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Dr. Kris Boksman, B.Math., M.A., Ph.D.

Doctoral-Level Clinical Psychologist

Grand Poobah, Professional Mentor, Clinical Instructor, & Owner

Works Online & In-Person

50-minute sessions from

$350

Think:

Sharp, strategic, and emotionally honest. Especially great for trauma, stuck patterns, high-functioning people, and clients who are tired of coping harder without real change.

ALSO

KNOWN

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Intensive Interventionist & Bad Mood Badass

GREAT FIT IF YOU'RE...

Tired of therapy that feels vague, generic, or surface-level.

Carrying trauma, depression, family pain, or long-standing emotional patterns.

High-functioning on the outside, but struggling hard underneath.

Wanting someone direct, strategic, emotionally honest, and not remotely beige.

Ready for therapy that is insightful, targeted, and built to actually move the needle.

Not sure yet? Take the Therapist Match Quiz →

Meet Dr. Kris

Direct, strategic, deeply human

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Dr. Kris works with adults who are tired of white-knuckling their way through trauma, depression, burnout, complicated histories, and the emotional fallout of toxic relationships or impossible family dynamics.

Her work blends clarity, humour, and sharp clinical insight. She is warm but not fluffy, strategic without being cold, and deeply committed to meaningful change.

Let’s get in, do the work, and get you back to your life so you can fire me.

Areas of Support

Dr. Kris works with adults ready for deep, strategic therapy around trauma, depression, burnout, and complicated life histories.

Her style is direct, deeply human, and insight-rich, helping people move through stuck patterns with clarity, strategy, and real momentum.

Trauma recovery

Depression and burnout

Toxic relationships

Narcissistic family systems

High-achiever stress

Parenting patterns

Therapy intensives

Professional consultation

What Therapy Feels Like

Human to the core

Real change

Direct and strategic

Warm but no-fluff

Insight-rich and efficient

Therapy with Dr. Kris is deep, direct, and built for real movement.

She helps people face what feels immovable with honesty, humour, and sharp clinical insight, always focused on the work that actually moves the needle.

Ready to take the next step?

You can book a Discovery Call, or explore your options on our Start Here page.

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Questions People Often Ask Dr. Kris

Therapy with Dr. Kris tends to be direct, strategic, and very much not beige. Here are a few common questions people ask before getting started

1. Is Dr. Kris a good fit if I have tried therapy before and it did not really help?

A strong fit if past therapy has not moved the needle.

Very often, yes. Dr. Kris tends to work well with people who have already tried therapy, read the books, listened to the podcasts, and still feel stuck. Her style is more direct, strategic, and focused on helping people actually move the needle.

2. What if I want someone who will be honest and challenge me a bit?

A good match for people who want honesty and challenge.

Dr. Kris is warm, genuine, and deeply caring, but she is probably not the right fit if you want someone who will only nod sympathetically for 50 minutes. She tends to ask hard questions, notice patterns, and help people stop avoiding the things that are keeping them stuck.

3. Can Dr. Kris help with trauma, burnout, or feeling emotionally exhausted?

Support for burnout, trauma, and survival mode.

Yes. Dr. Kris often works with people who are burnt out, overwhelmed, carrying trauma, stuck in survival mode, or functioning on the outside while quietly falling apart on the inside.

4. What if I am the kind of person who overthinks everything?

Especially helpful for smart, stuck overthinkers.

That is very common with Dr. Kris’s clients. Many are smart, insightful, self-aware people who understand their patterns intellectually but still cannot seem to make things actually feel better. Therapy with Dr. Kris often focuses on moving beyond insight and into real change.

5. Is Dr. Kris a good fit for high-achieving people who are struggling privately?

A strong fit for high-achieving private strugglers.

Absolutely. Dr. Kris often works with people who look successful, capable, high-functioning, and fine from the outside but are quietly overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, perfectionistic, or exhausted underneath it all.

6. Will therapy with Dr. Kris be practical, or is it mostly talking?

Clear, practical, goal-focused therapy.

Dr. Kris tends to be very practical and goal-focused. Therapy often includes clear feedback, concrete strategies, nervous system work, identifying patterns, and figuring out what is actually driving the problem instead of endlessly coping around it.

7. Is Dr. Kris a good fit if I want therapy to feel more direct and less beige?

A great fit if you want direct, human therapy.

Yes. Dr. Kris is often a strong fit for people who want therapy to feel honest, strategic, effective, and refreshingly human rather than vague, overly passive, or how does that make you feel on repeat.
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