Octavia Fukino , LMFT, LPCC

Octavia Fukino is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing with over seven years of counseling experience. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA (1990) and a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Argosy University (2013). Her clinical work centers on trauma, relationship challenges, grief, substance use concerns, and a range of mood and stress-related issues, including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and low self-esteem.

Octavia brings a strong focus on attachment, codependency, and intimacy-related difficulties, and she also supports clients coping with adoption and foster care matters, abandonment, sexual assault and abuse, dissociation, and family conflict. Prior to the pandemic her practice emphasized in-person sessions and private practice work; over time she incorporated telehealth video and other remote options and found that therapeutic connection and trust can remain intact through virtual formats while often reducing travel burdens for clients.

Her personal history informs her clinical perspective: after raising two adopted children and navigating a long-term marriage that ended in divorce, she returned to graduate school and built a career shaped by lived experience with loss, betrayal, and healing. Therapy played a key role in her recovery, and she draws on that journey when working with people facing grief, trauma, relationship pain, and patterns of codependency. Octavia aims to help clients recognize their strengths, process difficult emotions, and find direction for meaningful change.

Therapeutic Approaches Adapted for Online Care

Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes understanding how early relationships shape current bonds and emotional responses; it helps people working through intimacy problems, abandonment concerns, and recurring relational patterns by exploring connection and safety in relationships.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it is practical for addressing anxiety, depression, stress, and patterns that interfere with daily functioning by building new coping skills and problem-solving strategies.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused approach that helps people process distressing memories and reduce the intensity of trauma-related symptoms through structured sessions that integrate memory processing techniques.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process; Octavia works collaboratively with clients to assess needs, goals, and preferences and to tailor a plan that may blend methods as appropriate.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for those balancing work, family, or mobility needs. These formats make it easier to maintain regular sessions, access care from different locations, and integrate therapy into daily life while working with licensed professionals and therapists who adapt their methods to the virtual setting.