Practitioner record · Checked 7 Oct 2026
John Kleber has been in practice 6 years and is licensed in Illinois. John lists stress, Anxiety, relationship issues and grief among 26 subjects on the BetterHelp roster.
Everything below is either quoted from John's own BetterHelp listing, taken from public licensing records, or written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such. Nothing here is an availability promise, a review, or a rating.
01 · Who John works with
John lists 5 specialisms and 21 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects John chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.
02 · In John's own words
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I work with a range of age groups, backgrounds, and needs. Since 2008, I have supported preteens and teens in treatment centers, schools, and communities, and have provided outpatient counseling to kids, adults, and couples needing support with individual and relational struggles. I am experienced assisting individuals with anger/behavioral issues, depression, anxiety, ADHD symptoms, and trauma. Furthermore, I work often with individuals with social anxiety, OCD, and personality disorders. Lastly, my history with collegiate athletics has enabled me to support athletes of all ages in dealing with stress, pressure, and grief.
I utilize and have received training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and use this for a wide range of struggles, especially anxiety and OCD, and have received training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for struggles such as depression and personality disorders. I utilize concepts of the Gottman Method with couples, and am happy to incorporate Christian faith as desired.
Life, along with joy and fulfillment, contains a great deal of pain and hardship. Our relationship with our painful thoughts and feelings can increase our ability to live meaningfully in the midst of them, or become stuck and add to our own suffering. I desire to walk with you and help you find comfort, hope, and strength in the midst of your struggle.
John Kleber, on the BetterHelp listing · read 7 Oct 2026
03 · What happens next
John practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of John's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.
BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking John at this point.
BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for John is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to John.
You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.
A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.
Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.
04 · Practical details
05 · Provenance
John's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 7 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.
The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.
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