| Office: |
Susan Ray, MFT, Licensed Therapist
970 N. Kalaheo Avenue
Suite A-212
Kailua, HI 96734
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| Phone: |
(808) 227-6791
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| Cell Phone: |
(808) 227-6791
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| E-mail: |
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| Web Site: |
www.windwardtherapy.com
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| Profession: |
Marriage and Family Therapist
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| Services: |
Psychotherapy/Counseling
Employee Assistance Counseling
Psychoeducational Evaluations
Specialty in Depression & other Mental Illnesses
Couple Counseling
Family Counseling
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| Practice Description: |
I am a licensed therapist with over 25 years of experience in working with individuals, couples and families. I specialize in Depression & Anxiety, and other major mental illnesses. Being a Marriage and Family Therapist, I also enjoy doing couple and family work, especially as it connects to helping a loved one.
My treatment approach is client centered and geared towards working "with you", and loved ones if you so request. We will develop a plan together that will involve psychotherapy and treatment goals built around activities, places and things that you enjoy.
When working with individuals, I will support and guide you each step of the way, so that you know you are not alone in this battle. Don't lose hope, you can and will get better with a set plan of action. Just knowing alone that you have a plan and are on your way to feeling better is very encouraging and healing in itself.
My couple and family approach is experiential in nature, in an aim to boost broken communication patterns. I am very "neutral", and feel that a couple or family problem can never be just one person's fault. Usually negative patterns can imerge when we feel hurt, or neglected, and these spiral out of control on their own in time. Sometimes huge dysfunctional patterns can start over relatively small things or even inaccurate assumptions that are sometimes never even true, just believed due to actions/behaviors in the relationship, that just help the pattern get worse over time.
I facilitate a WOW (Women on Wellness) support group, sponsored by NAMI Hawaii, and also provide MFT Post Master's Supervision to those working towards MFT licensure. I also instruct graduate school courses in Argosy's Marriage and Family Therapy Program.
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Practice Specialties or Interests:
(Strengths are
in bold text) |
Depression
Relationship Issues
Personal Growth
Adjustment Disorder
Adoption Issues
Anger Management
Anxiety Disorders/Phobias
Bipolar Disorder
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Co-dependency
Communication Disorders
Crisis/Trauma
Dissociative Disorders
Divorce/Dissolution
Domestic Violence
Dually Diagnosed Individuals
Eating Disorders
Ethnic/Cultural Issues
Gay/Lesbian Issues
Gender Identity
Grief/Loss
Infertility Issues
Infidelity
Life Transitions
PTSD
Schizophrenia
Self-esteem
Sexual Abuse
Sleep Disorders
Stress Management
Women's Issues
Assisting Families of a loved one with a Mental Illness
Empowerment
Physical Health and Mental Health Connection
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| Age Specialties: |
Adolescents
Adults
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| Session Formats: |
Individual
Couples
Family
Group
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| Treatment Approaches: |
Behavioral
Biopsychosocial
Cognitive/Cognitive-Behavioral
Developmental
Existential/Humanistic
Experiential
Family Systems
Integrative
Interpersonal
Narrative
Person-Centered
Psychodynamic
Psychoeducational
Psychosocial
Self Psychology
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Transpersonal
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| Additional Demographic Expertise: |
Asian American
Military/Veterans
Pacific Islander
People with Disabilities
Women/Feminist
Bi-racial/Cultural Relationships
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| Education: |
MA, American School of Professional Psychology, 2000
BA, Hawaii Loa College, 1986
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| License #: |
MFT-109 |
| License State: |
Hawaii |
| Additional Licenses/ Certifications: |
2004-current--MFT Hawaii State License
2009-current--AAMFT Approved Supervisor |
| Professional Affiliations: |
AAMFT Clinical Member
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| Fee Schedule: |
If you are uninsured, we can discuss a price range, or perhaps I can refer you to another resource within the community that you may not know of. |
| Accepted Insurance: |
Beacon Health Options
Ceridian
MHNet Behavioral Health
Military OneSource
TRICARE
HMSA, Quest, Aloha Care, Summerline, UHA
HMAA, HMA
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| Insurance and Billing Instructions: |
Accept all major insurances in the islands-- HMSA, UHA,HMAA, Tricare, Quest, Aloha Care, HMA, United Health Care, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and the following Employee Assistance Plans: Ceridian, Military One Source, HMAA, HMA, E-4, Life Scope, Optum, InnterMountain, Value Options |
| Office Hours: |
typically 1-8pm, and one morning per week |
| Driving Directions: |
Located accross from Aikahi Shopping Center, at N Kalaheo Avenue & Mokapu Blvd. Next to Pinky's restaurant, and right outside the back gate of Kaneohe Marine Air Station.
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| Additional Comments: |
All inquiries and services are completely confidential, so please don't let that keep you from getting help. Feel free to call and ask for more information. If I cannot help you, I may be able to connect you to another resource. |
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