About Kerri
Kerri Brown is a licensed mental health counselor in Hawaii who helps people manage anxiety, stress, and life transitions. She focuses on practical change and clear goals so clients can feel steadier and more in control. Kerri writes in straightforward language and aims to make sessions feel approachable for someone juggling family, work, or school.
She listens first to understand what matters most to each person. Then she identifies patterns of thinking and behavior that get in the way.
Background and approach
Kerri uses cognitive behavior techniques and client-centered conversation to help people notice automatic thoughts and respond differently to them. Her work began in 2007 and she has 12 years of counseling experience overall. She holds a master’s degree in Counselor Education from the University of Alaska, Anchorage and is licensed as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, in Hawaii.
Kerri has worked in varied settings, including inpatient treatment for teens, group homes for adults, and school-based behavioral health. Those experiences shaped her practical focus on small, steady steps that build momentum toward goals. She supports people dealing with depression, coping with life changes, grief, and issues around self-love and life purpose.
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Kerri aims to help people set clear, manageable goals and practice new skills between meetings. Her style combines empathy, straightforward feedback, and measurable steps so clients can track progress over time.
How Kerri’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so clients feel heard, then helps them choose goals that matter to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses simple exercises to identify automatic thoughts and test new responses, which can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and low mood.
Solution-focused therapy keeps sessions goal-directed and practical. It emphasizes small, concrete steps and builds on what’s already working to create forward motion.
Finding the best mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss needs, preferences, and goals and together tailor a plan. That shared decision-making helps ensure techniques feel relevant and doable for daily life.
Online sessions offer flexibility for different rhythms of life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging is useful for ongoing reflection or brief updates. These options can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules while keeping work focused on practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii
- Languages
- English
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