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Root + Rise is the space where women do the meaningful work of transformation: getting rooted in who they truly are and rising into the next version of their lives with intention, clarity, and confidence.
This work is inspired by the vision of The Integrated Woman—a woman who understands her past without being defined by it, who honors the adaptations that once kept her safe, and who now chooses authenticity over survival.
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My Psychotherapy Approach
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My therapy approach is trauma-informed, integrative, collaborative, and deeply relational—rooted in the belief that healing happens through safe, meaningful connection. I create a supportive space for you to explore your story, gain clarity, and feel empowered to make lasting changes in your life and relationships.
I draw from Schema Therapy, attachment-based work, Brainspotting-informed interventions, Psychosynthesis, and evidence-based tools like CBT and DBT. I also integrate cognitive and psychodynamic insight to help uncover the patterns underneath symptoms, and I provide nervous-system and whole-brain psychoeducation so you can understand your reactions with clarity instead of shame.
In therapy, we build stabilization and emotional regulation first, then work deeper—untangling stuck patterns, healing what needs to be processed, and strengthening healthier ways of relating to yourself and others.
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Coaching is designed to translate insight into action and sustained change. Using an integrative, trauma-informed lens, we identify what’s blocking progress, clarify your values and goals, and create an aligned plan for your relationships, work, and daily life.
What makes my coaching unique is the blend of clinical depth and real-world business leadership experience. Before becoming a therapist, I spent years in leadership and operations roles in startup and growth-focused environments—supporting teams, building systems, managing performance, navigating change, and helping organizations scale. That background gives me a practical understanding of people and culture, leadership dynamics, productivity pressures, and the emotional realities behind high performance.
This means our work can include both the internal and external pieces—your nervous system and self-trust and how you lead, communicate, set boundaries, manage conflict, and sustain productivity without burnout. Whether you’re an individual contributor, business owner, or manager, we focus on helping you show up with more clarity, emotional regulation, and grounded leadership.
Individual Coaching
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"Therapy supports healing and recovery by addressing how past experiences shaped present emotions, behaviors, and relationship patterns. It includes stabilization, deeper processing when appropriate, and evidence-based treatment for mental health concerns."
Coaching is present-and-forward focused. We may reference the past for insight, but the primary focus is transformational progress—clarifying goals, removing internal blocks, strengthening accountability, and creating aligned action in your relationships, work, and daily life.
About Sherry
I’m the founder of Root + Rise Coaching & Therapy and the creator of The Integrated Woman podcast. I support adults, couples, and groups through therapy and coaching that help you move from survival-based patterns into greater clarity, emotional steadiness, and aligned growth.
My work is grounded in two core strengths: a trauma-focused clinical background and a deep business leadership background. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master’s Degree in Social Work focused on mental health, I bring extensive experience supporting clients through trauma-related symptoms, anxiety, mood concerns, dissociation, relationship distress, and long-standing patterns shaped by early adversity. My approach is trauma-informed and integrative, shaped by Schema Therapy, attachment-based work, Brainspotting-informed interventions, Psychosynthesis, and evidence-based strategies like CBT and DBT. I also integrate nervous system and whole-brain psychoeducation so you can understand your responses with compassion and create change you can sustain.
Additional Education
Alongside my clinical work, I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and bring decades of leadership experience from startup and growth-focused environments. That blend allows me to support clients not only in healing and self-leadership, but also in navigating real-world pressures—workplace stress, burnout, boundaries, performance demands, leadership roles, and the emotional weight of responsibility.
Core Values
At the core of my work is a guiding belief: many mental health symptoms and coping strategies are adaptations to past experiences, not your identity. We honor what these patterns once protected, while strengthening emotional regulation, self-trust, and healthier ways of relating—so you can build steadier relationships, clearer boundaries, and a life that feels more aligned.
I also have a deep passion for group work. Whether alongside individual therapy or as a stand-alone growth experience, groups offer something uniquely powerful: shared language, real-time practice, accountability, and the reminder that you’re not alone—often reducing shame and accelerating change through connection.
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