"Hi, I'm Jenny Stepp, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor."

Psychotherapist in Las Vegas

TRIGGERS ARE EVERYWHERE!

You wonder if your body is betraying you. 

All you want is a sense of safety and comfort - to feel good in your own skin and in the world around you.

Compassionate Counseling for Healing Your Mind & Body

With all of the tragic, scary news headlines these days, it’s hard not to be triggered.  It can come out of nowhere.  You may be going through your day and a well-meaning friend  or coworker casually mentions something and you freeze - flooded with emotions like fear, helplessness, anger, or hopelessness.  The people around you probably have no idea what’s going on, but you were triggered into reliving something that you wanted to shove down…FOREVER. 

Or you could be alone at night, trying to sleep, and then you wake up in a panic - sweaty, trembling, heart racing, tired but wired.  Even when you don’t want to think about it, you have nightmares so you can’t even escape the memories when you’re asleep. 

Secrecy, Shame, & Fear

You may be struggling with all of this in secret, ashamed to talk about it and not sure who to trust anyway.  You’ve thought about seeing a therapist, but you're scared to dredge all of this up with a complete stranger.  You wonder and think:

“Will I have to recount every awful, humiliating, terrifying detail of what happened to me?”

“What if I don’t even remember all of it?”

“Talking about it makes me feel worse.  How can that be helpful, anyway?  Something happened.  It’s over.  I just need to get these flashbacks and nightmares to stop.”

Misconceptions About Trauma & PTSD Treatment

If you are reading this, there is a good chance you have been seriously hurt by someone or something from the past.  I work with intuitive, smart, courageous people who have been through some things and want to truly heal from their pain, once and for all.  They want to live joyful, fulfilling, abundant lives, but are stuck in old patterns, memories, and negative self-talk that makes everyday living difficult.

I see and hear a lot of misconceptions about “trauma therapy” that scare people away from seeing a counselor (even coming from other professionals in the field).  The biggest misconception I hear is that “you have to remember and share every detail of the trauma in order to heal from it.”  If you get one thing from my website today, please know that it is possible to heal and recover from traumatic events, relationships, and experiences without dredging up every single detail from the past. 

Therapist Las Vegas

That’s where I come in.  My name is Jenny (she/her) and I'm a psychotherapist in Las Vegas. I’m not a cookie-cutter mental health counselor. When you meet with me for the first session, we talk about what’s going on in your life RIGHT NOW and how you are being affected by your current symptoms.  We start in the here and now with the goal to move you out of crisis mode as quickly as possible.  I recommend weekly sessions in the beginning so I can give you simple, tangible, concrete tools to restore safety and security in your body.  Many of my clients haven’t experienced a sense of safety in their own bodies - ever.  This is an important foundation for our work together! 

I have worked in mental health for over 24 years and have been an individual counselor for 19.  I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional with many different tools, tricks, and resources up my sleeve.  I have a passion for learning about treatment and recovery so I can adapt our sessions to fit your unique personality, needs, pain-points, and strengths.  I work with you to understand what’s happening in your own nervous system so we can effectively intervene to stop this suffering. 

Schedule Your Free Consultation & Start Healing Today

Help out there for you!  I offer a free 15 minute consultation for new clients to take a step forward, meet me, and to see if we’re a good fit.  Call or text me at 702-336-7620 or click on this link below to schedule your complimentary consultation.