Jonnet Cruz, LMFT
Hawaii · 20 years in practice
Jonnet Cruz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 20 years of experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, Hawaii
- MFT-343 · expires December 2028
- LMFT, Florida
- MT4888 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1669801767 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Jonnet
Jonnet Cruz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 20 years of experience. She greets clients warmly and focuses on practical help for stressful and painful moments. Jonnet speaks English and works from Hawaii, bringing a calm, steady presence to sessions.
She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, grief, addiction, parenting strain, and issues around self-esteem and body image. Jonnet also supports those dealing with ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and career or life transitions.
Background and approach
Her list of focus areas includes communication and attachment problems, blended family concerns, and coping after separation or loss. Her approach draws on systemic ideas alongside attachment-based and client-centered methods. That means she looks at relationships and patterns, listens closely, and centers the person’s experience when planning next steps.
Cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior techniques may be used to teach coping skills and change unhelpful thinking. Sessions can include conversational work, practical coping tools, and steps to rebuild connection in important relationships. Jonnet aims to make sessions straightforward so people can try new ways of relating and feeling better between meetings.
She offers several online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to therapist availability.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Jonnet lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jonnet names
- Systemic Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Jonnet’s approaches translate to online care
Jonnet uses a mix of systemic thinking and attachment-based and client-centered methods to guide online sessions. A systemic outlook looks at relationship patterns and family interaction to spot repeating cycles that cause stress; it helps when problems involve partners or family dynamics. Attachment-based work focuses on how early connection shapes current relationships and helps people rebuild trust and closeness. Client-centered therapy centers the person’s own goals and experiences, with the therapist listening deeply and helping clients set the pace for change.Finding the right combination of approaches is a collaborative process. Jonnet will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they choose methods and tools that match the issue at hand and adjust them as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging which make therapy flexible and easier to fit into busy lives. Video lets people work face to face when interaction matters, phone calls use less bandwidth and can be simpler to join, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging helps with ongoing reflection between sessions. These options let clients try different ways of connecting and pick what works best for practical needs and daily life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Jonnet work with?
Jonnet helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, grief, eating and body image issues, addictions, parenting challenges, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and related areas such as attachment and communication problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines a systemic outlook with attachment-based and client-centered approaches. Sessions tend to be collaborative, practical, and focused on changing patterns and building coping skills.
What is her professional background?
She has 20 years of professional experience working in therapeutic roles. That experience includes supporting people through trauma, family conflict, mood concerns, and life transitions.
Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?
Jonnet is based in Hawaii and holds the LMFT credential, with licensure noted in Hawaii and Florida as HI LMFT and FL LMFT.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote work.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to get started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a time based on the therapist's availability.
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