Jonnet Cruz , LMFT

Jonnet Cruz (pronounced Jonay) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed to practice in Hawai'i and Florida, bringing 20 years of professional experience to her clinical work. As an LMFT, she is trained to support individuals, couples, and families in navigating relationship patterns, life transitions, and emotional challenges.

She has worked with children and teens, families, couples, adults, active duty service members, and veterans, addressing concerns such as stress and anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, motivation, self-esteem, and confidence. Her practice also focuses on a wide range of issues including grief, addiction, parenting, intimacy-related challenges, and neurodiversity-related struggles like ADHD.

Jonnet centers her work on the belief that each person is the expert of their own story and that people possess strengths that can be mobilized to meet difficult circumstances. Her clinical toolbox includes EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), attachment-based therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and narrative therapy. She blends these methods to tailor treatment to each client’s needs, helping clients build insight, regulation skills, and healthier relationship patterns. Jonnet is currently accepting new clients and offers collaborative, strengths-focused care from her Hawai'i base.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on the ways early and current relationships shape emotions and behavior. It helps people understand patterns of connection and distance in relationships and is useful for issues like attachment wounds, abandonment concerns, intimacy-related difficulties, and family conflicts.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the client's perspective and personal experience, offering empathy, acceptance, and collaboration. This approach is helpful for building self-esteem, clarifying values, and strengthening motivation for change.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, stress management, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Licensed professionals and therapists work with each client to consider goals, preferences, and clinical needs, then adjust techniques over time so treatment fits the person rather than forcing a single method.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how clients engage - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to attend sessions around work, family, and geographic limitations. For many people, remote care increases access and consistency, allowing therapeutic work to continue across life transitions and schedules.