Dr. Clifford Green, LCSW
Hawaii · 8 years in practice
Dr. Clifford Green is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with eight years of experience offering therapy from Hawaii.
License and registration
- LCSW, Hawaii
- LCSW-4581 · expires June 2028
- NPI
- 1285058610 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Clifford
Dr. Clifford Green is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with eight years of experience offering therapy from Hawaii. He helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, relationship and intimacy concerns, bipolar disorder, grief, and stress.
He also supports clients dealing with body image, ADHD, caregiver strain, and compassion fatigue. He favors an individualized approach that adapts to each person's needs. Sessions focus on building insight, strengthening coping skills, and restoring a sense of agency.
Background and approach
He emphasizes collaboration and straightforward conversation to set practical goals. Dr. Green blends several therapeutic approaches rather than relying on a single method.
That includes Jungian ideas about personal meaning, attachment-based work around relationship patterns, and client-centered listening that puts the person's experience first. He also uses cognitive-behavioral tools and skills from dialectical behavior therapy when those techniques fit the problem. His background combines social work practice and clinical psychology study.
He has experience with trauma care, serious mental illness, substance use concerns, anger and impulse challenges, and a range of personality-related issues. He is a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and brings informed perspective to sexual orientation and gender identity topics, as well as kink and alternative sexual cultures. Sessions can address both immediate coping needs and longer-term personal growth.
The tone is practical and supportive, with emphasis on helping people find what works for them and build skills they can use outside of therapy.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Clifford lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- 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
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Clifford names
- Jungian Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that guide online work and support
Dr. Green often combines Jungian ideas with attachment-based and client-centered approaches. Jungian therapy looks at symbols, personal meaning, and the stories people tell about their lives to help with identity, grief, and deep patterns. Attachment-based work examines how early relationship patterns show up now and helps people change how they relate to others and handle intimacy. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person's priorities so sessions stay grounded in the client's experience.Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. He will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and try different methods until something fits. The aim is to balance insight and practical skills so clients can handle stress, rebuild relationships, or manage mood symptoms more effectively.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth sessions where seeing facial cues matters. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter verbal check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit short check-ins into a busy day or to get support between longer sessions. These options increase flexibility so therapy can fit around work, caregiving, travel, or different time zones.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does this therapist help with?
He supports people with anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, bipolar disorder, grief, and stress, plus related concerns like body image and ADHD.
How would you describe his therapy style?
He uses a collaborative, practical style that mixes insight work with skills training to address both short-term problems and longer-term growth.
What is his professional background?
He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with eight years of clinical experience and additional graduate study in clinical psychology and social work.
Where is he based and what is his credential?
He practices from Hawaii and holds the credential HI LCSW as provided in his profile.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet with clients.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
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