Meriah is a person-centered counselor who believes in the power of listening. She believes that you know what’s best for yourself; she can help you figure out some pieces and process through therapeutic tools.

Meriah has a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from UH-Hilo, a Master’s degree in International, Intercultural Management from the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont, and a Master’s in Counseling Psychology from UH-Hilo. She worked as a corporate trainer and HR specialist in Tokyo for half a decade before shifting to Career Development, managing a program at the UC Berkeley Career Center.

​Meriah specializes in working with people who have an intersection with disability (-autism, neurodiverse, Down syndrome, deaf, blind, intellectual, or developmental disability, traumatic brain injury, PTSD, physical disability, chronic illness, mental illness). “Intersection” with disability being either an acquired disability, disabled through life, a child or loved one with a disability or dealing with recently acquiring a disability. Meriah specializes in neuroaffirming care, working with people with ADHD/Autism (or both) or other neurodivergence in an affirming way.

Meriah also enjoys working with neurotypicals, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people experiencing transitions (career, life, religion). She utilizes integrative approaches. She uses expressive arts, DBT, ACT, psycho-education and person-centered therapy.

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area but having grown up in Fiji (Levuka, Suva), Hilo, Taiwan (Yu-Li), Macau, Japan (Fukuoka, Tokyo) and China (Guangzhou), Meriah is very comfortable with cross-cultural and multi-cultural adaption issues and can help with those specifically. She is proficient in Japanese and can “get by” in Mandarin Chinese.