Adam Rochmes, Ph.D.

Prolonged emotional distress can feel so awful that most of us want nothing more than to be rid of it. Since that solution is not so readily accomplished, consider turning the tables on distress by befriending it, by listening to it as a compassionate friend would instead of as its enemy. You may find out that it has something valuable to communicate to you. Therapy can help you listen, understand, and gain mastery of distress. Adam Rochmes is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 40 years’ experience treating adults, couples, and families. His practice is located in Berkeley, California, in the South Campus neighborhood. Dr. Rochmes is a 35+ year member of The Psychotherapy Institute in Berkeley. He has provided clinical supervision to therapists in training and served on the faculty of the Supervision Study Program. He was honored by The Psychotherapy Institute “…in recognition of his generosity of spirit, good humor, and excellence in training, supervision, and leadership.” For more than 20 years he has pursued a subspecialty working with older adults, including persons with progressive cognitive impairments, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment, and their family members. He has provided individual and family therapy, led psychotherapy/support groups and educational workshops for caregivers, care receivers, and couples, and pioneered in the development of couples groups for patients in the early stage of Alzheimer’s disease and their spouses/partners. Dr. Rochmes has held professional positions at the California Medical Clinic for Psychotherapy, a sliding scale community clinic, and more recently the Alzheimer’s Association, Northern CA and Northern NV Chapter. In addition to these positions, he has been in private practice continuously since his psychology licensure.