Octave

he/him

Garren Gillum

LMHC

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Location

Virtual, New York

Insurance Accepted

UMR for Mount Sinai, Aetna, Cigna/Evernorth

Communication Style

Affirming, Action-oriented, Mindful, Empowering, Direct

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Focus areas

ADHD, Anxiety, Burnout, Depression, Family Conflict, Grief, Life Transitions, Panic, Sleep, Stress

Experienced with

Black community, Parents, Immigrants

Years of Experience

5+

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We will be looking at the whole you, the biological, social, emotional, and logical parts of you and how they interact with one another.

License number

#012565

Therapy style

Together we will review and weigh the anxious, depressive, resentful, or otherwise negative thoughts and behavioral patterns to determine their merit and usefulness and work on promoting alternative, healthy thoughts and patterns to replace them. We will be looking at the whole you, the biological, social, emotional, and logical parts of you and how they interact with one another. We will be looking at daily activities, self-care, social interaction, hopes, dreams, and more to inspire ways to begin living in a way that is closer to the life you want to be living. We will work on expressing and processing emotions through discussion of various specific stressors, as I have seen that we can more easily see patterns in how we handle reoccurring, specific situations in the past and present. All of this will be done in a nonjudgmental, supportive, and authentic space. I look forward to walking beside you at this crossroads in your life.

Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP or EXRP)
  • Harm Reduction
  • Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Solution-focused
  • Strengths-based

Education

BA - Psychology, Ball State University MA - Counseling, Canisius College

Interests

I love building decks in "Magic the Gathering," particularly the Commander format and have a large group of friends that I play against occasionally. I also enjoy writing daily, listening to metalcore music, and learning something new every day through watching informative videos. Additionally, I enjoy spending time with loved ones.