Pau Hana Counseling was founded in 2015 with the mission to serve the local clientele of Hawai'i. 

We are an organization that currently includes thirty six therapists:

 

Dr. Erin Gustin, MA, PsyD, LP, Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Hannah Hancock, MSW, LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker 

Syntha Lorenz, MA, LMFT, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Damien Young, MA, LMFT, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Dr. Jennifer De Costa, PhD, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Dr. Sophia Bernard, PhD, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Anuhea St. Laurent, LMFT, MSCP, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Jody Dunlap, MSW, LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Megan Salgado, MSW, LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Lisa Chilson-McCraw, LCSW, CSAC, Licensed Clinical Social Worker 

Tana Teicheira, LCSW, QCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LaCortney Maddox, LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Camille Bourcier, LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Grace Holbrook, MSW, LSW, Licensed Social Worker

Nicole Shifflett, MSW, LSW, Licensed Social Worker

Andrea Nila Negron, MSW, LSW, Licensed Social Worker

Mark White, MAC, LMHC, LPC, Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Hannah L. Dann, LMHC, LPC, Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Nanami Matsui, LPC, LAC, LMHC, Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Timothy Wheeler, LPC, LMHC, Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Dale Komoda, LMHC, CSAC, Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Heidi Lahl, MFT, PCC, Marriage and Family Therapy Intern

Petra Parvati Meedt, MA, MS, Marriage and Family Therapy Intern

Sahiti Kurumuri, MS.ED, M.PHIL, Mental Health Counseling Intern

Tyra S. Gardner, MS, MEd, Mental Health Counseling Intern 

Tupu Lawrence, MA, MHC, Mental Health Counseling Intern

Ki Eun Jeon, MA, MHC, Mental Health Counseling Intern

Samantha Bailo, MA, Mental Health Counseling Intern

Daysi Cortes, MS, MHC, Mental Health Counseling Intern

Tom Kirkham, MA, Mental Health Counseling Intern 

Sophia Bullard, MS, Mental Health Counseling Intern

Christin DeCoito, MA, MHC, Mental Health Counseling Intern

Melissa St. Claire, MA, CHT, Mental Health Counseling Intern

Matthew Johnson, MS, Mental Health Counseling Intern

Meriah Nichols, MA, Mental Health Counseling Intern

Amma King, BS, Mental Health Counseling Intern

 

We are a woman-owned and woman-led small business. We are deeply dedicated to serving the local population of Hawai'i, particularly underserved populations with limited access to mental health services. We currently have locations on the Island of Hawai'i and the Island of Oahu. We strive to provide a safe, respectful, and supportive environment where clients can begin the process of healing and change without judgment. Areas of expertise include trauma, chemical dependency, addiction, eating disorders, codependency, life transition issues, divorce, grief, personality disorders, adult children of alcoholics (ACOA), dual diagnosis, depression and anxiety. We strive to develop a collaborative relationship with clients and provide hope, healing, and empowerment through education, resources, and insights. Pau Hana Counseling provides individual, couples, group, marriage and family therapy. Our goal is the help the residents of Hawai'i by providing professional, competent, accessible, and compassionate therapy services.

 

All of the clinicians at Pau Hana Counseling have expertise in treating different clientele and focus on serving those populations. We aim to employ diverse clinicians with different areas of expertise and experiences to be able to serve as many different types of clients as possible. We are also very passionate about providing our therapists-in-training with excellent supervision and vast experiences working with a wide variety of clients. All of our clinicians choose their own caseload size and create their own schedule. We employ proficient and skilled administrative staff to support our clinicians so they can focus on providing excellent therapy services and serving our clients. Our therapists have access to monthly individual and group supervision, and have access to free psycho-educational materials to provide to clients. Our therapists-in-training have access to licensed and trained therapists who can provide them with the needed supervision hours to work towards licensure. Our therapists also receive free psycho-educational trainings from our many accomplished clinicians.