A practice built like a hale — quiet, sturdy, yours.
Hale Mana Counseling is a small, locally-rooted behavioral health practice on Maui. We exist because everyone deserves a place where their story is met with care.
We didn't build this practice to be the biggest. We built it to be the kind of place we wish we could have walked into ourselves.
Hale
/ ˈhɑː·leɪ /
Hawaiian, n. A house. A shelter. A place where people live and gather, eat and rest. The word carries kinship — a hale is never just walls.
Mana
/ ˈmɑː·nɑː /
Hawaiian, n. Spiritual energy, life force, inner strength. The deep, quiet power that lives within every person and every place — waiting to be honored.
Care should feel local, not transactional.
On Maui, asking for mental health support can feel impossibly exposed. Our community is small, and good clinicians are spread thin. We started Hale Mana to change that — to build a practice where you don't have to choose between excellent care and feeling truly seen. Trauma-informed, evidence-based, and quietly unhurried. Whether you're meeting us in our Wailuku or upcountry office or by telehealth, the experience is the same: warm, professional, and shaped to who you are.
Born from the long work of recovery.
Many of us came to this work through Mana Recovery Center, where we spent years walking alongside people through the early, fragile seasons of healing. We learned that recovery isn't a 90-day program — it's a long return to oneself, often years in the making. Hale Mana exists to hold that longer arc. We offer the kind of ongoing therapy and psychiatric care that meets people where their recovery actually lives — at home, in the family, in the everyday.
From keiki to kupuna — and every season between.
Our doors are open to children, teens, adults, couples, families, and elders. We see people through anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, life transitions, relationship pain, grief, and the long aftermath of addiction. And we believe deeply in no one being turned away for an inability to pay. A sliding-scale fee schedule is available to anyone who needs it, scaled to family size and income. Most major insurance and Quest is accepted.
How we practice
Four convictions that shape the work.
These aren't slogans — they're the daily decisions that make this practice feel different.
In-person is the default.
We use telehealth thoughtfully — for clients across the islands and for moments when life makes coming in impossible — but our practice is built around showing up. The room matters.
Trauma-informed, always.
Every intake, every session, every quiet moment in the waiting room. We assume you've been through something — because most of us have — and we work at your pace.
Therapy and medication, under one roof.
When therapy and psychiatric care belong to the same practice, your story stops getting lost in the gaps. You don't tell it three times. One integrated plan, one trusted team.
A clinician-led practice where well-being is the work.
We don't run on burnout. We help our team make wise choices that balance clinical work with the kind of self-care that lets them keep showing up for our community.
A few things to know before you reach out
Telehealth Available
Wherever you are in Hawaiʻi, we can meet — by video, by phone, or in-person at our Wailuku or upcountry office.
Most insurance accepted
HMSA, Kaiser, UHA, HMAA, Tricare, Med-QUEST, and Medicare. We'll help you verify before your first visit.
Sliding-scale fees
No one is turned away for inability to pay. Fees scale with family size and income — just ask.
All ages welcome
Keiki, ʻōpio, adults, couples, families, and kupuna. Therapy, psychiatric care, or both — together.
When you're ready
There's no rush. Reach out when you're ready.
A short message, a phone call, or just a question — however feels easiest. We'll meet you where you are.