Octavia Fukino

Octavia Fukino is a California-licensed therapist who practices as a marriage and family therapist and as a professional clinical counselor. She brings seven years of clinical experience and works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, stress and anxiety, addictions, LGBT issues, relationship and family conflicts, intimacy-related and parenting issues, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, depression, and coping with life changes.

She earned a bachelor’s degree from UCLA in 1990 and completed a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology at Argosy University in 2013. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic her focus was private practice and in-person counseling; since then she has embraced telehealth video and has found that a strong therapeutic connection can be maintained even when sessions do not occur in the same office, while also offering greater convenience for clients who prefer to travel less.

Fukino’s passion for counseling was present long before her formal career, though she paused professional work while raising her two adopted children, who are now adults. After a 25-year marriage ended in divorce following a very painful betrayal, she returned to school and focused on building a meaningful clinical practice. Those personal experiences inform her focus on attachment concerns, trauma, relationships, and grief and loss; therapy played a central role in her own healing, and she aims to support others facing pain and patterns of codependency.

Reaching out for help can feel both hopeful and intimidating. Fukino believes that change and healing are possible, and she welcomes the opportunity to work with clients to help them rediscover their strengths and move toward recovery.