About Kris
Validation and acceptance are Kris' therapy super-powers. Kris studied Psychology at Southern Nazarene University (2006) and Counseling Psychology at the University of Central Oklahoma (2009). He received intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy through the Linehan Institute in 2011. As a supervising clinician for a community mental health center in Oklahoma City, he was integral in developing the first outpatient DBT program for adolescents in the state of Oklahoma. He was appointed by Governor Mary Fallin to the Oklahoma Suicide Prevention Council where he served from 2013-2020.

Kris loves to share in the human experience and that which is good, true, and beautiful. He enjoys the Victorian small town life with his family in historic Guthrie, Oklahoma where he serves on the Planning Commission. Kris is the founder of DBT Institute Oklahoma City and Neighborhood Counseling Guthrie.

Private Pay Rate:
$160 per session
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We accept Aetna, United Healthcare, HealthChoice, and a few others in addition to private pay. We are out-of-network with Blue Cross and Cigna. We also accept Flexible Spending/Health Savings Accounts and can provide documentation for Out of Network claims.