About John
John Kleber is a licensed clinician who draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, self-esteem, and depression. He practices as an Illinois LCPC and frames work around practical steps people can use day to day. His style is straightforward and focused on what helps clients feel steadier in their lives.
He has six years of experience in outpatient counseling and a longer history supporting preteens and teens in schools and treatment centers since 2008.
Background and approach
That background gave him regular experience with anger and behavior challenges, anxiety, ADHD symptoms, and trauma. He also supported collegiate athletes with stress, pressure, and grief, which shapes his approach to performance and loss. He uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to address anxiety and obsessive-compulsive concerns, and applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for depression and personality-related difficulties.
He also draws on concepts from the Gottman Method when working on relationship issues and can include Christian faith in sessions when a client requests it. In sessions he focuses on clear, manageable goals. Clients can expect exercises that target unhelpful thoughts, skills for handling difficult emotions, and steps to improve communication.
The aim is to increase functioning and meaning rather than eliminate all discomfort. John emphasizes collaboration and practical change. He helps people consider values, try new behaviors, and build routines that support long-term wellbeing.
Prospective clients who want to start can follow the site's Start Therapy steps to match and schedule a session.
How his approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without letting them control actions, then choose steps that match personal values. It is often used for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can help with depression and personality-related struggles.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with the client to identify goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust plans based on what helps most. This is a team process where feedback guides the path forward.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins that match a person’s schedule. It also lets people try therapeutic exercises between sessions and bring real-life moments into conversation, which can speed practical change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English