FAQ

First, we will talk during a free consultation so I can learn about your reasons for seeking help – and you can get to know what it’s like talking to me. From there if we both feel it’s a good fit, we can schedule your initial session. To schedule your free consultation, you can request a consultation or call or text me at (971) 245-2402.

I offer appointments Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

For individual sessions: $285 per 60-minute session

For couples sessions:

$325 per 60-minute session

$465 for 90-minute sessions

For a limited number of clients who cannot afford my full fee, I provide reduced fee or even full scholarship sessions. While I would love to provide this option to everyone, I cannot and still sustain my practice. Clients who pay my full fee help to make this option available to individuals who need it. As you can imagine, these limited slots are typically full but please ask if this is something you are interested in.

If you are interested in using insurance, I can provide a superbill to submit to your insurance for reimbursement. I am considered an out-of-network provider.

Please note, that insurance only reimburses for sessions when there is a mental health diagnosis, such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, ADHD, or another diagnosis. We will determine in your first few sessions if you meet criteria for a diagnosis.

If you would like to check with insurance to see how much you would be reimbursed, you can call your insurance and ask the following questions (When calling make sure to have your insurance card handy with your ID and group number):

1. Does my plan cover outpatient mental health? Does my plan cover out-of-network providers for this service? If so, what is my coverage? (Your coverage is the percentage of my fee you will have to pay).
2. Does my plan cover telehealth?
3. What is my Out-of-Network deductible? (The deductible is the amount you must yourself before the plan begins paying at all. You may have a separate deductible for in-network providers and one for out-of-network providers.)
4. How much of my out-of-network deductible has been met so far this year? 
5. My therapist charges $285 per 60-minute individual session. Is this within the Allowed Amount or Usual, Customary, and Reasonable Fee for an Out-of-Network Provider? If not, what is the Allowed Amount? (Some plans may cap the amount they allow, and reimburse based on this, but some may not disclose the Allowed Amount)
6. Does my plan provide coverage for psychologists?
7. Are there any limits to the number of sessions per year? 
8. When do benefits start and renew? Is my coverage active?
9. What is the Out-of-pocket Maximum? (The amount you must pay each year before the plan starts paying 100% for health expenses) 
10. How do I submit invoices to the plan for reimbursement? Do I need to get a form to attach them to? What is the address where I would send MENTAL HEALTH claims? Can I submit them electronically? 
11. Is CPT code 90847 (couples / family therapy) covered in case I might need this? 
12. Lastly, ask for a reference number for the call. 

If you have Medicare, I am happy to work with you but please note that you are not able to use Medicare for my services as I have opted out of Medicare. Any services would be considered out-of-pocket and not reimbursable by Medicare.

Clients who work with me are committed to doing deep, meaningful work. I ask that we begin with weekly sessions, because a consistent weekly rhythm is where the most lasting change happens, and the research on symptom reduction supports it. If your schedule truly cannot accommodate weekly, we’ll find a cadence that works, whether that’s twice monthly or scheduling session by session.

When we set a regular appointment time, I reserve that time exclusively for you. This consistent hour is part of the therapeutic container. It supports momentum and deep work.

If something comes up, I ask that you reschedule

Moving your session is almost always better than cancelling it. With at least 24 hours’ notice, you’re welcome to reschedule to another time within the same week, the week before, or the week after, whenever our schedules align. A reschedule within this window is not charged. Your appointment is simply moved, and I’ll always make a real effort to offer you alternative times.

What is charged

Because your time is held exclusively for you and can rarely be filled on short notice, your session fee becomes your responsibility when we aren’t able to reschedule as above. Also, a reschedule requested with less than 24 hours’ notice, a cancellation (stepping away from a session without moving it to another time), or a missed session is billed at your regular fee.

No-charge cancellations for emergencies

Life happens. Each calendar year you receive a set number of cancellations that carry no fee, meant to cover real emergencies:

• Twice-weekly therapy: 4 per year
• Weekly therapy: 2 per year (per weekly appointment)
• Less-frequent therapy: 1 per year

Once these are used, further cancellations are billed at your regular fee. In rare circumstances, I may make an exception at my discretion.

Any session I cancel is never your responsibility.

