Mariana Ferrari-Elzaurdia
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Finances
Fees
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Insurance
- Aloha Care Quest
- AlohaCare
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Hawaii Medical Assurance Association
- Hawaii Medical Services Association
- HMSA HMO
- HMSA PPO
- HMSA Quest
- TRICARE
- TriWest
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Hawaii / MFT-237 Mariana Ferrari-Elzaurdia
- Certificate from University of Hawaii Substance Abuse & Addictions / 2005
- Attended Argosy University, Graduated 2003
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Child
- Family Conflict
- Parenting
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Career Counseling
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Emotional Disturbance
- Gottman Therapy trained
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Substance Use
- Trauma and PTSD
Client Focus
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Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Eclectic
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Gottman Method
- Play Therapy
- Structural Family Therapy
Groups
Active Parenting for Stepfamilies
Active Parenting for Stepfamilies in 3 is a program to help parents and stepparents raise children in the challenging stepfamily environment. It teaches how to use powerful communication and negotiation skills to strengthen marriage and family. It is a video based program to help new couples work together to build a new stepfamily. In just three sessions, parents and stepparents will learn about stepfamily living, how to turn differences into opportunities and about how to encourage stepfamily success. It is also helpful for foster parents, adoptive parents, single parents and others affected by loss and change.
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Location
North Shore office and
3146 Akahi Street
Lihue, HI 96766
Active Parenting Now
Active Parenting Now in 3 combines video, activities and discussion to help parents raise responsible children who are able to resist negative peer pressure. It is designed for parents of children 5 to 12. The program demonstrates non-violent discipline techniques, positive communication and effective encouragement skills. It features families of different races and configurations. In just 3 sessions parents will learn techniques to improve family communication and cooperation, effective non-violent discipline techniques, how to teach responsibility and about power, courage and self esteem. An additional discussion session featuring common-sense, proven parenting techniques can be added to complement program.
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North Shore Office and
3146 Akahi Street
Lihue, HI 96766
Active Parenting of Teens: Families in Action
Active Parenting of Teens provides a unique approach to improving parent-child interaction and strengthening our youth against the risks they face every day. This program can be used with parents and teens together, with teens alone or with parents alone. Teens will learn communication, self respect and conflict-resolution skills. It also addresses prevention issues. Combining entertaining video, group discussion and high energy activities for the teens, this program will teach both groups how to communicate effectively, get along better, and avoid problems (including drugs, alcohol, sex and violence). Research proves it's effective!
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Location
North Shore Office and
3146 Akahi Street
Lihue, HI 96766
Location
Additional Location
4504 Kukui st
Suite 202
Kapaa, HI 96746
(808) 639-0963Nearby Areas