About Octavius
Octavius Brown is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and relationship challenges. He brings 11 years of clinical experience in mental health and personal development. Octavius aims to help people make steady, realistic changes that fit everyday life.
He uses straightforward conversation and goal-focused work. Sessions often include tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help change unhelpful thinking. He also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness to help people notice difficult feelings and act in line with their values.
Background and approach
Octavius has experience with trauma, domestic violence, and complex behavioral health concerns. He also supports people managing parenting strain, caregiving stress, work and career worries, and substance use challenges. He helps clients address intimacy and communication problems as well as life transitions like divorce or loss.
His style emphasizes collaboration and practical steps. Clients can expect clear options, skill practice, and follow-up between sessions when helpful. Motivational interviewing is used when people want help finding momentum for change.
Based in New Jersey, Octavius works with adults who want focused, skills-based support. He speaks English and combines clinical tools with down-to-earth conversation to help people move forward.
Online approaches that focus on action and awareness
Octavius commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. ACT helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and then take steps that match their values. CBT teaches practical strategies to change patterns of thinking and behavior that feed anxiety, depression, or unhelpful habits.He treats approach selection as a collaborative process. Early sessions are used to identify goals and try techniques that match a client's needs and preferences. Over time the therapist and client review what helps and adjust methods so the work stays useful and focused.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth work and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and messaging provide brief check-ins, coaching-style support, and tools practice between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or caregiving schedules and to continue momentum when life gets busy.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English