Arika Mibu-Briou, MA-CP, LMFT

Owner/Founder Chaminade adjunct

Mauli Ola Care

Arika is one of the few Japanese-English bilingual Marriage and Family Therapists in Hawaii. Since 2008, she has led Mauli Ola Care, a private practice supporting individuals and families with compassion and cultural sensitivity. Prior to founding Mauli Ola Care, Arika worked in the nonprofit sector in California and Hawai‘i, focusing on child abuse prevention and foster care for youth and families affected by trauma. More recently, she has supported multicultural immigrant couples and families navigating cultural differences to build harmonious relationships. In addition to clinical work, Arika supervises post-graduate therapists pursuing licensure and teaches as an adjunct professor in the MS MFT program at Chaminade University as she is passionate about mentoring the next generation of culturally responsive therapists.

Committed to community engagement, Arika founded the Mama Bear Club in 2011 to foster peer connection and emotional wellness among Japanese-speaking mothers and launched Project Cuddle & Read in 2016, with the help of caring individuals in the community, providing books and blankets to hospitalized children across O‘ahu during the holidays. To further her education and deepen her connection to community wellness, Arika is currently engaged in Ho‘oku‘u Ka Hewa Ho‘oponopono training under the guidance of Kumu Lahela Kruz on Hawai‘i Island. This profound journey into indigenous healing practices has been both humbling and transformative, strengthening her commitment to practicing with cultural integrity, respect, and a deeper understanding of the communities she serves. Grounded by her family and community, she feels driven to give back and advance preventive care and advocacy as she completes her doctoral studies.