Steve Brownrigg

People carrying the weight of addiction alongside depression, anxiety, or trauma are at the center of Steve Brownrigg’s practice. A National Certified Counselor based in Omaha, Nebraska, Steve works with individuals, couples, and families across a wide range of ages — from teenagers to the elderly — many of them managing what clinicians call co-occurring disorders, where substance use and mental health conditions reinforce each other in ways that demand treatment be addressed together, not in sequence.

His own recovery from alcoholism, which began in 1997, preceded his graduate training in Community Counseling at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. That personal foundation shapes how he engages clients — practically, without judgment, and with a clear eye for what actually moves people forward. His toolkit draws on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, 12-Step Facilitation, Solution-Focused approaches, Transactional Analysis, and EMDR, for which he holds certification through EMDRIA. For clients who find it hard to step away — the kind of person who answers work messages at midnight and calls it normal — online sessions make it easier to actually show up for their own care.

Steve also works with abuse and trauma survivors, and addresses sexual addiction, family conflict, and marriage and couples concerns. DSM-5 diagnosis and treatment planning are part of his clinical practice.