Personal Growth Is Available

Need some help personally? We can absolutely help you as well. We offer personal therapy programs designed to help you examine the pains in your past without re-traumatizing yourself. You will receive materials and support that will help you gain insight into yourself and truly grow into a healthier you to ‘Be the Best You Can Be!’

Dr Annie Vance, is available to see you individually to address personal growth, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and losses, breakups, divorces and conflicts, We look at Family of Origin wounds and work on developing an understanding of the cause and help create different choices for a more functional way of relating to produce more satisfying, fair, sensitive and respectful relationships.

Scripture provides a clear foundation for direction and guidance in resolving relational issues. When both spouses are looking to God for direction, they are reading the same ‘map’ and thus it facilitates getting on the same page with values and solutions. The closer they are to God, the closer they are to each other. The battle of my way vs. your way is eliminated. We can look to the book of Ephesians for directions to both spouses for their expectations and duties toward each other.

We meet and use creative art materials to express what’s on your mind or whatever we are working through at the moment. An insightful discussion follows, providing new thoughts and ideas to contemplate. Explore symbolic meanings of images and art as a bridge to communication.
Friday is Group Art Therapy Day in the afternoon. If you would like to join this creative, fun, and supportive group please call Annie today at 808 740 4288 to register.

For California and Hawaiian Island clients! -Talk to me from the comfort of your living room. I am now also offering Telehealth Sessions! – Distance Therapy using Technology. Many Insurances allow telehealth sessions using Skype-like Confidential Software for a private therapy consultation. Call 808 740 4288 To provide insurance details to be scheduled for a face to face telesession. Insurance if applicable will cover your session and if there is a co-pay, or self pay fee it can be paid on line at Instamed before your session.

Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) is a methodology used to recover and maintain the best health possible.
We have no interest in diagnosing or treating disease, an area well attended by licensed physicians. Instead, we investigate underlying causes of unwanted conditions including lifestyle, the environment and individual weak links in metabolism.

We are very interested in dysfunction and imbalances within the hormone, immune, digestion, detoxification, and energy production systems and the application of all-natural protocols that work non-specifically. Using Lab Tests I can do the detective work to identify internal stressors and implement nutritional changes that help restore balance.

By coaching up function in these areas, and coaching down contributors to Metabolic Chaos®, we find many symptoms and diseases simply disappear over time as normal function and health are restored.

For most chronic stress-related conditions, FDN is all a client needs to do to get better. For those with a serious medical condition, FDN is a proven stabilizer and holistic grounding program, adjunctive to the medical attention they may receive.

The FDN D.R.E.S.S. for Health Success® protocols positively affects every cell, tissue, organ, and system (the entire organism), strengthening weak links in metabolism and restoring healthy function.

As your therapist, I can now give guidance on how to use nutrition to improve your well-being… It doesn’t have to be hard or complicated!
If you have questions such as How much coffee should I drink? Should I eat meat? What about fats? Why am I so tired mid-afternoon? Why do I feel so overwhelmed all the time? I can help!
Clients who are eager to reduce frustrating symptoms caused by anxiety, depression, ADHD and other mental health disorders can often turn to holistic approaches like diet and nutrition to help ease their symptoms.

Sign up today and you’ll… discover safe and affordable evidence-based holistic approaches that will help achieve optimal health and wellness while preventing and treating common mental health problems — even tough to treat conditions like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, body dysmorphia, OCD, addictions and more.

Clients who are eager to reduce frustrating symptoms caused by anxiety, depression, ADHD and other mental health disorders often turn to holistic approaches like diet and nutrition to help ease their symptoms.

If you have met a narcissistic man and are spinning from love gone wrong, read on… The problem of narcissism is not a new one. The story of narcissus is not just an old irrelevant myth. It is the basis of a severe characterological disorder that is devastating to those involved.

The veracity of this dark drama has survived throughout the centuries. Shallow self-adoration (narcissism) is at the root of many serious disorders.

Far from being a simple and benign problem narcissism wreaks havoc, not only in the one who has those traits, but also with all who are unwittingly ensnared in relationship with him. Self obsession leads to death of the self and death of the relationship. We must learn more about the dangers of self love and extreme self-centeredness and their devastating impact if we are going to have healthy relationships. The myth of Narcissus and the truths it warns against must not be ignored today. We must learn what scripture has to say about self-love and the influence it has on our ability to relate effectively in the world. As we begin to be informed and understand more about this problem we can move into seeing the red flags and learning what we can do to make healthier relationship choices.

EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION and REPROCESSING therapy targets the unprocessed memories that contain the negative emotions, sensations, and beliefs. By activating the brain’s information processing system the old memories can be “digested”. Meaning what is useful is learned, what is useless in discarded, and the memory is now stored in a way that is no longer damaging. We are working with the person’s “unconscious” mind with this form of therapy, in a way that can allow insights, connections, and change to occur rapidly within the reprocessing session.

Through an understanding of how experiences lay the physical groundwork for our emotional and physical reactions, we can determine how our “stuck” points and knee-jerk mental responses came about and what to do about them.
Some responses come from a part of our brain that is not governed by the rational mind. The automatic reactions that control our emotions come from neural associations within our memory networks that are independent of our higher reasoning power. It is irrational but understandable and, more important it is fixable.

Medicare Basic Insurance, is not processed by me as a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist. Medicare Plans are reserved at present for MSW (Masters in Social Work), licensed practitioners, however if you have any Additional Supplemental insurance plan beyond the basic Medicare Coverage Planb, I may be able to process that. Let us discuss if I can. Call (805) 573-1950

Offering Family & Couples Therapy in Lahaina, HI

At Aloha Concepts Counseling, we provide pre-married and couples therapy in Lahaina, HI. Our services extend to individuals, couples, families, and adults alike to help them maintain their relationships with each other.

We also offer personal therapy programs designed to help you examine the pains in your past without re-traumatizing yourself. We will provide materials and support that will help you gain insight into yourself, grow into a healthier you, and ‘Be the Best You Can Be!’

In addition to being a fully trained marriage and family therapist, Annie Vance also has skills in:

Anger Resolution
Collaborative Parenting Through Divorce
Couples Therapy
EMDR Therapy
Christian Counseling Psychology

Therapy for the Husband & Wife

There are times in every marriage where the husband and wife experience trouble relating to each other. This can be due to problems with work, money, children, or many other issues. Sometimes, it just seems that an issue cannot be resolved between the two of you, so fighting and/or avoidance continues, which makes life stressful for the entire family.

When this is the case, seek help from Dr. Vance. With marriage counseling, she works with both parties to come to an understanding of the issues and guides you to a resolution.

Counseling for Blended Families

With the divorce rate so high, it is common to see blended families. However, two families coming together may result in confusion and unhappiness, rather than the other way around. In these situations, parenting therapy brings all parties together to discuss their concerns on neutral ground and with a non-biased third party. Dr. Vance has years of experience, as well as academic and professional credentials in the area of family therapy. Schedule an appointment with her to help everyone in the blended family.

Remember, there is no shame in asking for help. In fact, it is something you are to be commended for because it shows you want to resolve issues in a positive manner. Count on Dr. Vance to guide you and yours through the counseling process.

Annie Vance, M.F.T., F.D.N-P., C.M.H.I.M.P.