About Us
We are a heart-based healing collective serving the people of Hawai‘i’s Big Island, as well as those who travel from the mainland and around the world in search of healing and transformation. Our specialty is retreat work—private and group, as well as the integration of mind, body, and spirit, with a focus on whole-person awakening.
HOLISTICally Centered
Integrative Awakening offers a sanctuary for individuals seeking profound support on their life journey. Our approach weaves together the best of Western psychotherapy with Eastern and Indigenous healing traditions, creating a multi-modality experience that accelerates personal growth and transformation.
More than a traditional counseling center or weekly yoga class, Integrative Awakening is a place for those desiring a deeper, more holistic path. Psychotherapy and counseling clients are invited—but never required—to enrich their work through practices such as yoga, meditation, breathwork, and other integrative modalities.
For those seeking alternatives to therapy, we provide a wide range of healing offerings—including one on one work, workshops, and retreats —designed to open new pathways for personal awakening and whole-person transformation.”
We specialize in the integration the of somatic, spiritual and psychological aspects of self by supporting individuals with complex life experiences in a dynamic way.
Our client’s backgrounds include general seekers of spiritual growth & holistic wellness; Complex PTSD; attachment trauma; depression; anxiety; mood dysregulation; history of alcoholic homes; borderline, enmeshed and/or narcissistic parenting; childhood neglect & abuse; sexual/physical trauma; parent/guardian mental illness; difficult life transitions; cult abuse; professional burnout; and, stabilized substance abuse and addiction.
Our therapeutic techniques include EFT, somatic experiencing, psychodynamic psychotherapy, psychodrama, somatic body/energy centered psychotherapy, inner child exploration & the Internal Family Systems Model. We weave these practices with holistic alternatives including breathwork, yoga, meditation, energy healing & supportive, non-discriminatory exploration of client spirituality.
Reach out about your unique situation to learn how we can create a tailored healing pathway for you.
Our SPecialties
Meet The Founder
Caroline Culverhouse, MSS, LCSW, CTP, CGP, E-RYT
Caroline, known to many as Carrie, is a highly trained and deeply dedicated professional in the field of mental health and integrative healing. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Certified Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, Certified Group Psychotherapist, Certified Trauma (PTSD) Professional, Certified Internal Family Systems–Informed Therapist, registered and certified yoga teacher, yoga teacher trainer, and a certified Heart Rhythm Meditation instructor.
Her additional studies and certifications extend into child and play therapy, somatic psychology, mysticism, metaphysics, Hawaiian and Native American shamanism, Sufism, Bhakti yoga, and family therapy—creating a truly integrative and holistic foundation for her work.
Caroline offers psychotherapy both online and in person from her practice in Waimea and North Kohala on Hawaiʻi Island, where she is known for her compassionate care, grounded presence, and human-to-human approach. Over the course of her career, she has facilitated more than 150 retreats for individuals, couples, families, and groups, while also training other helping professionals to facilitate retreats of their own.
From 2013–2023, Caroline founded and led the Women’s Transformation and Healing Program, a comprehensive four-module, seven-retreat journey designed to help women heal from complex PTSD and developmental trauma. Spanning nearly two years, this program empowered participants to reclaim their lives and experience profound, lasting healing. For more than a decade, she devoted her clinical practice almost exclusively to supporting women in recovering from both acute and complex trauma.
To date, Caroline has led three Yoga Alliance Registered 200 hour teacher trainings helping individuals learn how to have a truly transformative experience with yoga that goes far beyond the physical practice of Asana and deep into the energetic mystical core of these ancient teachings and practices.
Her commitment to holistic healing also led her to co-found hOMe PYM, a trusted East Coast healing center that wove together Eastern traditions and Western psychotherapy. That experience inspired her to establish Integrative Awakening on Hawaiʻi Island—a space dedicated to transformation, community, and deep inner work.
Clients often describe working with Caroline as refreshingly real: she brings humility, irreverence, and grounded presence to every session, meeting people where they are with full engagement. Her approach is both human and deeply supportive, helping clients navigate “this crazy business we call living” with clarity, resilience, and compassion.
Meet the Team
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Rene Leonardi
Energy Worker
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Leann Green
Guest Facilitator for Yoga Teacher Training Program
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Jeannie Savage
Yoga/Pranayama Instructor, Life Coach
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Christopher Neithamer
Energy Healer
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Amanda Breton
Personal Transformation Coach, Reiki Practitioner/Trainer + Yoga Instructor
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Marnie Healey
Facilitator of “The Work”
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Kristina Mumma
Life Coach + Holistic Practitioner
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Janese Ululani
Spiritual Guide