About Clifford
Dr. Clifford Green is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Hawaii who helps people facing addictions, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship troubles, trauma, and stress. He also supports those dealing with bipolar symptoms, ADHD, low self-esteem, anger, career pressures, intimacy concerns, and compassion fatigue.
He offers calm, direct conversations and practical steps rather than long lectures. Sessions focus on understanding what is happening now and finding small changes that make daily life easier.
How Clifford works
He draws on several well-known therapy styles to match what each person needs. Dr. Green has eight years of clinical experience.
He combines what he learned in social work and clinical psychology training with hands-on work in community and forensic settings. That background informs how he handles complex cases and layered diagnoses. His approach is collaborative and respectful.
He listens for patterns in relationships, emotions, and behavior, then helps build coping skills and clearer decision making. Many people work on communication, boundaries, and managing intense emotions during sessions. Therapy may include skill practice, reflective conversation, and exercises to shift unhelpful thinking.
Dr. Green tailors tools to fit a person’s life and goals. He aims to help people feel steadier, more in control, and better able to face life changes.
Clifford lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Clifford works with
The areas below are the ones Clifford selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Hawaii |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape feelings and reactions today. Online work can help identify these patterns and practice new ways of relating and expressing needs. Client-Centered Therapy centers on respectful, nonjudgmental listening and helping people find their own solutions; it is useful when someone needs space to be heard and to explore values and goals.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort. Together they will try techniques and adjust the plan based on what helps most over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people read facial cues and try exercises in real time. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be simpler to fit into a short break. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, skill reminders, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people continue care from different locations.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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