Alexandra Lopez de Haro, LMHC

Alexandra Lopez de Haro is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Hawaii with more than a decade of clinical experience supporting people through complex emotional challenges. She focuses on creating an affirming, compassionate environment where clients can explore difficult feelings and work toward meaningful change.

Her practice emphasizes trauma recovery, depression management, and guidance through major life transitions, with particular attention to young adults, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those navigating multicultural identities. Alexandra addresses issues such as social anxiety, workplace stress, attachment patterns, and identity exploration while honoring each person’s unique story.

Therapeutic work centers on empowerment and building practical coping skills that strengthen self-esteem and foster healthier connections. She uses collaborative, strength-based methods and evidence-based interventions, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT), and mindfulness practices, tailoring these approaches to each client’s needs and goals.

Evidence-Based Approaches Delivered Online

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and learning practical skills to change patterns that contribute to depression, anxiety, and stress. It is action-oriented and helpful for managing symptoms and improving everyday functioning.

EMDR, or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, is a structured approach used to process traumatic memories and reduce the intensity of distressing reactions; it can be appropriate for people working through past trauma and abuse.

Mindfulness practices help people build moment-to-moment awareness and regulate emotions, supporting work on self-esteem, impulsivity, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right method is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist will collaborate with each person to determine which approaches fit their needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative process allows techniques to be adapted over time as progress is made.

Online therapy options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility for scheduling and allow clients to access licensed professionals from a distance. These formats can make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing work, school, or travel.