Octavia Fukino, LMFT, LPCC

Octavia Fukino is a licensed clinician practicing in California who holds the credentials LMFT and LPCC. LMFT denotes a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and LPCC represents a license in clinical counseling. She has seven years of clinical experience that span both pre-licensure and post-licensure roles, and she completed undergraduate studies at UCLA in 1990 followed by a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Argosy University in 2013.

Her clinical work centers on trauma and relationship concerns, and she also treats substance abuse, grief, mood disorders, and a broad range of intimacy and family issues. Areas of specialty include trauma and abuse, grief, stress, anxiety, addictions, LGBT concerns, relationship and family problems, parenting, self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder, depression, and coping with life changes. She additionally focuses on abandonment, adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, attachment difficulties, codependency, communication problems, dissociation, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and sexual assault and abuse.

Octavia draws from several evidence-informed approaches to tailor care to each person - including attachment-based therapy, client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, EMDR, and trauma-focused interventions. Before the COVID-19 pandemic her practice emphasized in-person sessions, but she adapted to telehealth and finds that remote work can preserve connection while offering greater convenience for many clients. Building trust, warmth, and a strong therapeutic relationship remains central to her approach.

Her personal history has influenced her professional focus. After pausing a career to raise two adopted children, now adults, she returned to school and committed to counseling as a vocation. A long-term marriage ended after 25 years due to painful betrayal, and that lived experience deepened her interest in attachment, trauma recovery, grief, and the patterns of codependency. She aims to support people who are seeking change and healing, helping them recognize resilience and discover workable paths forward.