Octave

he/him

Jesse Tichenor

LMFT

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Location

Virtual, California

Insurance Accepted

Aetna, Cigna/Evernorth, Anthem Blue Cross Of CA, Blue Shield of California

Communication Style

Action-oriented, Affirming, Empowering, Holistic, Warm

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Focus areas

ADHD, Addiction, Anger Issues, Animal Loss, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Body Image, Burnout, Caregiver Burnout, Couples Therapy, Cultural Issues/Racial Stress, Depression, Divorce, Eating Disorders, Family Conflict, Family Therapy, Grief, IPV/DV, Immigration, Life Transitions, Men’s Issues, OCD, Panic, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Premarital Counseling, Relationship Concerns, Religious Trauma, Self-Harm, Sexual Assault/Sexual Abuse, Sleep, Stress, Substance Use, Trauma, Workplace Stress

Experienced with

BIPOC, Asian / Pacific Islander community, Black community, Indigenous Americans, Geriatric clients, Parents, Veterans, First responders, Immigrants, Neurodivergence, Blended families, Non-monogamous relationships, Students

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Clients describe my counseling style as warm, collaborative, and empowering.

License number

#144491

Therapy style

Clients describe my counseling style as warm, collaborative, and empowering. I tailor my work to each client’s needs and goals, offering a mix of practical, research-backed tools, compassionate listening, and profound confidence in each person’s intelligence, beauty, worth, and creative potential. Integrating a breadth of therapeutic modalities, I prioritize addressing the root causes of the challenges my clients face and deepening alignment between values and action.

Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i)
  • Couples [The Gottman Method]
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP or EXRP)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Harm Reduction
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Prolonged Exposure
  • Psychodynamic
  • Relational
  • Solution-focused
  • Strengths-based

Education

MA - Counseling Psychology, The Wright Institute

Interests

I am an avid rock climber, ultimate frisbee player, acro-yogi, cyclist, whitewater rafter, and backpacker, and love getting to share in these pursuits with my kids.