Lani Ete , LCMHC

Lani Ete is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), a credential that signifies advanced training to assess and treat mental health concerns. Raised in a small town in Hawaii until age 21, she completed an undergraduate degree in psychology through distance learning and earned a Master of Mental Health Counseling in 2007 from the University of Phoenix. Her background blends long-term study with practical experience, and she has practiced exclusively via online telehealth since the start of the COVID pandemic.

Lani's therapeutic stance is intentionally eclectic. She draws from cognitive-behavioral and person-centered methods, includes brief and solution-focused techniques, and pays attention to psychoanalytic processes that consider how past and present relationships shape current difficulties. This flexible toolkit allows her to tailor interventions to each client's specific goals, whether the focus is anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, grief, addiction, or life transitions.

Clients can expect an approachable and warm counseling style that encourages active exploration and self-discovery. Lani emphasizes collaboration in defining needs and selecting strategies, and she asks for a commitment to work both in and between sessions. That includes completing agreed-upon exercises in a timely way so there is space to review progress together. She is genuinely interested in what brings people to therapy and welcomes the opportunity to support clients as they learn, grow, and take direction of their lives.

Approaches That Guide Online Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify their values and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while taking concrete steps toward a meaningful life. It is often useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes because it emphasizes committed action rather than symptom elimination alone.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationship patterns influence emotional responses and interpersonal problems. This approach can be especially helpful for clients dealing with intimacy issues, attachment concerns, abandonment, and relationship challenges by improving understanding and emotional connection.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical tools to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is commonly applied to anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and many day-to-day coping problems through skills practice and structured exercises.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Lani works with each client to assess needs, goals, and preferences, adapting methods as therapy progresses so the chosen strategies feel like a good fit.

Online therapy with a licensed professional offers flexibility and accessibility. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow clients to engage from different locations and schedules, making it easier to maintain consistent care while balancing work, family, and other commitments.