Integrative Growth in Hawaii
Trauma-informed therapy that incorporates somatic therapy and Jungian Depth Psychology for those ready to move beyond insight into real embodied change.
Insurance accepted with select plans
You want change you can feel, not just understand.
This work is for adults who feel deeply and think carefully. Who carry intergenerational or cultural complexity. Who have tried to understand their patterns and are ready to do something more.
Insight has its place, but many of the reactions that shape our lives live deeper, in the nervous system and emotional body. Working with these layers directly supports change that isn't only understood, but felt and integrated.
How Therapy Works
Therapy is not a process of simply talking about problems.
Depending on what you're experiencing, our work may focus on the following:
Awareness
Being seen and understanding the patterns beneath the surface
Research consistently shows that the therapeutic relationship is one of the most important factors in meaningful change. In therapy, we pay attention to what unfolds between us in the present moment—your thoughts, feelings, and reactions as they arise.
Together, we notice subtle emotional shifts, relational patterns, and protective strategies that often sit just below awareness. Bringing these into view can create the safety needed to explore deeper emotions and understand how these patterns formed.
For some, this clarity is enough to create change. For others, it opens the door to deeper emotional and somatic work.
Experience
Allowing the body and nervous system to process what the mind already understands.
Allowing the body and nervous system to process what the mind already understands
When insight isn’t enough, we slow down and turn attention toward the body. Using somatic and Hakomi-informed mindfulness, we notice sensations, emotions, and protective responses as they arise in real time.
This process supports the nervous system in releasing patterns of tension, shutdown, or overactivation that can keep trauma responses in place.
Integration
Making sense of suffering and integrating experience into identity
As insight deepens and emotional experiences are processed, many people begin to see their lives with greater perspective and compassion. Difficult experiences, including trauma, can become integrated rather than avoided or relived.
Part of this process involves recognizing the different ways we learned to protect ourselves, carry pain, and survive. Over time, these patterns begin to make more sense, and people often see their struggles as part of a larger human story rather than something uniquely broken in them. This shift can bring a deeper understanding of oneself and the ability to move forward with greater clarity and self-trust.
“The healing process is like a spiral. You come back to things, again and again, but each time with a deeper understanding.”
Marion Woodman
You may recognize yourself in some of these experiences
You’re not alone and you’re not broken.
These are patterns your body learned to survive.
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You’re navigating loyalty, identity, and the pressure of trying to belong in different worlds.
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You feel deeply and often notice things others miss. You want support that respects your sensitivity while helping you feel more grounded in it.
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You’re not looking for quick fixes. You want change that is thoughtful, embodied, and lasting.
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You’re not looking for just insight or affirmation. You want to understand the deeper patterns, emotions, and meaning underneath.
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You’ve journaled, meditated, and read the right books, yet certain situations still trigger reactions that feel bigger than you expected.
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You want to respond more honestly in the moment instead of getting pulled into the same reactions.
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You want to understand yourself more clearly rather than constantly adapting to who others expect you to be.
What people often begin to notice through this work
Therapy is a process. It often involves reflection, emotional honesty, and sometimes moving through difficult or unfamiliar feelings. As the work unfolds, many people begin to notice shifts such as:
understanding patterns shaping their reactions in relationships, stress, or self-doubt
feeling more grounded in their bodies and less driven by automatic survival responses
recognizing relational patterns in real time and experimenting with different responses
developing greater compassion for themselves and the parts of them that learned to survive
leaving sessions feeling clearer or more able to face difficult moments
experiencing connection without losing themselves
gradually building trust in their instincts and inner experience
"Therapy is a sacred space where we come to encounter ourselves in a deeper way. It’s not about fixing what’s broken, but about embracing our humanity in all its complexity."
David Richo
About Triseugeny Kononelos,
LMHC, LPC
I’m a licensed mental health counselor providing psychotherapy for adults in Hawaiʻi and Illinois.
Before entering clinical work, I spent two decades in corporate settings while quietly pursuing what held my attention: Jungian depth psychology, somatic practice, and the question of how people change, heal, and make sense of tragic experiences. A two-year Jungian training program and several years of Iyengar yoga deepened my understanding of the relationship between body, awareness, and the deeper layers of the psyche.
Growing up first-generation Greek American, navigating cultural identity, family expectations, and belonging between different worlds, shaped me in ways that live in this work.
When I'm not with clients, you can usually find me surfing, dancing tango, writing a novel, or wandering through nature.
Depth-oriented and somatic therapy provided within licensed clinical care and ethical standards.
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Hawai’i
Insurance accepted with select plans
Online sessions available across Hawaiʻi