Sally Riggs, DClinPsy
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I am a licensed psychologist with over 25 years of clinical experience helping adults create meaningful, lasting change. I specialize in working with high-achieving adults who appear successful on the outside but privately struggle with chronic stress, burnout, perfectionism, overthinking, anxiety, people-pleasing, over-responsibility, and feeling constantly "on." Many of my clients have spent years trying to think their way out of these patterns. They understand themselves intellectually, yet still find themselves caught in the same cycles of urgency, pressure, exhaustion, and self-imposed expectations. My work focuses on helping clients understand and change the underlying patterns that keep them stuck. I offer a unique Recovering Type A Intensive designed for driven, successful adults whose nervous systems have become organized around chronic activation. This highly personalized experience combines careful assessment, collaborative formulation, nervous system-informed therapy, and experiential interventions tailored to each client's specific needs. Clients often describe me as warm, direct, insightful, and highly engaged. My approach is structured, collaborative, and deeply individualized. Rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model, I work to understand each person’s unique history, nervous system patterns, strengths, and goals. If you are successful by most people's standards but feel exhausted by the pressure of constantly performing, producing, anticipating, or taking care of everyone else, I may be able to help.
About Sally's practice
Weekdays After 5pm
Weekdays 9am - 5pm
Weekends 9am - 5pm
$$$
Directive
In-person available: Yes
Virtual available: Yes
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Gaslighting
Chronic Illness
Migraines or Chronic Headaches
Trauma
Perfectionism
Burnout
Existential Crisis or Transition
Out of network providers
TX + 4 more
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Get to Know Sally
What is unique about the work you do, or how have you found your work to be different than your colleagues'?
Many of my clients come to me after years of therapy, self-help books, podcasts, and personal growth work. They often understand their patterns intellectually but still find themselves stuck in the same cycles of stress, urgency, overthinking, burnout, perfectionism, or over-responsibility. What makes my work different is that I focus not only on insight, but on the nervous system patterns that keep these cycles going. Rather than simply talking about problems, we work to identify what happens in real time and create new experiences that support lasting change. My approach is highly individualized, formulation-driven, and tailored to each person's unique history, strengths, goals, and nervous system patterns.
How long should I commit to being in therapy, at least in the beginning?
Unlike traditional weekly therapy, my Recovering Type A Intensive does not require an ongoing commitment. Most clients work with me for a single 2- or 3-day intensive. The goal is to create significant momentum and lasting change in a focused, structured format rather than over months or years of weekly sessions.