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Jonnet Cruz

LMFT Hawaii 20 years of experience

Practical therapy for major life transitions

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Jonnet Cruz
  • Relationship-focused
  • Skills-based
  • Strengths-oriented

About Jonnet

Jonnet Cruz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Hawaii with 20 years of clinical experience. She meets people where they are and helps them manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and big life transitions. Her style is straightforward and respectful, aimed at making tough topics easier to talk about.

She uses approaches that center relationships and personal strengths. Jonnet blends attachment-focused work with cognitive-behavioral tools and emotion-focused methods to help people change unhelpful patterns. Sessions typically involve listening, building skills, and trying concrete steps that feel doable between meetings.

Her background includes long-term practice across a wide range of concerns, such as trauma and abuse, addiction, mood challenges, body image, and parenting strain. She frames clients as the experts on their lives and partners with them to find what helps most. That practical focus is useful when coping with life changes that feel overwhelming.

Jonnet works in English and holds licensure in Hawaii and Florida as an LMFT. She draws on two decades of experience to tailor approaches to each person’s needs. If you want a therapist who emphasizes clear communication and steady, skills-based progress, she may be a good match.

To begin, clients follow a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time, and cost varies with location and timing.

How Jonnet’s approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps people notice patterns tied to closeness and distance, and learn new ways to connect that feel safer and more reliable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on what someone thinks and does now; it teaches concrete strategies to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and break cycles of worry or avoidance. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and name core emotions and change how they express needs in relationships to improve connection.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jonnet collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they test what works, adjust tactics, and develop skills that fit the client’s daily life.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm the currently offered options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. It also lets people use video when face-to-face conversation helps, or choose an option that requires less bandwidth or on-camera time if that suits them better.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSelf esteem

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

20+ years

Credentials

Hawaii, Florida

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of issues does Jonnet address?

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, self-esteem and coping with life changes among other areas.

What is her general therapy style?

Her style blends listening with practical skill-building, using relational and evidence-informed methods to change unhelpful patterns and manage emotions.

How long has she been practicing?

Jonnet has 20 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns and clinical situations.

What credential does she hold and where is she located?

She is an LMFT licensed in Hawaii (HI LMFT) and Florida (FL LMFT) and practices out of Hawaii.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started if I want to work together?

Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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