Krystal R. Lujan,
M.C.P., LPC-S, RPT
Licensed Professional Counselor - Supervisor in Oklahoma
Registered Play Therapist
EMDR Trained | EMDRIA Member
TF-CBT Trained
Telehealth therapy for adults across Oklahoma who are ready to take the cape off and finally figure out who they are.
You've spent years taking care of everyone else. What would it feel like to take care of you?
You are not falling apart. You are exhausted. There is a difference.
Maybe you are the one everyone calls when things get hard. The parent who holds it together, the professional who delivers, the partner who keeps the peace. You have been carrying the weight of your family, your job, your history, and probably a few other people's problems too. And somewhere in all of that, you stopped being able to answer a pretty basic question: who are you, outside of what you do for everyone else?
That is exactly the kind of work I do. And after 22 years in this field, I can tell you with full confidence: you can put the cape down. There is a better way to live.
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I work primarily with middle-aged men and women who are tired of doing it all and have quietly started wondering why the anxiety never lets up, why grief keeps hitting in waves, and why they feel so alone even when they are surrounded by people who care about them.
The clients I work with are usually smart, capable, and incredibly self-sufficient. They are also running on empty. They have gotten so good at showing up for others that they have never really learned how to show up for themselves.
I also work with adults navigating:
Complex trauma and childhood wounds
Grief and loss that does not follow a neat timeline
Relationship challenges including couples and family dynamics
Self-doubt and low self-esteem
Domestic violence recovery
Foster care and adoption-related stress
If you have ever Googled "why do I feel this way" at 2am, you are probably someone I can help.
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I am direct, warm, and easy to talk to. Clients have told me I listen hard and respond in ways that actually land. I am not going to hand you a worksheet and send you home. I am going to walk beside you through the process, ask the questions that get underneath the surface, and let you do the real work of figuring out your own answers.
I use a baby-steps approach because sustainable change is not built in one dramatic session. It is built one small, honest step at a time.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
EMDR uses bilateral stimulation to help your brain fully process traumatic memories. Those memories are often driving beliefs about yourself that are not true and have never been true. EMDR reduces the emotional charge around those experiences and helps you integrate them into something that no longer runs your life.
Registered Play Therapy (RPT)
Even with adult clients, I draw on 12 years of play therapy training to bring in mindfulness, sand tray, and sensory techniques that move healing forward in ways that straight talk therapy sometimes cannot.
TF-CBT (Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
A structured, evidence-based approach to understanding how trauma has shaped your thinking, and actively rewriting those patterns.
EMDR Intensives
For clients who are ready to do concentrated, focused work, intensives allow us to work through multiple EMDR processing sessions across a dedicated block of time rather than one hour per week. The results clients report: significant emotional relief, memory integration, and a faster reduction in trauma response than traditional weekly sessions.
Intensives work best for clients who already have solid coping skills, a mindfulness practice in place, and are ready to focus on a specific trauma or struggle.
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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Family Relations and Child Development
Master of Counseling Psychology | Northwestern Oklahoma State University
LICENSURE
Licensed Professional Counselor - Supervisor (LPC-S) | Oklahoma
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) | Trained | EMDRIA Member | Training completed October 2025
Registered Play Therapist (RPT) | 12 years of experience
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Therapeutic Foster Care
MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Play Therapy and Oklahoma Association for Play Therapy (APT/OKAPT)
EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
How I Got Here
I was finishing my bachelor's degree in Family Relations and Child Development when I first got to observe therapists working with children in Head Start programs and group home settings. Something clicked. Those clinicians were doing work that mattered, and I wanted in.
That was the beginning of a 22-year career that has moved from agency settings, school-based work, and therapeutic foster care into private practice work with adults, couples, and families navigating complex trauma and relationship challenges. Every phase of that career taught me something. The most important lesson took me longer than I would like to admit: therapists are allowed to have limits too. Healthy time, space, and emotional boundaries are not a failure of dedication. They are what makes it possible to do this work for the long haul.
What Clients Experience
Clients finish our work together and describe feeling lighter. They report that they can smile in a way that is not performed. That they can make hard decisions for themselves. That they no longer feel the pull to respond to every text or post that used to spike their anxiety. The cape comes off. They start taking care of themselves in ways they never thought were available to them.
A Little More About Me
When I am not in session, you will probably find me doing a workout or on a hiking trail. I am a committed minimalist-adjacent reader (beach setting novels only), a YouTube rabbit-holer when it comes to healthy eating content, and someone who genuinely loves baking with family. The people I love most and the simplest moments with them are what refill my cup so I can show up for you.
Availability and Fees
Krystal currently has limited availability.
Telehealth only. Serving clients in Oklahoma.
Consultations: Free
Initial session: $225 (up to 90 minutes)
Individual, couples, and family sessions: $200 per session
Insurance: Private pay only. A Superbill is available upon request for out-of-network reimbursement.
Frequently asked questions
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Initial sessions are $225 for up to 90 minutes. Ongoing individual, couples, and family sessions are $200. Krystal is a private pay therapist and does not bill insurance directly. A Superbill is available upon request so you can submit for any out-of-network reimbursement your plan offers.
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Krystal is private pay only. If you have out-of-network benefits through your insurance plan, you may be eligible for partial reimbursement. Krystal can provide a Superbill to support that process.
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There is no universal answer, and anyone who gives you one without knowing you is guessing. What I can tell you is that I use a consistent, progress-forward approach and I am not interested in keeping you in therapy longer than you need. We track progress together and adjust as we go.
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Yes. Not because therapy is magic, but because the process works when you are willing to do the work. Most clients begin to notice shifts in their thinking and responses within the first several sessions. Deeper change takes longer, but it is real and it holds.
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EMDR is very different from traditional talk therapy. It uses bilateral stimulation (like eye movements) to help your brain reprocess traumatic memories so they stop running your emotional responses. You do not have to describe your trauma in detail for EMDR to work. Clients regularly report that they accomplish more processing in fewer sessions than they expected.
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An intensive is a concentrated block of EMDR sessions scheduled over a shorter timeframe rather than one hour per week. It is designed for clients who want to move through a specific trauma or struggle more efficiently and who have the emotional foundation in place to do that kind of sustained work.
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Clients who already have solid coping skills, a mindfulness practice, and are ready to focus intensely on a specific issue. If you are unsure whether you are ready, we can talk through it in your consultation.
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An LPC-S is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has met the additional requirements to provide clinical supervision to LPC-Candidates working toward their full license. It is a credentialing step above LPC that requires additional experience and board approval.
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Yes. Krystal provides supervision to LPC-Candidates navigating the Oklahoma licensure process. She looks for candidates who are committed to the field, open to direct feedback, and motivated to grow their clinical skills. Reach out to inquire about availability.
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Krystal sees clients via telehealth only and is licensed in Oklahoma.