Hana Yin, LMFT

Hana Yin is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in Hawaii with 16 years of clinical experience. She creates a welcoming, affirming space where people can talk through what matters to them and find clearer ways forward.

Hana focuses on a broad range of concerns including anxiety, stress, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, ADHD, addictions, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, anger, and self-esteem. She also supports people facing career transitions, compassion fatigue, and other life changes. Sexuality and LGBT-related concerns are part of her practice when they come up in clients' lives.

Her approach centers on the person in front of her. Sessions emphasize listening, practical skills, and helping people notice how thoughts and body sensations affect behavior. She uses tools from acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, attachment-based work, and client-centered therapy to tailor support to each person.

Hana also brings experience with complex and overlapping challenges such as chronic illness, caregiving stress, attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, body image, and blended family dynamics. She mentions work related to abandonment, adoption and foster care, and codependency among other focused areas.

She offers services in English and Mandarin and works with international clients. To begin, prospective clients follow the site process to match and schedule a first session that fits their needs.

Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes by focusing on small steps toward what matters most. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people change how they connect and respond to others, which can aid relationship and intimacy concerns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, listening stance where the therapist follows the person’s lead and supports self-directed growth.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use sessions from different locations when needed, or choose sessions without video when that better suits their needs. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, attachment-based work, and client-centered listening to an online setting to address stress, relationships, sexual and intimacy concerns, and other focus areas.