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IMUA Heart IMUA Health Group is a privately owned group practice of multi-disciplinary behavioral health providers.

Supporting Hawaii’s mental health, one session at a time. 🌺
In-person in Aiea or online statewide.
📲 Call, text, or click to fill out our quick referral form and start therapy today. 👇🏽 Our mission has two parts to “Move health forward.”

IMUA Health Group is turning into a nonprofit. We are a community mental health center with fitness, nutrition, culture, and education at it’s Heart. Expand access to essential behavioral health services in the state of Hawaiʻi by creating an environment where providers can focus on providing the best care possible. You take care of the patient, we’ll take care of the rest. We are also proud to announce that we are a National Health Service Corps (NHSC)-approved site! For those who are currently or potentially will participate in the NHSC Loan Repayment Program. Help providers learn how to open their own private practices. The need for services are at an all-time high and we are excited to grow the profession to help serve our local communities. Contact us at: [email protected] to learn more.

Mental Health Minute by Dr. NikiToday, October 10, is World Mental Health Day.Here's something worth sitting with: we al...
10/11/2026

Mental Health Minute by Dr. Niki

Today, October 10, is World Mental Health Day.

Here's something worth sitting with: we almost never know the full story of what someone else is carrying.

The coworker who's unusually quiet might be dealing with depression. The person who snapped might be overwhelmed by stress or grief. The friend who always makes everyone laugh might be the one struggling most.

Our brains have a habit of explaining people's behavior by their personality instead of their circumstances. Someone's short with us, and we think "they're rude." They don't respond, and we think "they're ignoring me." But what if they're just exhausted, anxious, or going through something they haven't felt safe enough to share?

You don't have to know someone's story to treat them with compassion — and compassion doesn't mean excusing hurtful behavior or dropping your boundaries. It just means remembering there's often more happening beneath the surface than we can see.

So today: pause before judging. Listen to understand. Check on the people who seem like they have it all together. And extend that same patience to yourself. You deserve it too.

10/10/2026

One thing I tell therapists who are thinking about private practice: figure out your why first.

What are you trying to build, and who are you trying to help?

Once you know that, a lot of business decisions get easier. You're choosing based on what matters to you instead of reacting to the problem of the week.

If you've been in practice for years and never did this, it's not too late.

10/09/2026

A little about me, for anyone new here.

I'm Travis. I started IMUA Health Group, and I'm not a clinician. I spent years in sales before any of this.

I got sober in 2014 after going through treatment at Hina Mauka. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be here. So behavioral health is personal for me.

Once I got into the field, I kept meeting great therapists who were never taught how to run a business. That's the part I knew how to help with.

10/08/2026

Therapy school is really good at one thing: making you a therapist.

It's not designed to teach you everything else: credentialing, billing, business systems, hiring, overhead, compliance. That list is long.

The gap between licensure and actually running a sustainable practice is where a lot of really good clinicians get stuck. Not because they aren't skilled. Because nobody gave them the other 200 things.

Some days it isn't a motivation problem.It's twelve things open at once: work, messages, appointments, the thing you for...
10/08/2026

Some days it isn't a motivation problem.

It's twelve things open at once: work, messages, appointments, the thing you forgot to do yesterday. None of them finished.

You don't have to close them all today. Pick one. Finish it, or decide it can wait until tomorrow.

Which tab are you closing today?

10/07/2026

When something gets hard at work, I think about the guy I was before I got sober.

He wanted a life with these kinds of problems in it. Now I get to have them.

It's not perfect, and I don't love every minute. I'm just really grateful for it.

If you take Quest in Hawaiʻi, two dates are coming up.Nov 1: the CCS program moves from ʻOhana to AlohaCare.Dec 31: ʻOha...
10/07/2026

If you take Quest in Hawaiʻi, two dates are coming up.

Nov 1: the CCS program moves from ʻOhana to AlohaCare.
Dec 31: ʻOhana Health Plan leaves QUEST.

If you have clients on ʻOhana, it's worth finding out now which plan they're moving to, and whether you're credentialed with it. Credentialing can take months, so earlier is better.

After Dec 31, the QUEST plans are HMSA, AlohaCare, UnitedHealthcare, and Kaiser.

Anyone already hearing from clients about this?

10/06/2026

Something that doesn't get taught much in grad school: how the business side of care actually works.

Supervision here isn't only clinical. Our groups talk about how clinics run, how insurance is structured, what Medicare and Medicaid actually are.

Whether someone stays with us for years or eventually opens their own practice, that knowledge goes with them.

10/05/2026

If "build your brand" makes you want to hide, I get it.

Here's the simpler version: your brand is your reputation. What people know about you, what they think you value, how they feel when they hear your name.

You've been building one your whole life. Private practice just asks you to be a little more intentional about it.

10/04/2026

From Between Sessions with Tasha Ariyoshi, LCSW, CSAC:

Some signs of trauma are easy to miss because they look like ordinary habits. Avoiding people or places connected to something that happened. Nightmares. Being really jumpy with loud noises or crowds.

This isn't about diagnosing anyone. It's about having words for what you might be noticing in yourself or someone you love.

If this sounds familiar, it may be worth talking with a professional.

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99-080 Kauhale Street Ste C20
Aiea, HI
96701

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm

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+18089534682

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