Octavia Fukino, LMFT, LPCC - Therapist in California

About Octavia

Octavia Fukino is a licensed clinician who focuses on helping people dealing with trauma, relationship strain, and parenting concerns. She holds both LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) and LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor) credentials and draws on seven years of clinical experience. Octavia speaks English and Romanian and practices in California.

She aims to create a calm, straightforward space where people can talk through painful events and make practical changes.

Background and approach

Octavia uses approaches that emphasize connection, safety, and concrete skills. She often combines attachment-based ideas with cognitive behavioral techniques to address how thoughts, feelings, and relationship patterns interact. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is part of her work when trauma memories are central and need targeted processing.

Her background includes a bachelor’s degree from UCLA and a master’s in Counseling Psychology from Argosy University. Over her career she has supported people facing grief, depression, anxiety, bipolar symptoms, substance use concerns, and intimacy-related issues. She also focuses on adoption and foster care issues, abandonment, codependency, dissociation, and recovery after sexual assault.

In sessions she emphasizes clear communication and practical steps. Parents can expect help with parenting strain, boundary setting, and rebuilding trust after loss or betrayal. Octavia believes therapy is collaborative and tailors plans to each person’s goals and pace.

She shifted part of her work to online and phone sessions during the pandemic and finds that many people benefit from the convenience. Her practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How Octavia’s approaches translate to online care

Octavia commonly uses attachment-based work to look at how early and current relationship patterns shape reactions now. This approach focuses on building a stronger sense of safety in relationships and helps when people struggle with trust, abandonment, or codependency.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments to change them. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and for developing clearer communication and coping skills.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. She works together with each person to pick techniques that match their goals and comfort level, and will adjust methods over time based on what helps most.

Online therapy options include video visits, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, avoid travel, and continue work during transitions. Many people find that regular check-ins by message or scheduled video sessions let them practice skills between meetings while keeping momentum toward their goals.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She supports people coping with trauma and abuse, grief, stress, anxiety, depression, and bipolar symptoms. Other focuses include addictions, intimacy-related issues, parenting, and relationship and family problems.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style blends client-centered warmth with practical techniques. Expect collaborative work that uses attachment ideas, CBT tools, and trauma-focused methods as needed.

How long has she practiced clinically?

She has seven years of counseling experience, including pre- and post-licensure work that shaped her trauma and relationship practice.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She holds LMFT and LPCC credentials with CA LMFT 94660 and CA LPCC 4612, and she practices in California.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Romanian.

What session formats does she use?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does pricing work for sessions?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin a therapy relationship with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience: 7 years
Licensed: California
Languages: English, Romanian

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