I had the opportunity recently to sit down with Nancy Hunterton, who is a licensed marriage and family therapist and approved clinical supervisor. She has meant a lot to me, as well as so many other therapists in Las Vegas, for all the work she has done over the years.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Sheldon Jacobs: Why did you want to become a therapist?
Nancy Hunterton: People often say we enter this field to figure ourselves out, and there is some truth to that — I always craved self-understanding and was curious about the contradictions in my own thoughts and those of others. Adults and kids who engaged in deep and challenging conversations were my favorites. Confronting difficult things felt meaningful, and often I found myself in the role of listener, suppor