About Charter Recovery
Steve Charter founded Charter Recovery and dedicated his life to helping individuals overcome substance use challenges and build healthier futures. Through compassion, structure, and integrity, he helped countless individuals take responsibility for their lives and move toward lasting recovery.
Following Steve's passing in 2018, his daughter, Jennifer Clark, continued his mission with the same commitment to professional, ethical, and client-centered care. Today, Charter Recovery operates as a private practice based in Reno, Nevada, providing personalized substance use counseling and treatment services to individuals statewide.
All services are provided remotely through secure telehealth, allowing clients across Nevada to receive professional counseling in a convenient, confidential, and supportive environment.
About Jennifer Clark
Jennifer Clark, M.S., LADC (NV #08326), CAMS-II, is a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor licensed by the Nevada State Board of Examiners for Alcohol, Drug, and Gambling Counselors and a Certified Anger Management Specialist-II (CAMS-II) through the National Anger Management Association (NAMA).
Jennifer has more than eight years of experience providing substance use counseling, facilitating recovery groups, and helping individuals work toward lasting recovery while meeting court, probation, and personal treatment goals.
Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Science in Mental Health and Wellness. Her background in helping professions began long before becoming a licensed counselor. She worked with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including providing respite services as an independent contractor for Sierra Regional Center. She also worked with the geriatric population and as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) while initially pursuing a career in nursing.
Through those experiences, Jennifer discovered her strongest passion: helping people overcome addiction, change unhealthy patterns, and rebuild their lives. That realization ultimately led her to behavioral health and substance use treatment.
Jennifer later joined Charter Recovery, the organization her father, Steve Charter, founded. There, she gained extensive experience providing outpatient counseling, facilitating groups, conducting assessments, and helping individuals complete court-ordered treatment programs. She also operated a Nevada DMV-licensed Level I DUI School, further expanding her experience working with individuals involved in the criminal justice system.
Why I Do This Work
For Jennifer, Charter Recovery is more than a counseling practice—it continues the work her father began and reflects her commitment to helping people believe their lives can change.
Over the years, Jennifer has seen people enter treatment during some of the most difficult periods of their lives. She has also had the privilege of watching people rebuild relationships, develop stability, meet their responsibilities, regain confidence, and create lives they once may not have believed were possible.
Jennifer believes that people should be held accountable for their choices, but she also believes that a person's worst decision does not have to determine the rest of their life. Counseling should provide both support and accountability—helping individuals understand their behavior, develop healthier coping skills, make different choices, and follow through with meaningful change.
Continuing Charter Recovery allows Jennifer to honor the foundation her father created while building upon it through education, professional development, evidence-based treatment, and her own approach to counseling.
Professional Approach
In addition to substance use counseling, Jennifer has completed specialized professional training in anger management, emotional regulation, communication, conflict resolution, anger and aggression, and evidence-based anger management interventions. Her CAMS-II credential supports her work providing structured anger management services to individuals who seek services voluntarily or are referred by attorneys, courts, probation, parole, and other community professionals.
Today, Jennifer leads Charter Recovery, providing outpatient counseling services throughout Nevada through secure telehealth. She works with individuals seeking recovery support, substance use treatment, DUI counseling, anger management services, and court-ordered services.
Jennifer's counseling approach combines evidence-based practices—including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), relapse prevention, psychoeducation, and recovery-focused skill building—with accountability, structure, and compassion.
She believes meaningful change requires more than simply attending counseling. It involves recognizing personal strengths, developing practical coping skills, taking responsibility for choices, and consistently putting new skills into practice.
Beyond the Counseling Office
Jennifer believes that who we are outside of our profession matters, too. She has been with her husband for 27 years and married for 20 years. She is the mother of a son and daughter and the grandmother of three, and family remains one of the most important parts of her life.
Outside of work, Jennifer enjoys gardening, reading, learning, spending time in the forest, and caring for her animals. Her home includes dogs, chickens, ducks, a tortoise, a canary, and an aquarium—reflecting her lifelong love of animals and nature. She also enjoys spending time outdoors or with her husband, children, and grandchildren.
Jennifer considers herself a lifelong learner and continues to pursue education and professional development so she can grow both personally and professionally. She brings that same belief into counseling: people can keep learning, growing, and changing throughout their lives.
Professional Credentials
Jennifer Clark, M.S., LADC (NV #08326), CAMS-II
Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor — State of Nevada
Certified Anger Management Specialist-II (CAMS-II) — National Anger Management Association (NAMA)
Master of Science in Mental Health and Wellness
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
View My Psychology Today Profile
Learn more about Jennifer's background, specialties, treatment approach, and services by visiting her Psychology Today profile.
