My name is Sarah Wiggins. I am an LPC (licensed in Virginia and Texas) and an approved supervisor for residents in counseling in the state of Virginia as well as CSAC supervisees. I have counseling work experience in residential, acute care, community agency, crisis intervention, and outpatient private practice settings. I have experience with adolescents and adults, providing personal, psychoeducational and psychosocial counseling services. I also have experience in working with families and caregivers. I have experience working with children and adults in crisis and adults with substance abuse problems. Additionally, I have experience working with military individuals and families, trauma, and disaster relief.

My orientation to counseling is based on cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and person-centered theories of counseling, and I employ cognitive-behavioral, Motivational interviewing, person-centered, systems theories. I believe that the primary process of counseling involves helping clients to find the resources within themselves in order to develop requisite skills and address themes related to their presenting problem(s) or underlying issues.

My supervision experience includes my role as clinical supervisor over two Opioid Treatment Facilities and one year at an inpatient psychiatric facility. I have been supervising residents in counseling for over 3 years. I completed my training through the Approved Clinical Supervisor: Professional Development Training through the University of North Carolina Dept of Counseling and Educational Development.