Dr. Lawrie Ignacio is a licensed clinical psychologist in Hawaii and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) in English Literature from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. She received her Master's degree (M.A.) in Philosophy from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. In 2004, she earned her Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) degree in Clinical Psychology from Argosy University, Hawaii. Dr. Ignacio has taught courses as an Adjunct Professor at Hawai’i School of Professional Psychology at Chaminade University in Honolulu and the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. Dr. Ignacio resides in Honolulu where she maintains a private practice. Her professional interests and activities include couple therapy, trauma-based psychotherapy, psychodynamic and existential psychotherapy, clinical personality assessment, and the teaching of psychology. Dr. Ignacio is a competitive runner and swimmer.
Dr. Graham Taylor is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Honolulu, Hawaii for the past 28 years. In addition to his private practice, he is the Chief Learning Officer at TRIAD, the leading provider of education, community, and career resources for behavioral and mental health professionals and organizations. Graham is also the host of TRIAD’s weekly podcast, “Behavioral Health Today,” in which he interviews leaders and innovators in their respective mental health fields. Graham was a college basketball player, and is an avid paddler now, enjoying competing alongside his crew members at Hui Nalu Canoe Club.
Dr. Ignacio and Dr. Taylor, along with colleagues Jodie Gerson and Ray Folen, envisioned and created the Hawaii Pro Bono COVID 19 Project. This Project led to the newly created Hawaii Pro-Bono Mental Health Center, a virtual, referral-based center designed for Hawaii’s un-and underinsured.
Through Ikeikalokahi, their overarching entity, Dr. Ignacio and Dr. Taylor created a co-therapy treatment model called Intensive Psychodynamic Couple Therapy (IPCT) as well as an integrative clinical model called Self-Meaning Based Therapy (SMBT). Both models inform their professional consultations and trainings, and individual and couple intensive retreats.