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Gwen Keliihoomalu, LMHC

  • Experience40 years
  • LocationHawaii
  • Focus areasADHD, Relationship, and Trauma and abuse
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Gwen

Gwen Keliihoomalu is a licensed mental health counselor in Hawaii with four decades of professional experience supporting people through a wide range of life challenges.

Background and approach

She works with concerns such as relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, motivation and self-esteem, career transitions, stress and anxiety, grief, mood disorders including depression and bipolar, and ADHD.

Her practice also addresses eating and sleep difficulties, anger, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue, along with many related areas like attachment and adoption concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and recovery from domestic violence. Gwen emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in her work, shaping conversations and treatment plans to reflect each person’s specific needs and goals.

She frames the first step into therapy as an act of courage and partners with clients to tailor approaches that fit their situation. Based in Hawaii, she brings a long history of practice to collaborative care and aims to help clients build motivation, confidence, and practical coping skills as they navigate life transitions and difficult emotions.

Approaches and online care that adapt to your needs



Gwen draws on well-established therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional healing. One approach emphasizes building coping skills and problem-solving strategies to reduce stress, manage anxiety, and improve daily functioning. Another approach concentrates on processing past trauma and its effects on relationships, helping clients understand patterns and develop healthier responses to triggers.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist collaborates with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adjusts methods over time to better fit evolving needs and circumstances.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These remote options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, or geographic constraints, and they allow licensed professionals to meet clients where they are so therapy can fit into everyday life.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Gwen works with a broad set of issues including relationship problems, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, career difficulties, stress, anxiety, grief, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related challenges such as eating and sleep issues and anger.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
The practice emphasizes respectful, sensitive, and compassionate engagement and tailors dialogue and treatment plans to each person's unique needs and goals.
What is the therapist's background and experience?
She is a licensed mental health counselor with 40 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns across many care settings.
Where is the therapist licensed and located?
The clinician is licensed in Hawaii with the credential HI LMHC MHC-87 and practices from that state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are conducted in English and the therapist accepts international clients as well.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions operate through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesTrauma and abuseSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyLGBTFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHearing impairedHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-harmSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryVisually impairedYoung adult issues

Experience

40+ years

Licensed

Hawaii

Languages

English

About

Gwen Keliihoomalu is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Hawaii, with 40 years of experience, not currently accepting new clients.