Noelani Neroes

Noelani Neroes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Hawaii with three years of practice. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, and mood concerns. Noelani aims to create a welcoming and affirming space for LGBTQ individuals and others navigating life changes.

Noelani centers sessions on each person's story. She listens first and helps clients name what matters most to them. From there she and the client set goals and try practical steps that fit daily life.

Her approach blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness. This means clients can expect both reflective conversation and concrete tools to manage thoughts and behaviors. Motivational interviewing also informs how she supports change when motivation wavers.

Noelani often works with people dealing with self-esteem, body image, and eating and food-related issues. She also addresses caregiver stress, substance concerns, dissociation, and effects of trauma and abuse. She helps people sort through relationship patterns without assuming a one-size-fits-all plan.

Sessions are conversational and goal oriented. Noelani supports exploration of identity, life purpose, and healing from past experiences while building everyday coping skills. She encourages small, achievable steps that add up over time.

How her approaches guide online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It emphasizes listening, validation, and helping clients clarify their own goals and values. This approach is useful for identity questions, relationship patterns, and deciding what matters most in daily life.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, offers clear strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. It often includes simple exercises to try between sessions for anxiety, mood shifts, and body image concerns. Mindfulness therapy trains attention on the present moment and simple breath or observation practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Noelani treats it as a collaboration, trying methods together and adjusting based on what helps. Clients and therapist decide which tools to use based on needs, goals, and personal preferences.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work and family life, reduce travel time, and offer a quieter space when that helps. Some formats also let sessions be shorter check-ins or rely less on video when bandwidth is limited. These practical benefits can help therapy fit into everyday routines.