About Octavius
Octavius Brown is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with 11 years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, bipolar symptoms, and ADHD. He aims to make therapy clear and practical so families and individuals can take small steps that add up to real change.
Octavius uses approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice patterns and try new responses.
Background and approach
He also uses client-centered methods and mindfulness skills to slow things down and reduce reactivity. Motivational Interviewing supports people who want to change habits related to substance use or other behaviors. In sessions he prioritizes plain language and focused goals.
People can expect to talk through what matters most, practice new skills, and set achievable next steps. He pays attention to how emotions, relationships, and past experiences shape daily choices. He has worked with issues including grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy and relationship concerns, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career changes, and caregiver stress.
Octavius also supports those coping with life transitions such as divorce, aging, or major health challenges. Octavius brings a steady, pragmatic style. He helps clients break problems into manageable parts and builds plans they can use between sessions.
The aim is to leave therapy with clearer direction and workable tools.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can help when stress, anxiety, or ADHD-related struggles get in the way of daily goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression and to support habit change for substance use concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to select methods that fit their goals, preferences, and life situation. That process may include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care practical for busy lives. Video lets people read facial cues and practice new skills in real time. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a good option for shorter check-ins. Live chat or messaging supports quick reflections and ongoing coaching between appointments. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit into day-to-day routines while keeping focus on measurable progress.
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What this therapist 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
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