Georgianne Nacionales

Practical, compassionate therapy for relationships and life changes

LCSW Hawaii

Experience: 8 years in practice
Focus areas: Relationship, Family, Parenting
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages: English

About Georgianne

Georgianne Nacionales is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Hawaii who blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered and mindfulness-informed approaches to help clients navigate relationship and family concerns.

Background and approach

She frames therapy as a collaborative conversation that honors each person’s strengths and lived experience, and she focuses on building practical skills for coping with stress, anxiety, mood changes, grief, and addictive behaviors. Her style emphasizes empowerment and respectful curiosity rather than judgment.

With eight years of clinical experience and a long career in social services, she brings a background working across the lifespan and particular familiarity with parenting, family dynamics, adoption and foster care issues, blended families, and fatherhood concerns.

Her practice also addresses intimacy-related and communication problems, codependency, abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and professional burnout such as compassion fatigue. Georgianne attends to both emotional patterns and everyday coping strategies, supporting clients who face depression, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, eating and sleeping difficulties, and life transitions.

She meets clients where they are and collaborates on goals aimed at greater resilience, clearer communication, and restored confidence. Georgianne encourages prospective clients to take the first step, offering multiple online formats to fit different needs and schedules.

Approaches and Online Care that Support Practical Change

Georgianne integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy principles to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and develop actionable strategies. CBT emphasizes identifying and testing thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and problematic patterns, while ACT focuses on values-based action and accepting difficult internal experiences to move toward meaningful goals.

She also draws from client-centered and mindfulness methods, offering an empathic listening stance that helps clients explore their priorities and build present-moment awareness. Choosing the right combination of techniques is part of the process, and she works collaboratively with each person to tailor methods to their goals, preferences, and life circumstances rather than prescribing a single pathway.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for clients balancing work, family, or geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain consistency in care and to practice skills between sessions, with the therapist adapting materials and exercises to fit a virtual setting and individual needs.

Frequently asked questions

What types of concerns does she address?

She works with a wide range of issues including relationship and family conflicts, parenting challenges, stress and anxiety, depression and bipolar concerns, addictions, grief, and intimacy-related problems.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her approach is collaborative and nonjudgmental, combining Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered and mindfulness-informed techniques to build practical coping skills and emotional insight.

What is her professional background?

She has eight years of clinical experience and a long career in social services, with a focus on relationship and family work as well as support for caregiver stress and codependency.

Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?

She is a licensed clinical social worker in Hawaii with the credential HI LCSW LCSW-4952.

Does she offer services in languages other than English?

Sessions are provided in English only and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for their schedule.

How are sessions billed or priced?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with her?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesSelf esteem Coping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, Anxiety AddictionsLGBTTrauma and abuse GriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsParanoiaPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSex addictionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

8+ years

Licensed

Hawaii

Languages

English