Meet the Trainer ​

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Cindy Aiko Leimomi Goodness Zane, PsyD, JD

Born and raised in Pearl City, Hawaiʻi, Dr. Cindy Aiko Leimomi Goodness Zane is a local girl at heart, of multiethnic backgrounds and strongly identifies with her Hawaiian and Japanese ancestries. While an undergraduate student at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, Cindy received the Monbukagakusho (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology) Scholarship that enabled her to spend a year studying International Law at Okayama University. 

Cindy began her professional life as a trial attorney. Along the way, she discovered that she was drawn to peoples’ stories, joys, challenges and relationships. As a licensed Clinical Psychologist, Cindy enjoys working with couples, families and individuals of multicultural backgrounds, diverse identities and varied life experiences. She utilizes Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help clients to navigate through life’s challenges by strengthening their relationships. After all, life is less scary and most meaningful when we have close others to share it with. Now Certified by the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) as an EFT Trainer, Supervisor and Therapist, Cindy is passionate about training more EFT clinicians throughout Hawaiʻi and around the world. She finds especially meaningful the support and the development of local EFT clinicians, those of multicultural backgrounds and diverse identities, as well as those who work with diverse and/or marginalized populations.