabilities, mental illness (as defined by the DSM), aptitude and intelligence.

Rochelle believes that it is an honor and a privilege to share another’s journey through life. Everyone faces unexpected challenges and unanticipated circumstances. Therapy helps individuals, couples and families navigate through those difficulties that arise along the way.

“If obstacles are removed…the individual will develop into a mature, fully realized adult, just as an acorn will develop into an oak tree.” Irvin D. Yalom, M.D., The Gift of Therapy