About John
John Klenke offers a warm, straightforward approach grounded in listening and practical support. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Oklahoma and focuses on everyday struggles like anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. John writes plans with each person he meets and adapts conversations to the situation at hand.
He uses clear, goal-focused strategies to help people manage emotions and change unhelpful thinking patterns. He pairs this with a client-centered stance that puts the person's needs and values first.
Background and approach
That mix can help with relationship tensions, coping after loss, and difficulties tied to addiction or career stress. John also works with issues related to parenting, intimacy, trauma and abuse, and identity concerns including LGBT matters. He pays attention to how family history and communication patterns affect daily life and decision making.
He aims to make sessions practical, down-to-earth, and aimed at small, achievable steps. With five years of professional experience, he draws on a range of approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside mindfulness and existential ideas. Those methods are used to help people reduce distress and build routines that support change.
People who choose to work with him find a calm, respectful presence and a focus on realistic tools. He encourages questions, checks progress, and adjusts plans as needed to keep work relevant to each person's goals.
Evidence-informed approaches for online counseling
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's perspective and building collaborative goals. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what matters to the client, and helps people identify changes they want to try. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and gives concrete skills for reducing anxiety, managing mood, and changing unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy emphasizes emotional experience and attachment needs, helping people name feelings and shift how they respond in close relationships.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about their goals, try strategies together, and adjust methods based on what is helpful. That collaborative process helps identify which blend of approaches fits a person's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual cues and have longer, more in-depth sessions. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for brief, flexible exchanges and ongoing check-ins between longer appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family life, or travel while keeping a consistent schedule with a licensed professional.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English