Lani Ete , LCMHC

Lani Ete is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), a credential that indicates formal training and licensure to provide clinical mental health services. Raised in a small town in Hawaii until the age of 21, she completed her undergraduate studies through distance learning and earned a Master of Mental Health Counseling in 2007 from the University of Phoenix. She transitioned to online telehealth practice at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and currently provides counseling exclusively via remote sessions.

Lani uses an eclectic, client-focused approach that blends cognitive-behavioral techniques, person-centered principles, brief therapy, and solution-focused strategies, with attention to psychoanalytic processes that explore how past and present relationship experiences influence current concerns. This flexible stance allows her to tailor interventions to the presenting issues and goals of each person she works with.

Her style is described as approachable and warm, aimed at helping clients actively process and explore their experiences, deepen self-understanding, and develop greater agency in directing their lives. Lani emphasizes collaboration in setting treatment goals and asks for a proactive commitment to the therapeutic work, including completing therapeutic homework in a timely manner so it can be reviewed between sessions. She is genuinely interested in what brings people to therapy and looks forward to supporting those who seek her help.

Integrating therapeutic approaches for online care

Lani draws on several evidence-informed approaches to tailor online therapy to each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and sleep difficulties and to build practical coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early and current relationship patterns influence emotions and interpersonal struggles, helping people understand and reshape connection, intimacy, and trust issues. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the therapist follows the client’s lead to foster insight, self-acceptance, and personal growth.

Lani approaches treatment collaboratively, recognizing that finding the best therapeutic fit is part of the process. She partners with clients to identify goals, test approaches, and adjust strategies based on needs, preferences, and what is working in sessions.

Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, online therapy with Lani provides flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules and differing comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care across locations and life transitions while receiving support from licensed professionals who adapt methods to remote formats.