RAWR LLC

Live Your Best Life

Healing is a complex process that can lead to meaningful transformation. I offer a safe, supportive space to explore what’s holding you back, process deep emotions, and discover new perspectives. Together, we'll build resilience, strengthen boundaries, and connect with your values. My mission is to guide you towards living authentically—free from constraints others or even you might have set.

I see your strengths, even when they feel distant. Starting or returning to therapy can take courage, and I’m here to support you through each step. Let’s find your voice…RAWR!

Services

I provide therapy for individuals and couples, offering both Telehealth and in-person sessions at my private office in downtown Honolulu. 

Most insurance plans cover therapy so most clients pay only the copay. If you have questions about the cost of therapy please contact me. I accept UHC, UHA, HMSA, Kaiser, HMAA/HWMG, Aetna, Cigna, Medicare, and Quest (AlohaCare, Ohana, UHC, HMSA). Clients with out-of-state/-network insurance receive superbills to provide their plan for reimbursement. I also offer a sliding scale fee based on income for those without insurance.

Special Interests

• LGBTQ+ and sexuality. Sex workers, LGBTQ+, and anyone facing challenges with sex  or sexuality and non-traditional relationship structures. As a sex-positive gay man completing certification to be a sex therapist, I comfortably discuss human sexuality with sensitivity to each client's unique past.

• Substance use. Any stage of change, including active use. I favor a harm reduction approach for its evidence-based, non-judgmental framework that fosters accountability and leaves room for abstinence. 

• Self-harm and suicide. 14+ years working with clients who engage in non-suicidal self-injury, are at heightened risk for suicide, and those who have recently attempted suicide. I respond with composure and strive to help clients feel like active participants in their own sense of safety, rather than feel like safety is imposed on them. 

• HIV/AIDS. My first true social work passion 17+ years ago. Medical management has changed, but issues regarding access to care and stigma remain. Personal and professional experience help me relate in a way other therapists cannot.

My Approach

Therapy with me is grounded in social justice and an understanding of oppression, helping clients embrace their true selves or the selves they want to become so they can live authentically.

Using Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and Narrative Therapy, I focus on highlighting strengths and reframing past challenges as separate from your identity. I also incorporate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to explore how thoughts affect emotions and actions, and Ego Psychology to build self-protection and confidence.

Confidentiality and respect for boundaries are central to my practice, and I strictly follow the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics. For more details, please review "Privacy Practices" and "Practice Policies" under Forms & Disclosures.

My Commitment To Clients

Since finishing graduate school in 2010, I have advanced social justice through various initiatives beyond direct practice, including:

• Examining policies and dismantling systems that create barriers to high-quality, culturally relevant services, resulting in the establishment of new departments within large healthcare organizations.

• Training physicians and law enforcement at conferences on critical topics such as historical trauma, power differentials, suicide prevention, crisis intervention, personality disorders, involuntary treatment and adult guardianship.