About Octavia
Octavia Fukino is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in California. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Octavia speaks English and Romanian and aims to make the first steps toward help feel understandable and manageable.
She uses straightforward conversation and listening to build trust. Sessions tend to focus on understanding attachment and relationship patterns, processing difficult memories, and learning practical skills to manage mood and stress.
How Octavia works
Octavia draws from approaches that help people feel seen and slowly change painful patterns. Octavia trained for many years and has seven years of professional experience in counseling. Her path includes a bachelor’s degree from UCLA and a master’s degree in counseling psychology.
She spent time in independent practice before shifting to online and remote formats, and she brings both professional and personal insight into loss, betrayal, and rebuilding after change. In therapy she combines work on thoughts and behaviors with attention to early attachment and trauma. That can mean talking through upsetting events, noticing how relationships shape reactions, and practicing new ways of coping.
She also offers EMDR-informed strategies for people processing traumatic memories. Her style is warm and direct. She helps people identify what feels stuck and then tries small, doable steps to move forward.
Octavia encourages clients to set practical goals and to notice gradual changes over time.
Octavia lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Octavia works with
The areas below are the ones Octavia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
Training and background
| Registers | LMFT, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English, Romanian |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How her approaches work online and by phone
Octavia uses attachment-based and trauma-focused approaches alongside cognitive behavioral techniques. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and helps people change unhelpful relationship habits. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing traumatic events and reducing their ongoing impact on daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and build new coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to current needs, goals, and preferences then suggest methods that fit. Together they review progress and adjust techniques so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions may be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, ongoing support between sessions, and people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.
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