About Sara
(Practice Owner/Therapist)
Sara Riggs (she/they) started her private practice in 2018 and transitioned to include ecotherapy in 2020. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, EcoSomatic therapist, relational practitioner, parent, advocate for rivers and watersheds, child of fiber artists & weavers and conscious community member. Sara was born in the piedmont of NC, where she lives with her family and practices now. She received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Appalachian State University and then completed her graduate degree in Social Work at North Carolina State University. Sara 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 embodied-relational approaches 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, and is currently training at an advanced skills level with ERED from 2026-2027. 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 continues to deepen her relationship with the more-than-human-world, experiencing her own healing and connection practices through time spent with Earth. Through her work as an EcoSomatic/Eco-Relational therapist she has found that:
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Emotions are more deeply felt and held when we’re amongst our more-than-human-kin.
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Inviting our senses to explore in the forest or nearby water brings us into awareness and presence, slowing down our nervous system and thoughts, and offers our body connection to joy and safety.
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Also that we can mend disconnection, loneliness and honor grief through learning about and holding the land's history, engaging in environmental reciprocity, and being with safe and affirming communities.
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.
Sara could be a good fit…
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​If you're high school aged or older.
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If it's your first time in therapy, wanting to expand therapeutically beyond the mind/cognitive therapy, or looking for complimentary support to your primary therapy.
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If you're seeking healing and resourcing with attachment ruptures & adaptations, compound trauma, nourishment issues and body distress/disconnection, stress and anxiety, reconnection to self and community, sensory exploration & neuro-expansive, chronic pain, transformation and transition, and climate & political grief.
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If you would prefer to meet with a practitioner who enjoys working with LGBTQIA2S+ folx and people of the global majority, those interested in exploring their gender identities, sexuality and pleasure.
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If you're looking for a practitioner who is Health at Every-Size and body inclusive, and believes that all bodies are good bodies, that deserve care, compassion, and safety.
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If you're looking for therapy that offers you a deepening, somatic, holistic, compassionate, social justice lensed, sensory resourcing & sensitive, ancestral, decolonizing, connective, outdoors, psychedelic, relational, and trauma sensitive healing experience.
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And if you're looking for LCSWA supervision. Click here to learn more about Sara's values as a Supervisor.
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About Lindsey (Therapist)
Lindsey Judge Joyner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, mother, mindfulness practitioner, and gentle nurture of both humans and animals. She graduated with her masters in social work from North Carolina State University in 2016. Lindsey has worked in mental health for over 10 years, from outpatient community mental health for children, adults, and families, to being a part of crisis teams working with students in a University setting.
Lindsey's values and approaches in therapy align significantly with our practice; she has recently started training in somatic modalities including Hakomi. Her past trainings and practices includes Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, EcoSystemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT), and Natural Lifemanship (equine-assisted therapy) and Internal Family Systems (IFS).
Lindsey could be a good fit…
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If you're an adult wanting help with compound trauma and stress, navigating or exploring a life transition, or wanting to learn more about your self, beliefs, and barriers to connection.
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If you're seeking therapy that is empathetic, mindfulness based, gentle, self-exploratory, social-justice lensed, emotion focused, trauma-informed, and relational.
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If you're needing support around returning to self and life after a loss or relationship rupture.
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If you're Interested in parts work that moves at a comfortable pace for you and approached with intention and gentleness.
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And enjoy talking and expanding your understanding of Buddhism, poetry and connection with the more-than-human-kin.
Our Approach
Here at Woven Wood Integrative Therapy we approach working with clients with a compassionate heart, a non-judgmental mind and a gentle spirit.
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We want to help clients embody safety and peace, and feel a deeper connection to themselves, their communities and Earth.
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We believe in empowering our clients through coping skills rooted in mindfulness and somatic practices, encouraging gentle vulnerability, and helping them identify paths towards Self confidence and Self attunement.
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We find integrating the more than human world in practice is a valuable resource and container for healing.
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Our therapists will listen and respond to your unique needs and intentions for therapy, while also practicing with transparency and humanity.