About Octavia
Octavia Gallon is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and life transitions. She offers straightforward support for relationship struggles, parenting concerns, anger, depression, and attention challenges. Her approach centers on practical steps people can use right away.
She uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits. Mindfulness techniques are introduced to calm the mind and reduce reactivity. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set short-term goals and track progress in clear ways.
Background and approach
Octavia brings six years of experience in mental health and a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology. She matches communication and treatment plans to each person’s needs and preferences. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client, whether that is coping skills, communication changes, or emotional regulation.
People meet her for help with family stress, blended family issues, guilt and shame, abandonment concerns, and caregiver strain. She also supports those coping with impulsivity, control issues, and the effects of domestic violence or separation. The work is practical and grounded in everyday life tasks.
Her practice is based in Florida and sessions are offered in English. Octavia encourages clients to take the first step toward change and plans treatment collaboratively. She aims to provide a steady, nonjudgmental presence while people work toward clearer goals and better routines.
Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care
Octavia draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions often include simple exercises and homework that can be practiced between meetings to reduce anxiety and manage mood.She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach attention and breathing skills that calm reactivity and improve emotional awareness. Mindfulness can be a helpful tool for stress, anger, and for managing impulsivity.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the client’s needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. This collaborative process makes it easier to pick strategies that feel useful and realistic.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises, phone calls can be used when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options offer flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels.
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What this counselor 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