Amanda Hess is a licensed mental health provider and disaster mental health responder based in Hawai‘i, where land, climate, and culture shape both her clinical work and her daily life. She brings over a decade of experience in couples therapy, trauma-informed care, climate-conscious therapy, and systems-level resilience work, including federal and community collaborations.

Ariana Candell, LMFT, R-DMT, Ecotherapist, is a licensed psychotherapist with 20-plus years experience and a pioneer in the emerging field of Somatic Ecotherapy. For the last decade, she has been an active leader in transforming the field of psychotherapy to include connecting to the natural world as an essential part of healing.