Alyssa Rochon-MFT Student Therapist
Alyssa is a true Ragin’ Cajun born and raised in South Louisiana. She attended The University of Louisiana at Lafayette where she obtained her BS in Psychology, paired with a minor in Sociology. Alyssa relocated to Las Vegas for an opportunity to work with a population different than what she grew up with in Southern Louisiana. She’s currently attending Capella University, where she’s obtaining her MS in Marriage and Family Therapy. Alyssa strives to merge her culture into her art of therapy, where she has learned to be empathetic, kind, and helpful through southern hospitality.
Her grandmother and father have quoted many Cajun-French phrases throughout her life, one of them being, “Lache pas la patate!” Translated, the phrase means, “Don’t drop the potato!”, but the Cajun/Creole people think of the phrase as motivation to keep going and don’t give up! This is something that Alyssa hopes to share with clients throughout the therapeutic process. Alyssa understands that society has a huge impact on our daily lives and sometimes, it’s easy to get lost in the sauce, or as the Cajuns call it, lost in the “fricassee”! Alyssa collaborates with her clients in order to understand their beliefs, thoughts, and feelings to generate new solutions, approaches, and ambitions that work for them!
She enjoys working with children through play therapy, teens and young adults, couples seeking counseling, families seeking cohesion, consensual non-monogamy, and the LGBTQIA+ community. Alyssa also focuses on bi-racial/cultural identity struggles.