LCSW, 22 years of experience
New to Grow
Hello! I'm Holly Riggs a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience. Life is full of unexpected twists and turns and sometimes we require help to navigate the path forward and ensure that we are able to grow from some of the most challenging experiences. As we go through life and face all kinds of expected and unexpected situations, the coping skills that helped us before can start to feel unhelpful. That’s when therapy can really step in and help out. I will work with you to identify new coping techniques and strategies and give you a safe space to explore your thoughts and feelings about what is happening in your world.
During our first session I will focus on getting to know a little bit about you and about what brought you to therapy in the first place. We will also discuss the goals that you have for yourself and begin setting some goals for us to work toward together.
I have been practicing in the field for the past 22 years working with chronic and terminal illness, anxiety, depression and loss and grief. I utilize a variety of therapeutic approaches but am particularly fond of Acceptance and Commitment therapy as well as Narrative therapy. Both of which allows clients to be the voice of change in their own lives. I will work with you to develop a treatment plan that aims to focus on your areas of struggle. I firmly believe that it is the relationship between client and therapist that is the "magic ingredient" so if you feel that I may be someone you would like to work with please reach out.
I work with individuals and couples who are struggling with life transitions, or interpersonal relationship concerns as well as individuals who are just trying to figure out how to make the most of life. I also have expertise in loss and grief related to illness and death. My goal is to provide a safe and open place for clients to explore their adjustment concerns, anxiety and depression that can arise from such loss. Together we can focus on the areas that are holding you back from being able to go out and fully engage in the world around you and with the people who care about you the most.
I try to help clients identify their strengths and identify the ways that they can use those strengths to help get them through difficult times in their lives.
I utilize narrative therapy to try and help clients reframe troubling events in their lives.
ACT helps clients accept difficult emotions and develop psychological flexibility to cope with life's challenges.