Find available in-person counseling
for couples, families and individuals in Felton.


Mindfulness based CBT
“Walk and Talk” Therapy
at Fall Creek State Park.

Telehealth offered to clients
across California.

“Be patient with all that is unsolved in your heart and try and love the questions themselves.”
~Rainer Maria Rilke

Couples Counseling
queer friendly couples counseling, couples counseling near me

  • Premarital Counseling

  • Communication Skills Development

  • Creating Secure Attachments

  • Desire Discrepancy

  • Navigating grief, change, or loss

  • Relationship transitions

  • Conscious Uncoupling

  • Polyamory and Non-Monogamy

FEE:
$220.00/ 60 min.
$330.00/ 90 min.
Initial intake is always 90 minutes* Duration of sessions afterward dependent upon need.
PLEASE NOTE:
Polycules of more than four are $285.00 per 60 minutes, 385.00 per 90 minutes.

“In order to have successful relationships, one must have the skill of self regulation. The skill of self regulation emerges from repeated and successful experiences of repair of relational ruptures, not the absence of ruptures.”

~Terrance Real, Author of,“US: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship.”

Counseling for navigating life’s inevitable transitions and change.
I enjoy working with traditional marriages
as well as nontraditional partnerships.

Non Monogamy Curious or Practicing Polyamory?
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…I got you. Your relationship values and practices are understood here. I use this game with my clients and you can use it at home, too.

  • www.thenonmonogamycardgame.com
    150 professionally curated and tested conversation prompts in two decks: Foundations and Deep Dive. 

    The Non Monogamy Card Game invites exploration and deep connection with your partner(s) as you navigate crucial non monogamy conversations with creativity and integrity. This game is your tool for building a strong foundation of trust and safety in all of your explorations about relationships in general and non monogamy more specifically.

    Perfect for newcomers and experienced practitioners alike, 150 professionally curated and tested conversation prompts empower you to articulate your beliefs, desires, and boundaries. The Non Monogamy Card Game paves the way for workable agreements by fostering honesty, understanding and genuine connections with partners and friends. 

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  • Please reach out thenonmonogamycargame@gmail.com to join our professional Listsrv google group, Non Monogamy Allied Professionals, and to receive a discount code!

  • work with Kristen M. VanKlootwyk for couples counseling

    "Kristen is full of strength, wisdom, and love. She has decades of experience teaching, coaching, counseling, and loving. She seeks first to understand, and she cares so much."

    James Christensen, LMFT

  • "Kristen is an intuitive, kind, and supportive clinician. She has a vast and complex background working with children and families and provides comprehensive therapeutic guidance to couples. I feel very comfortable referring clients to Kristen."

    Jenna Wolfson, LCSW

  • What people are saying about Kristen M. VanKlootwyk as a therapist

    “Kristen strikes a rare balance between strength and playfulness. She is grounded and imaginative. In Kristen you will find and honest, dynamic, creative and highly skilled therapist. I refer clients to her without hesitation. "

    Ryan Knapp, LMFT

  • couples therapy with Kristen VanKlootwyk

    Kristen is an excellent clinician-intuitive and creative in her approach as a therapist. She cares, has a warm approach, is a good listener, and meets her clients where they are in a non-judgmental way-especially loves families and couples work.

    Leah Niehaus, LCSW

  • testimonial for Kristen VanKlootwyk

    "Kristen's grounded stance as a therapist supports others in uncovering their own unwavering foundation. Her deep dedication to the well being of her clients comes with a robust skill set and pacing that invites lasting growth. "

    Danielle Neff, LMFT, LPCC

  • "You will not find a therapist who cares as deeply for your well being as Kristen. Her somatic approach helps clients first calm, then stabilize, then reintegrate trauma & pain. Kristen's truly attentive care & soul-body approach is a breath of fresh air."

    Melissa Guitterez, LPCC, MFA

CBT Mindfulness counseling near me


Individual Therapy

Experience immersive, Mindfulness Based
“Walk and Talk”
therapy offered at
Fall Creek and
Henry Cowell State Parks.


Meet me in my beautiful
and inviting Felton office.

Tele-health offered to clients across California
Inclusivity, safety, and support for  LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent individuals, and BIPOC.


