Jonnet Cruz, LMFT

Jonnet Cruz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 20 years of clinical experience. She practices from Hawaii and focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, trauma, and issues around self-esteem and addiction. Her style is straightforward and practical, aimed at helping people make changes that fit their day-to-day lives.

Jonnet begins by listening to each person’s story and identifying strengths to build on. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) among other approaches to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with clear steps to practice between meetings.

Her background includes work across diverse concerns such as grief, parenting strain, intimacy problems, body image, and substance use. She also supports people coping with mood disorders, ADHD, and the aftereffects of trauma and abuse. Jonnet pays attention to how attachment patterns and past relationships shape current struggles.

In the therapy room she mixes talk-based work with structured exercises. That can mean tracking thoughts and moods, practicing emotion regulation skills, or focusing on past experiences that keep repeating in relationships. The work emphasizes small, steady changes rather than quick fixes.

Jonnet offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules. People interested in working with her can begin by completing an online matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It works well for worry, mood problems, and habits that get in the way of daily functioning. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and helps people change how they relate to others and to their emotions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person's own goals and pace, offering a respectful space where the therapist follows the person's lead and reflects what matters most to them.

Finding the most useful approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they will try methods that fit the person's life and adjust strategies if something isn't working as expected.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, and brief check-ins or ongoing support can be done via chat or text. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, or family commitments while focusing on practical change.