About Sana
Sana Anas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with eight years of experience offering virtual care to people in Hawaii. She describes her work as warm and person-centered, meeting clients where they are and tailoring sessions to each person’s needs. Sana focuses on practical steps and uses a light touch of humor when it fits.
She aims to help clients feel understood and move toward clearer goals. Sana commonly helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, trauma and abuse, and addiction concerns.
How Sana works
She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, intimacy-related issues, grief, self-esteem struggles, and career or life transitions. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, codependency, and alternative sex culture topics such as BDSM and kink. Her approach blends several proven methods to match what each client needs.
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build committed action, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. When appropriate, she incorporates EMDR or attachment-based work for trauma and relationship wounds. Sana keeps sessions practical and collaborative.
She helps clients set small, achievable steps and checks progress together. Conversations are conversational rather than clinical, aiming to turn insights into day-to-day change. Sessions are offered in English and available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to the therapist’s availability.
Sana lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Sana works with
The areas below are the ones Sana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult 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
How Sana’s approaches translate to online care
Sana uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people identify what matters most and take small steps toward those values. ACT focuses on actions that move a person toward a meaningful life even when uncomfortable thoughts or feelings show up.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to spot and change patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. CBT often includes short, practical exercises you can do between sessions to test new ways of thinking and acting.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sana will discuss options and adapt techniques to fit a person’s goals and preferences. That collaboration helps shape a plan that feels doable and relevant to day-to-day life.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows for face-to-face conversation, phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between sessions.
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