Sara Riggs (she/her) started her private practice in 2018 and transitioned to include ecotherapy in 2020. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, embodiment therapist, eco-somatic practitioner, mom and conscious earthling. She has a deep understanding for the location of her practice as Sara was born and raised in the piedmont of NC. Sara received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Appalachian State University and then completed her graduate degree in Social Work at North Carolina State University. She has been working and volunteering in the mental health field for over sixteen years, from residential eating disorder treatment to community mental health and now in private practice.

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Sara has been learning and practicing somatic and embodiment therapies for over a decade. She completed her level 1 certification in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and level 1 & 2 modules with the Embodied Recovery for ED Institute. She has significant training and experience in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness and Ecotherapy. Other healing modalities Sara integrates in session with clients are the Internal Family Systems model (IFS), The Work that Reconnects, created by the late Joanna Macy, and Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy.

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Sara has a deep connection with the more-than-human-world, experiencing her own healing and restorative practices through time spent outdoors. She has found that processing emotions in a larger-living container is helpful, mindfully walking and orienting to the land with our senses slows down the nervous system, and opening ourselves to connect through acknowledgement of land's history, and our own ancestors experiences, can aid in moving through grief and loneliness.

• Clients who have engaged in ecotherapy with Sara have noted feeling more calm and present in their bodies and able to access their self, parts, and spaces for healing with more clarity.