Who We Are

My name is Justin Larkin. I am a pre-licensed therapist with a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling, and I am the founder of Ho’omau Counseling.

I have over 15 years of experience in a variety of therapeutic settings including addiction, wilderness, horticultural, residential, and private practice. Through these experiences I’ve learned that therapy looks different for each client, but one thing always matters. The strength of the relationship. I have spent my lifetime connecting and building meaningful relationships with others through therapeutic work, sports, community leadership, and nearly a decade as a wilderness guide. I love people. I am an expert relationship builder, and through stable, predictable, and safe relationships comes healing.

As an avid surfer, hiker, and wilderness guide, I have found a relationship with nature to be stable, predictable, safe, and healing as well. Not that we need research to know this in our guts, but thankfully the research does support this! Significant time spent in the outdoors is as good or better than therapy for symptoms of anxiety and depression. My aim as a therapist is to combine the healing power of nature with the healing power of traditional therapy.