Fees:
Private Pay.
Insurance Superbills provided.
‘Walk and Talk’ is 
$200.00/ 75 min.
Individual Office or Telehealth:
$160.00/ 50 min.
Extended office or tele-health sessions offered:
$200.00/ 75 min.

Family Therapy

family therapy

  • Communication Skills

  • Parenting Education

  • Adult Sibling Relationships

  • Intergenerational Relationships

  • Life transitions: divorce, moving towns,
    or changing schools

  • Prenatal or postnatal adjustment

  • Grief and bereavement

  • Trust ruptures

  • Family trauma recovery

  • Creating positive co-parenting agreements

  • Blended family challenges

  • Supporting a learning disabled child

  • Supporting a gender curious/ trans or queer child

    I utilize interventions from Emotionally Focused Therapy (E.F.T.), Internal Family Systems (I.F.S.) and Nonviolent Communication.

FEE:
$330.00/ 90 min.
Family sessions are always 90 minutes.
Please note:
* Family size over 4 adds $50.00/ 2 additional members.
For example, if you have a family of 6, the fee is $380.00, a family of 8 is $430.00 per session.

As your family grows and changes over time, therapy can provide incredible opportunities for learning how to care for one another in ways that support everyone’s unique development and healing needs.

Learn new strategies to maintain a healthy connection with all of your relations with nonviolent communication (NVC).

Some of the issue I can help your family with are:

Inclusive and affirming therapy, tailored for you.

Your very life is a 1 in 400 quadrillion miracle and I will treat you like it.
My work is individualized, client-centered and relational.
And I love it.
It brings me great joy to witness my clients bravely traversing challenges, seeking opportunities within obstacles and befriending themselves, once and for all.

You are not just the sum total of the things that have happened to you, nor are you simply the roles that you play or have played. This is your story to write and I am honored to walk with you for a while on your journey.

You will appreciate my grounded, warm approach in sessions where my capacity to hold the bigger picture allows you the space and time you crave to attend to your own needs.

I will teach you Somatic, Cognitive Behavioral and Mindfulness interventions that you can use to turn the temperature down immediately on your symptoms of stress, anxiety or depression so you can do more than just cope and get by.

When addressing trauma, family of origin issues, life transitions and other topics of personal healing and development, we will draw from a variety of theoretical approaches including Emotionally Focused, Narrative and Internal Family Systems to create the clarity and safety you need to heal.

I am a credentialed educator and have been teaching in Santa Cruz County since 1997. I bring 30 years of experience as a family and parenting educator, teacher, and school counselor to my work as a therapist. I have decades of experience working with families of neurodivergent children and this is an asset I love to share with families in my practice.
I find myself enjoying working with neurodivergent adults who desire working with someone who can celebrate and accommodate their individual needs in therapy and who is allied and competent enough to do so.

I am an eternal student and often provide peer reviewed research and education on mental health, emotional intelligence and resilience strategies for living with mental illness or learning disabilities.

I am neurodivergent affirming and trauma informed in my approach.
Your safety and comfort in my care is my priority.

My resources are robust and I encourage personal empowerment and growth through self-knowledge.
Please visit my resource section and let me know if there are things that you think should be included there.
What would you recommend?

It is my personal and professional goal that all races, faiths, gender and sexual orientations, including every type of body, relationship and family configuration feel safe and welcome in my practice. I am Black Lives Matter, Disability and LGBTQIA+ allied.

I am sex-positive, queer inclusive, and adept in the nuances of navigating non-monogamy and polyamory.

Fees:
Private Pay. Superbills provided.
Extended sessions offered. Walk and Talk is ALWAYS 75 minutes.
Individual:
$160.00/ 50 min.
$200.00/ 75 min.
Couples and Family:
$220.00/ 60 min.
$330.00/ 90 min. *Initial intake is always 90 minutes. Duration of sessions afterward dependent upon need.

I offer a number of sliding scale sessions for educators, emancipated minors and young people aged 14-24, single parents and CZU Lightening Complex Fire survivors.

 

River Rock Wellness was carefully designed to bring clients a sense of peace and ease as soon as they walk through the door, providing trauma-informed, holistic, and integrative care to individuals of various ages and with a variety of mental health and wellness needs.

Our private suites can cater to large family groups, individuals and couples seeking security and comfort in a more personal space.

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