Dr. Whitmore uses evidence-based approaches tailored to each client’s needs, goals, and life circumstances, helping you reconnect with what matters most. Therapy begins with time to understand your background, current concerns, and what you hope to gain from treatment. From there, you and Dr. Whitmore will collaborate on meaningful goals and an individualized treatment plan. Sessions typically last 60 minutes.
Dr. Whitmore provides support for a range of concerns with a focus on anxiety disorders, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, women’s issues, and burnout, and offers specialized treatment in complex trauma and PTSD.
Psychological services are a valuable investment in your health and wellbeing. We provide expertise in interventions services that include evidence-based treatments and in comprehensive psychological evaluations to provide clarity, direction, and personalized recommendations.
Service Fees:
Therapy: Therapy services can be billed through insurance. Insurance is billed through the Headway platform. Additionally, therapy services can be accessed through private pay. We have partnered with Mentaya to help clients use their out-of-network benefits.
Assessment: Assessment services are billed through private pay. Assessment pricing includes the intake session, testing appointment, feedback, and comprehensive report. At the conclusion of the intake appointment, we will discuss the most appropriate type of evaluation to address your concerns and questions, and discuss pricing accordingly. We have partnered with Mentaya to help clients use their out-of-network benefits.
Fees:
Individual therapy: $250 per hour
Assessment: $2000-$3000 depending on level of complexity. A more accurate estimate will be provided after the initial intake appointment.
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We’ve partnered with Mentaya, a service that streamlines getting reimbursed for your therapy and assessments services through out-of-network benefits. Mentaya is perfect if you:
- Have out-of-network benefits
- Feel overwhelmed by superbills and insurance
- Have submitted superbills but failed to get any reimbursement
- Simply want to skip the hassle of paperwork!
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To begin, please complete the contact form. The practice offers an optional free 15-minute consultation to help determine whether the practice is a good fit for your needs.
About
Dr. Kristen Whitmore is a clinical psychologist with extensive experience providing therapy, psychological assessment, and neuropsychological assessment across a wide range of settings. Her background includes work in rural outpatient care, integrated primary care, private practice, and clinical training leadership.
After several years working in academic medicine, Dr. Whitmore moved to Hawaiʻi, where she continued her work in a group practice before opening Origins Behavioral Health. She has experience working with individuals across the lifespan and brings specialized expertise in trauma treatment, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and neuropsychological assessment.
Her approach is thoughtful, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based care. Outside of her work, Dr. Whitmore enjoys spending time with her family, running, hiking, going to the beach, traveling, and cooking.
Hawai’i PSY-2306 | West Virginia #1229
Education
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
University of Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut
Doctoral
Internship
WVU Medicine Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, Martinsburg, West Virginia
Postdoctoral
Fellowship
WVU Medicine Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, Martinsburg, West Virginia
Specialized Clinical Training
Trauma
Treatment
University of Connecticut
Child Trauma Clinic
Neuropsychological Assessment
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey
Medical Center
Perinatal
Mood Disorders
Postpartum Support International
“I believe that meaningful change is always possible, growth often emerges from adversity, and healing involves embracing the whole person. Mental health care is a collaborative journey, where I walk alongside each individual with warmth, openness, and compassion, empowering them to achieve their unique goals.” – Dr. Kristen Whitmore
For questions about services or next steps, please call, email, or complete the contact form, and Dr. Whitmore will get back to you.
Info
Address
735 Bishop Street
Suite 432
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813