My clients are high-performing professional men and women who often come to be feeling overwhelmed. They may struggle with things like perfectionism, people pleasing, high functioning anxiety, burnout, and imposter syndrome.

Many of my clients work in healthcare or other high-pressure settings where stress interferes with living their lives fully.

Sometimes, something has happened and their usual coping tools just stop working, so they need new tools. Divorce, promotions, traumatic events, or other big life changes are often a factor.

Other times, the stress has been slowly mounting for years — hello burnout? — and it has gotten to the point where they no longer recognize themself and can’t find their way back.

Therapy with me is deep, relational, and built for lasting change, the kind that gets underneath your symptoms to what’s actually driving them. I work with most clients weekly, because consistent sessions are what build the momentum and trust that deeper work requires. The change doesn’t come from homework or quick tools you apply on your own. It comes from what we do together, in the room.

Our work may draw on:

• a humanistic, relational foundation, where the relationship itself is part of the healing
• evidence-based methods, drawn on where they serve you
• mind-body and nervous-system tools
• tools we craft together, built around your specific strengths and the way you’re wired, not one-size-fits-all
• practical, real-life support for what gets hit hardest, including sleep or other relevant health behaviors
• a warm, honest space where you don’t have to perform; just be fully yourself

We’ll look at your patterns with compassion and get curious about what’s keeping you stuck. Over time, the inner critic that’s been running the show may start to feel more like a trusted advisor. You don’t need to arrive knowing exactly what to work on. You do need to be willing to show up and go beneath the surface. Together, we’ll navigate where to go.

I am primarily a humanistic or person-centered therapist. This means that you, the client, will guide our work – because every person who walks through my door has the potential for immense growth. I do my darnedest to hold that vision for you.

I do, however, integrate eclectic training, drawing heavily from a wide array of modalities: Gestalt therapy, relational therapy, polyvagal theory, attachment based therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, brief solution-focused therapy, problem-solving therapy, clinical hypnosis, parts of self/inner child/future self-work, somatic approaches, self-compassion, intuitive eating, and mindfulness interventions.

I won’t do this unless we decide together that this is what you need! There is definitely value in letting you talk and process in a safe, nonjudgmental space, but I will always try to give feedback and tools based on what you are saying in session.

I have over 10 years of experience providing therapy to individuals and couples.

I have a Master’s and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles, where I studied Health Psychology and researched intuitive eating. My background is primarily in healthcare focusing on the mind-body connection. I have worked with both patients as a member of their medical team and also with healthcare providers and administrators providing coaching and training. I’ve been invited to speak on topics including burnout in professionals, patient safety, mindfulness for physician wellness, and motivational interviewing in primary care. 

I completed my internship at HealthPoint, a community health center in Seattle, Washington, as a Behavioral Health Consultant in Family Practice clinics.

Then, I completed my residency at Confluence Health in Wenatchee, Washington, where I coached physicians and nurses, responded to crises at the hospital and surrounding community, and developed a program training other healthcare providers to be peer supporters.

After residency, I worked as a Behavioral Health Provider with Providence Health and Services, helping patients in Primary Care clinics cope with stress and reach their health goals.

Working in private practice has always been my goal and I’m happy to be doing that now. Teaching patients and professionals how to be an observer of their thoughts, feelings, and actions in order to develop self-compassion and confidence has always been a primary focus. I am honored and humbled when I see people feel empowered as a result of the work we do together.

This answer was very different before becoming a mom of twin boys and their younger sister. These days, I’m bit of a home body, and although I enjoy being in nature, cooking, gardening, working out, or watching a good show, I’m mostly chasing my kids around with my husband or catching up on sleep!

We also love to hike and camp and just generally explore the great outdoors with our two Black Lab mixes, Lucy and Lila.

I’m torn between whales and elephants. Those gentle, emotionally intelligent giants capture my heart!

If I had to pick just one, it would probably be whales because I’ve had so many close encounters with them while standup paddle boarding off the coast of Southern California back in my 20s – and one close encounter with a great white!

Sluys rhymes with “guys.” Phonetically, you would spell it “Slies.” You can call me “Kit,” though.

Notice to clients and prospective clients:

Under the law, health care providers need to give clients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services. You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services. 

You can ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service, or at any time during treatment. If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.  

For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, or how to dispute a bill, see your Estimate, or visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.