Taylor Pierce is passionate about creating spaces where individuals can heal through specialized and holistic care, which is the foundation of Sunset Therapy Center. She earned her Master’s degree from Columbia University, where her studies focused on neuroscience and trauma, and later completed a three-year fellowship to become certified in EMDR. She is also certified in Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP).

Taylor provides individual, group, and intensive therapy for adolescents and adults. Prior to private practice, she worked extensively with survivors of human trafficking, refugees, families facing terminal illness, crisis intervention programs, and disaster response efforts. Having lived on the North Shore since 2004, Taylor feels deeply connected to the local community and grateful to work alongside the people she serves.

Fayrina Ah-Hoy works primarily with Pacific Islander teens and adults, offering a culturally responsive and down-to-earth environment where clients can feel safe, supported, and understood.

She supports teens through the emotional complexities of adolescence while helping adults explore how early life experiences may continue to impact relationships, stress management, and emotional well-being. As a mother of seven, Fayrina brings compassion, lived experience, and practical understanding into her work.

Her approach emphasizes self-awareness, acceptance, accountability, and resilience as pathways toward meaningful and lasting change.

Brandi Crawford, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker who provides therapy for adolescents, adults, couples, and families. She specializes in relationship challenges, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions, helping clients develop healthy coping skills, strengthen relationships, and build resilience through life's challenges.

Born and raised on the North Shore of Oʻahu, Brandi is passionate about serving the community that helped shape her. She understands the unique strengths, values, and challenges that many local families face and is committed to providing a safe, supportive space where clients feel seen, heard, and empowered. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and rooted in helping individuals create meaningful and lasting change. Her specialties include relationship & marital issues, anxiety & stress management, trauma Recovery, and life transitions & grief

Marvea Johnson creates a supportive and reflective space where clients are encouraged to explore, question, and reshape patterns that may no longer serve them. Her work integrates evidence-based art therapy practices and creative expression alongside traditional talk therapy to support healing and personal growth.
 

With extensive experience in crisis management and mental health care across the lifespan, Marvea has worked with individuals navigating trauma, mood disorders, behavioral challenges, substance use, and cognitive decline. Her approach is grounded in curiosity, compassion, and the belief that growth emerges through both experience and the therapeutic process itself

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Summer Spence Kester, MSEd. is a clinical mental health therapist who integrates evidence-based therapeutic approaches with mindfulness, somatic awareness, sound therapy, and holistic wellness practices. She is passionate about supporting adolescents, young adults, and women as they navigate emotional healing, life transitions, and personal growth. Her work focuses on helping clients strengthen emotional regulation, resilience, self-worth, and healthy relationship patterns while cultivating self-awareness and authenticity. Summer has a particular interest in supporting student-athletes facing the pressures of competition, performance, identity development, and the pursuit of balance both on and off the field. Explore Summer’s app or website for complimentary guided meditations, breath-work practices, binaural beats and wellness tools designed to support greater calm, clarity & resilience for emotional well-being, stress management, self-awareness, and personal growth at your fingertips.

Naitia Auelua was born and raised on the island of Oʻahu and is passionate about supporting individuals from diverse backgrounds through life’s challenges. As a current MSW student and EMDR-trained practitioner, she integrates trauma-informed techniques into psychotherapy to help clients navigate emotional healing and personal growth.

With a background in Social Work and Pacific Island Studies, Naitia is especially committed to supporting Pacific Islander communities and addressing mental health stigmas and barriers to care. Her work is grounded in the Polynesian concept of Talanoa, creating space for empathetic and understanding conversations that foster connection, healing, and well-being.

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Born and raised on Oʻahu, Brooke Roy is passionate about providing thoughtful and holistic care to her local community. She works with individuals, couples, and families while pursuing full licensure as a therapist, creating a warm and welcoming space where clients feel safe to explore their experiences openly.

Brooke supports clients navigating anxiety, depression, grief, relationships, life transitions, and emotional overwhelm. Her approach combines evidence-based therapies including CBT, ACT, DBT-informed practices, mindfulness, positive psychology, and Gottman Method principles to provide personalized and compassionate care. Sessions are tailored to each individual’s preferences and may take place in person, remotely, or outdoors in nature-based settings.

Chris Pierce, MS, is a mental performance expert with more than a decade of experience working with professional surfers, Green Berets, Army Rangers, fighter pilots, and sales professionals. Drawing from his background in sports psychology, Chris helps clients strengthen mental resilience, improve focus, and achieve consistent high-level performance.

His work combines mindset training with practical performance strategies designed to support individuals both personally and professionally.