Providing

Relational, collaborative, responsive psychotherapy

for young people and their families

A headshot showing Kat Canada, LCSW

Kat Canada, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Serving children, adolescents, and emergent adults

 

Individual psychotherapy for young people

I am a mental health therapist and social worker who works with children (5-12), adolescents (13-18), and emergent adults (19-25) using an integrated relational perspective.

My approach is developmentally responsive and trauma-sensitive, and I draw primarily from psychodynamic, humanistic, and relational theories. I use play and/or or talk-based interventions, which could include: child-centered play therapy; Collaborative Problem Solving; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; or narrative therapy approaches.

My goal is to collaborate with you to understand, honor, and be curious about your (or your child’s) full self.

Support for caregivers, parents, and families

I provide consultation to parents and caregivers as a regular component of work with children and teens.

I also offer family therapy in situations where family dynamics and relationships are in need of more significant exploration or restoration. My approach to family work is heavily influenced by abolitionist and transformative accountability philosophies. I believe conflicts are vital opportunities to help families grow and respond to not only their own dilemmas and dynamics, but also those of our wider communities, past and present.

I emphasize acknowledgement of values, strengths and power in family work. This type of exploration can help families deepen relationships, defuse chronic power struggles, and reveal new and surprising ways to understand ourselves and one another.

I can help with things like…

  • Experiences of depression or anxiety

  • Understanding & healing following trauma

  • Liberation & abolition-centered mental health

  • Responding to loneliness, isolation, alienation

  • Queer- & gender-affirming care

  • Neurodivergence, understanding neurodiversity

  • Suicidal thoughts, self-harm

  • Family conflict, communication struggles, collaboration

Many small conifer seedlings sprout from a fallen tree
 
 

Rates, Policies

  • Accessibility of services is important to me. When clients or families are unable to pay the full fee, sliding scale agreements may be available. Please contact me to discuss reduced-fee options (generally between 30% and 75% of my full fee).

    To ensure that I am able to offer services to families unable to manage a full fee, clients who have the means to pay for sessions in full are asked to do so.

  • Individual psychotherapy session: $200 for 50 minutes

    Parent/caregiver consultation session: $200 for 50 minutes

    Family therapy session: $200 for 55 minutes

    I offer 20 minute initial consultations free-of-charge

  • I am currently an in-network provider with Moda, Aetna, and Optum/United Healthcare.

    I am also able to support out-of-network billing for clients with these benefits.

  • I am unable to provide the following services at this time:

    Forensic evaluations or assessments

    Psychological, developmental, or psychiatric testing

    Custody or parenting plan evaluations or recommendations

    Endorsement or evaluations for service animals or emotional support animals

  • 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 https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises

Connect:

Kat Canada, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (OR)

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (WA)

kat@katcanadalcsw.com
971-200-5254

Currently operating via telehealth

Portland, OR 97232