About Rochida McClure
Together We Can Make Things Better
I am a unique, licensed therapist in so far as my background, my health status and my own personal mental health work all line up with at least one of areas of speciality.
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My Story
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I was born in Morocco into a US military family. It is from this early experience of moving every couple of years that I cultivated the clinical skill for active listening. With this skill, I was better able understand the culture at each port of call and more easily fit in with others. For this reason, I have been told, it is easy to talk with me and feel comfortable quite quickly.
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I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. I then joined the Peace Corps and was sent to live and work in the Dominican Republic. My Peace Corps experience taught me a lot about myself, international politics; and the unseen and underserved populations.
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I returned from the Peace Corps and worked in Public Health which placed me inside correctional facilities working with adults and youth. I continued my civic duty by working for the Administrative Office of the Courts, Judicial Council, and the California Supreme Court managing their long range strategic planning initiative.
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For the next 20 years, I worked as an executive, including two C-suite positions, in some of the largest financial services and banking institutions in the country. Although I am proud of my corporate work; I credit my success within these organizations to my skill with active listening and responding to the needs of my superiors, peers, and direct reports. For this reason, when I was thinking about getting my graduate degree I chose a masters degree in Counseling Psychology because it became clear to me that it was the people in my work environments who were my real passion.
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And that's my story.
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