About
I have worked in the mental health field for over 25 years, and enjoy working with many kinds of people. Coming from a systemic approach (family therapy), I try to utilize and understand a person's upbringing and support system. I have experience working with people suffering from trauma, substance abuse, and severe mental illness.
I am licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist, with a specialty in Art Therapy. I try to utilize various forms of processing, some non-verbal, to help clients understand their problems and work through issues that are causing distress or impairments in their life. I enjoy working with families, couples, children and individuals.
Besides utilizing the systemic approach and non-verbal therapy, I am also EMDR trained, and can use this modality to help clients work through traumatic events that have occurred in their life.
Basic Data
Entity Type: Individual; Sole Proprietor
Gender
Female
Client Focus
- Preteens/Tweens (11 To 13)
- Adolescents/Teenagers (14 To 19)
Therapy Specialties
- ADHD
- Addiction
- Adoption
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Bipolar
- Career Counseling
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Eating Disorders
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Infidelity
- LGBTQ Issues
- Learning Disabilities
- Life Coaching
- Multicultural Issues
- Panic Attacks
- Parenting
- Personality Disorders
- Postpartum
- Pregnancy/Childbirth
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep Or Insomnia
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Trauma And PTSD
Treatment Orientation
- Attachment-based
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Jungian
- Mindfulness Based Approaches
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Somatic
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Couples
Years in Practice
26 years
Languages
- English
Healthcare Provider Taxonomy
- Code: 101YM0800X
- Grouping: Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers
- Classification: Counselor
- Specialization: Mental Health
- Code: 106H00000X
- Grouping: Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers
- Classification: Marriage & Family Therapist
Credentials
- Master of Science (MS)
Licenses
Name | License Number | State |
---|---|---|
LMFT | MFT-290 Verify | HI |
Counselor | IMF 41962 Verify | CA |
Marriage & Family Therapist | 290 Verify | HI |
Practice Locations
14-803 Seaview Rd
Pahoa, HI 96778
Phone Number: (808) 756-2206