Octave

she/her

Satoko BrigmanLMFT

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Location

Virtual, Texas

Insurance Accepted

Aetna, Cigna/Evernorth

Communication Style

Affirming, Authentic, Empowering, Holistic, Warm

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Focus areas

ADHD, Addiction, Adoption/Foster Care, Anger Issues, Animal Loss, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Burnout, Caregiver Burnout, Chronic Illness, Couples Therapy, Cultural Issues/Racial Stress, Depression, Divorce, Family Conflict, Family Therapy, Grief, IPV/DV, Immigration, Life Transitions, OCD, Panic, Premarital Counseling, Relationship Concerns, Self-Harm, Sexual Assault/Sexual Abuse, Sleep, Stress, Substance Use, Trauma, Women's Issues, Workplace Stress

Experienced with

BIPOC, Asian / Pacific Islander community, Black community, Indigenous Americans, Parents, Veterans, Immigrants, Blended families, Students

Years of Experience

27+

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Over the 27 years, I have acquired keen assessment skills and clinical interventions to assist patients with multiple issues.

License number

#5018

Therapy style

Over the 27 years, I have acquired keen assessment skills and clinical interventions to assist patients with multiple issues, ranging from childhood, adulthood, abuse, trauma, mood disorders, and anxiety. I have experience in outpatient, residential, inpatient psychiatric hospital, while providing individual, couples and family therapies. I have served my clients using mainly Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) from systemic perspective. I personally believe in CBT (and other tools, including ACT: Acceptance Commitment Therapy). When these tools are fully embraced, it is truly an eye-opening, life-changing experience.

Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i)
  • Couples [Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT)]
  • Couples [The Gottman Method]
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Relational
  • Solution-focused

Languages Spoken

English, Japanese

Education

MS - Marriage and Family Therapy, Friends University

Interests

I enjoy traveling and cooking. I recently got a taste of solo-travel: Initially it was scary to travel outside of US alone. However, feeling the freedom (of not being a "mom" 24/7) has been very addictive.