About John
John Koppenhaver is a licensed clinician in Kansas with 32 years of professional experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. He aims to make the first step into therapy easier and less intimidating for people who are ready to reach out.
He builds sessions around open conversation and straightforward listening. Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
The work often begins with identifying immediate concerns and practical steps to reduce daily stress. John draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address persistent anxiety, mood challenges, and relationship strain. He also supports people dealing with issues related to family dynamics, caregiving and aging, identity and LGBT concerns, and major life transitions like separation or health crises.
Sessions are practical and focused. He helps people break big problems into small, manageable tasks. He also works with people who struggle with obsessive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, guilt, shame, jealousy, and issues around intimacy and commitment.
John communicates plainly and centers each person’s goals. He wants clients to leave sessions with one or two clear steps to try between meetings. Getting started is framed as a collaborative process where the plan adjusts as needs change.
Approaches that help with anxiety and life changes
John uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and steady progress. One approach emphasizes learning practical coping skills for anxiety and stress - teaching breathing and attention strategies, and stepwise exposure to feared situations so daily life becomes easier to manage. Another approach focuses on mood and behavior change by identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavior experiments that test those beliefs and build new routines.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then suggest options to try. That plan is revisited and adjusted as progress and preferences become clearer, so clients help shape what comes next.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for more in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging works well for quick check-ins or brief coping reminders. These formats make it simpler to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or health demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Depression
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Cancer
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- Kansas
- Languages
- English
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