About Octavia
Octavia Gallon is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and the daily challenges of parenting. She also supports people handling ADHD-related concerns and those coping with life changes. Her style is direct and practical, aimed at making small shifts that add up to real relief.
She uses clear, doable tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness practices are introduced to improve focus and reduce reactivity.
Background and approach
Solution-focused techniques help set short-term goals so progress is visible quickly. With six years in mental health and a master’s degree in clinical psychology, she has worked with people facing grief, self-esteem struggles, and motivation problems. Octavia adapts communication and plans to each person’s needs rather than applying one fixed method.
Sessions emphasize skills you can use between meetings. She aims to create a non-judgmental space where people can talk through painful feelings and learn new ways of coping. Octavia focuses on concrete steps for issues like impulsivity, anger, and communication difficulties.
Her approach balances practical skill-building with understanding how past experiences shape current patterns. Octavia practices in Florida as an LPC. She offers a mix of session types to fit different schedules and preferences.
If someone wants to work toward clearer thinking, steadier mood, and better day-to-day functioning, she helps map out the next steps.
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Octavia commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness techniques to help clients change unhelpful thoughts and build steady routines. CBT offers step-by-step tools for managing worry, impulsivity, and mood, while mindfulness teaching helps with focus and lowering reactivity in stressful moments.She also uses solution-focused therapy to set short-term, achievable goals. This approach zeroes in on what will make a noticeable difference in daily life and helps track progress week to week. Together these methods aim to give quick, practical wins as well as longer-term skill development.
Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. The therapist will review goals, try different strategies, and adjust the plan based on what works. Clients are invited to share preferences so sessions match their pace and needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and skills practice, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can support shorter check-ins, and messaging helps maintain momentum between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to use the format that feels most practical.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Wyoming, Arizona, Florida
- Languages
- English
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