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Online therapist

Hana Yin

Calm, practical therapy for life changes

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Credentials
LMFT
Experience
16 years
Licensed in
Hawaii
Languages
English, Mandarin
Format
Online sessions

About Hana

Hana Yin is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 16 years of clinical experience in Hawaii. She creates a warm, affirming space where people can talk through stress, anxiety, trauma, and relationship concerns. Sessions are straightforward and focused on practical steps that a person can use between meetings.

Her work draws from several evidence-based approaches. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and take action.

Background and approach

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is applied to shift unhelpful thoughts and build new habits. She also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centered methods to strengthen emotional understanding and connection. Hana has focused experience helping with LGBT concerns, ADHD, addictions, intimacy issues, anger, sleep problems, and self-esteem challenges.

She also supports people dealing with career changes, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and grief related to adoption or abandonment. Her background includes trauma and abuse work and compassion fatigue support. Sessions may include skills practice, values clarification, and talking through relationship patterns.

She explains tools in plain language and adapts exercises to fit each person’s daily life. The pace is collaborative and respectful of personal boundaries. Hana works in English and Mandarin and accepts international clients.

Her professional license is HI LMFT MFT-951. Practical details such as cost and scheduling are handled through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Online approaches that fit daily life

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, meaningful actions. It is useful when worry or avoidance keeps someone stuck and they want direction rooted in personal values.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. It helps with anxiety, sleep problems, anger, and many everyday stressors by teaching concrete techniques to change thoughts and habits.

Hana approaches online work collaboratively. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest one or a mix of approaches. Together they decide what feels most useful and adjust methods as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Those options make it easier to keep regular sessions during busy weeks or when travel is needed. The format also allows skill practice and brief check-ins between longer meetings, so therapy can feel practical and manageable.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Hana address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, LGBT concerns, ADHD, addictions, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career shifts, and caregiver fatigue among other areas.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is warm and person-centered, focusing on practical skills and clear steps. Sessions mix talking, skills practice, and values-based exercises to help people make changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Hana brings 16 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist with license HI LMFT MFT-951 and practices from Hawaii.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Mandarin.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Hana?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
16 years
Licensed
Hawaii
Languages
English, Mandarin

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