Octavia Fukino, LMFT, LPCC

Octavia Fukino is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in California. She has seven years of counseling experience and speaks English and Romanian. Octavia aims to create a warm, respectful space where people can talk about pain, loss, and the daily stresses that feel overwhelming.

She often helps people facing trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Octavia also supports those coping with major life changes, parenting challenges, and self-esteem struggles. Her additional focus areas include attachment issues, adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, and sexual assault and abuse.

Her work draws on Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to build safety and understanding in sessions. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when appropriate to address traumatic memories and troubling patterns.

Octavia trained at UCLA for her bachelor’s degree and completed a master’s in Counseling Psychology at Argosy University in 2013. Much of her early clinical work occurred in in-person private practice, and she adapted to telehealth video options during the pandemic. She values connection and seeks to help people find new ways to cope and rebuild after betrayal, loss, or addiction.

When someone is ready to begin, Octavia encourages a straightforward first step to see if the match feels right and to set clear goals for therapy.

How Octavia’s approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and patterns formed early in life. In sessions this looks like talking about important relationships, identifying repeated patterns, and practicing new ways of connecting. It can help with attachment issues, grief, and problems that follow from betrayal or loss.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that helps reduce the intensity of distressing memories. A therapist guides the client through structured processing to lessen the emotional charge around traumatic events, which can help with trauma, abuse, and related symptoms.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Octavia will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level, and she adjusts plans as progress is made. The focus is on what helps the individual feel and function better, not on using a specific technique for its own sake.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, avoid travel, and keep appointments during schedule changes. The original biography mentions telehealth video as an adapted option; please confirm the current session formats before booking. Many people find video sessions useful for ongoing work, check-ins, and trauma-focused interventions when a therapist and client agree it is appropriate.