01 · Who William works with

William works with stress, Anxiety, grief and self esteem

William lists 14 specialisms and 29 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects William chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In William's own words

What William says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

I am William Keeler, but I go by Will. I have a Masters in Social Work from Eastern Washington University and am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Oregon. I have worked with adults and children and teenagers for over 7 years as part of community mental health. I have extensive experience using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing and a variety of other modalities.

My style is listen and understand first and help people to find their own answers and provide direction when it is needed. I know that many people struggle and if today is the day that you want to change something, then I'm excited for you and want to help you on your own journey.

I have young children who take up almost all of my extra time, but with the time left over I enjoy reading, playing video games and board games.

I look forward to getting to know you and working with you and wish you well on your life's journey.

William Keeler, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How William works

The 6 approaches William lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods William lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not William's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how William runs a session.

Acceptance and Commitment TherapyACT

Rather than trying to argue a painful thought away, ACT works on loosening its grip and getting on with what matters to you anyway. Sessions spend real time naming your values, then building action around them while difficult feelings are still present.

Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT

Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.

Dialectical Behaviour TherapyDBT

A structured skills-led adaptation of CBT built around holding two things at once: accepting yourself as you are and working to change. Teaches concrete skills for distress tolerance, emotion regulation and relationships. Developed for people whose feelings arrive at overwhelming intensity, and strongest-evidenced there.

Mindfulness-Based TherapyMBCT

Trains attention on what is happening right now - body, breath, the thought as it arrives - so distress can be observed rather than automatically acted on. Strongest evidence is in preventing depression from recurring, and it is usually taught as a practice you keep doing outside the session.

Motivational InterviewingMI

A way of talking about change with somebody who is genuinely in two minds about it. The therapist does not argue for the change; they help you say your own reasons out loud, which is the part that predicts whether it happens. Common around substance use and health behaviour.

Solution-Focused Brief TherapySFBT

Starts from where you want to end up rather than from how you got here. Sessions look for the times the problem is already smaller and work out what is different about those, so the number of sessions tends to be short and the work concrete.

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

William 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 William's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   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 William at this point.

2. Naming William specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for William 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 William.

3. If the caseload is full

   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.

4. The first conversation

   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.

5. If the fit is wrong

   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.

05 · Before you commit

2 questions worth asking William

Built from what William actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not William's - William has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

  Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LCSW

Licensed in

Oregon

Licence

OR LCSW L7487

Licence number

L7487

Licence expires

30 Jan 2028

NPI

1003159534

Years in practice

10

Gender

Male

Languages

English

International clients

Accepted

Listed since

15 May 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

William'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 9 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.

Maker Therapy is not BetterHelp, does not take bookings, and has not met William. There are no reviews or ratings on this page because we have no way to verify one. If you start therapy through a link here, we may be paid a commission - it does not change your price and it does not affect who appears here or in what order.

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