About Us
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Steven Nagasaka, M.A. LMFT
Steve is a Hawaii licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has completed levels I and II Gottman Method couples counseling. This technique offers the benefit of scientifically based relationship interventions. The Gottman method is an empirically supported and proven method of helping people strengthen and ultimately improve areas of struggle in their relationships. Steve's relationship counseling method is centered on building an individual's relationship within themselves to enhance and clarify their relationship with others. His goal is to help people make connections between the past and present to navigate their future goals and desires in their relationships as well as other life circumstances. Deanna Mirzai-Nagasaka, Psy.D Deanna is a Hawaii and Idaho licensed clinical psychologist who has established a successful private practice that specializes in teaching couples and families in crisis communication techniques and coping strategies to produce deep, meaningful bonds. Her passion is helping people breakthrough misunderstanding to heal and connect better in their personal relationships. She is also trained in levels I and II Gottman Method couples counseling. Steve was raised in Southern California and Deanna grew up on Maui, Hawaii. They met in 1994 and have three children ages 21, 19, 17 and have been married for twenty nine years. |
Our Practice Philosophy
Throughout our marriage, we have made it a cornerstone of our family to grow closer through adversity. Two of our three children have developmental delays. It is only through the strength of our relationship and deep level of communication that we have come to identify our passion: Helping people re-discover the power of the relationships and connections in their lives.
A family can only be as strong as its core relationships. In order to give ourselves and our children a true feeling of "family" the couple relationship needs to be nurtured and tended to so it can be a strong foundation. Like building a house needs a strong foundation, so, too, does building a family structure. It is our belief that people want this strong foundation--however, it can seem mysterious as to how to achieve it.
As the divorce rate skyrockets, the generational models of healthy relationships also become scarcer. Younger generations begin to see divided homes as the majority norm, rather than a family unit that can remain not only intact, but also happy. Whether you are in an intact home and fighting to keep it that way or in a blended family situation looking for new found stability and an end to the cycle of a broken home, we can help create that new way of life.
We believe that broken connections can change--one family at a time. There is no limit to love, people just need the right tools so that it's no longer a mystery as to how to intensify and strengthen their connection.
A family can only be as strong as its core relationships. In order to give ourselves and our children a true feeling of "family" the couple relationship needs to be nurtured and tended to so it can be a strong foundation. Like building a house needs a strong foundation, so, too, does building a family structure. It is our belief that people want this strong foundation--however, it can seem mysterious as to how to achieve it.
As the divorce rate skyrockets, the generational models of healthy relationships also become scarcer. Younger generations begin to see divided homes as the majority norm, rather than a family unit that can remain not only intact, but also happy. Whether you are in an intact home and fighting to keep it that way or in a blended family situation looking for new found stability and an end to the cycle of a broken home, we can help create that new way of life.
We believe that broken connections can change--one family at a time. There is no limit to love, people just need the right tools so that it's no longer a mystery as to how to intensify and strengthen their connection.
