Gwen Keliihoomalu, LMHC
Compassionate counselor with four decades experience
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
How Gwen works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Hawaii
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Gwen
Gwen Keliihoomalu is a licensed mental health counselor with 40 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with relationships, trauma, low self-esteem, career stress, grief, and anger. Her approach is straightforward and respectful, aimed at making the first steps easier for someone seeking help.
Gwen listens closely to what matters most to each person and adapts conversations to fit their situation. She emphasizes sensitivity and compassion while working toward practical changes people can use each day.
Background and approach
Sessions are meant to be a place to sort priorities, reduce overwhelm, and try small experiments that build confidence. With a long clinical background in Hawaii, Gwen draws on tried techniques to address anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, and coping during life changes.
She also supports people dealing with eating and sleeping problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and issues tied to adoption, attachment, or abandonment. Gwen helps clients work through intimacy-related problems, commitment and codependency concerns, and the strain that can come from career transitions. She also assists people facing the aftermath of domestic violence, divorce, or other major life disruptions.
The focus is on clear goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Her style is collaborative: Gwen and the person in therapy build a plan together and revise it as needed. She encourages pacing the work to match each person’s comfort level and practical needs.
What Gwen works with
Everything Gwen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Gwen's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches and how online care fits
Gwen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide work on relationship strain and trauma. For relationship and intimacy concerns she focuses on improving communication patterns and understanding attachment needs so people can try different ways of connecting. For trauma-related work she helps people build safety, reduce overwhelming reactions, and learn coping strategies that reduce distress in daily life.Choosing the best approach is collaborative. Gwen will discuss options, listen to your goals, and together you will pick methods that match your needs and comfort level. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helpful and what feels manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full face-to-face conversation and for working on nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio-only check-in is preferred. Live chat or text messaging can suit brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or people who prefer writing between appointments. These formats make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Gwen
What issues does Gwen help with?
She works with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, career stress, grief, anger, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, and related areas such as eating and sleeping difficulties.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and compassionate. Conversations are tailored to each person and focused on clear, achievable steps.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
Gwen has 40 years of professional work experience as a licensed mental health counselor in Hawaii.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an LMHC credential and practices from Hawaii.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.