Where we serve
Mental health care on Maui.
Kahului, Wailuku, Lahaina, Kihei, and Upcountry. Maui is carrying a mental health load the research has now measured, with a specialty workforce that was already short before 2023.
Getting care on Maui today.
The Hawaiʻi Physician Workforce Report identified shortages above seventy percent for some mental health services on Maui, Hawaii Island, and Kauai. That is the baseline Maui was operating from before August 2023.
Then there is what the fires did, which is now documented rather than assumed. A University of Hawaiʻi study of more than 2,400 Maui residents found elevated depression and anxiety risk after the wildfires — and found that residents outside the burn areas carried significantly elevated suicidal-ideation risk as well, with much of the overall impact tracing to housing instability and lost income rather than to proximity to the fire itself. As the lead researcher put it, the psychological toll was not confined to the areas that burned.
Read that finding carefully, because a lot of people on Maui have used it against themselves: if you were not burned out of your house and you have still not been right, the research says you are part of the affected population, not an impostor in it.
What changes
What we bring to Maui.
A level of care that has been hard to reach here — twelve clinical hours a week, delivered by video, without competing with the housing and work instability that is doing so much of the damage.
- No drive from Lahaina, Hana, or Upcountry four evenings a week
- Evening groups that fit shift work and second jobs
- Trauma treatment that starts with stabilization rather than with the story
- Family sessions that can include people who have relocated off-island
The Maui specifics.
Geography inside Maui is its own barrier. A program in Kahului is a serious commitment from Hana or from Upcountry, and a bad one from Lahaina depending on the road and the hour. Video removes the part of treatment that was competing with your fuel budget.
Housing instability is the other thing worth naming plainly, because the study points straight at it. If you are doubled up with family, between rentals, or living somewhere temporary, that is not a disqualification for treatment — it is context your clinician needs, and it is a large part of what the work is actually about.
What we treat, Maui included
The program treats anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, bipolar disorder, and substance use — in separate mental health and substance use tracks, with a co-occurring path for people carrying both.
Coverage and cost on Maui
Coverage depends on your plan, not your address, and there is no travel cost to absorb here. We verify your benefits with the payer and tell you your expected out-of-pocket cost before you commit to anything.
How it works
How to start.
01
Reach out
Call or fill out our online form. You talk to a real member of our team, not a bot. We’ll ask what’s been going on and what you’ve already tried.
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Clinical assessment
Within a few days, a licensed clinician walks you through a full assessment by video, to determine whether we’re a fit for you.
03
Insurance and cost
We verify your benefits and tell you what you will actually owe before you commit to anything. No surprise balance later.
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Start your group
You are placed in a cohort and meet your clinician before the first session, so you walk into a room where someone already knows your name.
Questions
Straight answers.
Do I have to have lost my home in the fires to get help related to them?
No — and the research is the reason that is not just a kindness. The University of Hawaiʻi study found elevated risk among residents outside the burn areas too, tied heavily to housing instability and lost income. Displacement, a lost job, a changed island, a year of uncertainty: all of that is treatable, and none of it requires a comparison to someone who had it worse.
Is the program specifically about the wildfires?
No. It is a clinical program for depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance use, and for many people on Maui the fires are part of what they bring to it. Your treatment plan is built around what is actually happening for you rather than around an event everyone assumes is the whole story.
I am working two jobs since 2023. Can I fit this in?
That is the schedule the program is designed for — four evenings, Monday through Thursday, joined from wherever you are. If your shifts genuinely conflict with the evening block, say so at intake rather than assuming the answer is no.
The whole island qualifies.
If you have not been right since 2023, that is a clinical situation and not a character question. Start with one conversation.