If you grew up in chaos, control, or silence, it makes sense that your body still feels unsafe.
From the outside, you probably look fine. Capable. Strong. Definitely successful.
But your nervous system has been carrying more than anyone sees.
Anxiety and Overthinking That Won't Stop Thought loops that never shut off. Anxiety that feels like a second heartbeat. Feeling "broken," "too much," or "never enough." Fear that something is fundamentally wrong with you.
People-Pleasing, Perfectionism, and Burnout People-pleasing and fawning to stay safe. Avoiding conflict because it was dangerous growing up. Hyper-independence. Taking responsibility for everyone else's feelings. Burnout so deep even rest doesn't fix it.
The patterns show up in your relationships, your exhaustion, your guilt. In the way you brace before good things happen. In the version of yourself you perform for everyone else while the real one stays hidden.
Clients often tell me:
"I feel like I'm always bracing for something."
"I never learned how to feel safe."
"I don't know who I am when I'm not the strong one."
The same resilience that got you through is exactly what will carry you forward.
Healing begins when you stop trying to earn your worth and start remembering it was never lost.
Trauma Therapy Services in Las Vegas
Trauma therapy rooted in EMDR, nervous system work, and specialized care for the experiences that shaped you most.
EMDR Therapy
For adults ready to stop managing trauma and start healing it. EMDR works at the level where trauma actually lives, the nervous system, so the past can finally feel like the past.
Psychedelic Integration Therapy
For adults processing intense or altered-state experiences who want safe, confidential, trauma-informed support. Legal integration therapy in Las Vegas and online.
Religious Trauma Therapy
For adults healing from spiritual abuse, purity culture, shame-based religion, and high-control faith systems. You don't have to have your beliefs figured out before you start.
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
For adults ready to go deeper than talk therapy alone. KAP combines prescribed ketamine with trauma-informed support for depression, anxiety, and PTSD. In-person in Las Vegas.
EMDR Therapy in Las Vegas
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based trauma therapy that works gently with your nervous system, not against it. EMDR helps your nervous system soften, release the fear it’s been holding, and recognize: “I’m safe now.”
Release the stuck places, safely
You don’t have to re-tell your story or relive anything.
We move at your nervous system’s pace: slow, steady, regulated.
From the last 12 months (February 2025 - February 2026) in my EMDR practice in Las Vegas, the most common emotional shifts were peace, relief, calm, lightness, and warmth.
Meet Rachel Hansen, LCSW
I'm Rachel Hansen, LCSW, a licensed trauma therapist in Las Vegas who works with high-functioning adults carrying the weight of childhood trauma, sexual abuse, and growing up in high-control, shame-based homes. I specialize in EMDR therapy for complex trauma, with focused expertise in religious trauma and high-control environments and offer post-trauma support for adults in Las Vegas who are ready to stop surviving and start living.
My work is gentle, steady, and rooted in somatic therapy and nervous system work, helping your body finally feel safe in ways it never had the chance to before.
For over a decade, I’ve helped people heal the parts of themselves they thought were too much, too broken, or too far gone.
I work best with people who are ready to go beneath the surface, even when that feels uncertain.
In-person therapy in Las Vegas and virtual trauma therapy for clients across Nevada, Utah, Colorado and New Jersey.
