Cheri’s mission is to engender healing and growth individually and collectively for the benefit of all. She helps people move towards wholeness of the Self through the healing journey of mental health counseling, utilizing various modalities as best fits each client. She is deeply caring and invested in each individual’s process towards wholeness. She is an empathic listener, connected and partnering with each person to best understand their needs, history, perspectives, insights, and how best to engender healing.
Cheri is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor here in Hilo, Hawaii (MHC-324). She completed her Master’s in Counseling Psychology at the University of Hawaii at Hilo and has been serving in various mental health agencies in Hilo since 2005, including CARE Hawaii, Hale Kipa, and the YWCA Sex Assault Crisis Program. She most recently began this private practice in 2014. At that time, she also began training in Sandplay therapy and has received her Registered Sandplay Practitioner certification from Sandplay Therapists of America. She is a member of Sandplay Therapists of Hawaii and Sandplay Therapists of America.