Where we serve
Mental health care on Molokai.
Kaunakakai and the east end. On Molokai the problem has never been that care was far — it is that for anything specialized, it has not been here at all.
Getting care on Molokai today.
Honolulu Civil Beat reported in 2023 that Molokai and Lanai have no child psychiatrist at all. Our program serves adults, so that specific figure is not about the care we provide — it is the clearest published measure of how thin specialty mental health coverage runs on this island, and adults feel the same thinness from the other side of it.
What follows from that is a familiar sequence for Molokai families: the local options are exhausted quickly, the referral points to Oahu, and getting there is a flight and a day. For something you would need four times a week, the honest answer has always been that it cannot be done. So it has not been offered.
What changes
What we bring to Molokai.
The same twelve-hour-a-week program that runs on every other island, delivered here without asking anyone to leave.
- A full intensive outpatient program available on Molokai for the first time, by video
- Licensed Hawaii clinicians, evenings, twelve weeks
- Psychiatry included in the same treatment plan rather than referred off-island
- Family sessions that can include relatives on Oahu, Maui, or the mainland
What we treat, Molokai 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 Molokai
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.
02
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.
04
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.
Is the internet here good enough for four evenings a week?
For most households, yes — the program needs a connection that can hold a video call, not a fast one. Where it is genuinely unreliable, tell us at intake and we work the problem with you. We would rather solve it up front than have someone quietly stop showing up.
Are your clinicians going to understand Molokai?
They are licensed in Hawaii and they treat people from every island, including this one. What we will not do is claim a familiarity we have to earn — ask during your assessment, listen to how the answer sounds, and judge it. That is a fair test to put to anyone offering you care.
Available here, finally.
One call to find out whether this is the right level of care for what you are carrying. No flight involved.