MSW, LCSW
Sarah Hutchison
I have worked in adolescent mental health for almost fifteen years. Beginning in 2009, I worked intensively with families of adoptive children, both internationally and domestically. Through this experience, I developed a special interest in supporting families to develop safe attachments and heal from trauma.
In 2017, I joined a therapeutic program an instructor, family therapist and ultimately, a primary therapist supporting females, ages 14-18. In the summer of 2022, after welcoming my 4th child into the world, I joined the Elevate team as a Parent and Family Coach. Most recently, I developed and helped launch our Adoptive Mothers Wellness Weekend, offered twice annually.
My clinical style is compassionate, relational and direct. It is important to me that my clients experience feelings of safety in our relationship while also being challenged to grow and evolve. I draw from trauma-informed and attachment focused modalities; including internal family systems, somatic experiencing and the polyvagal theory. I also find fulfillment in helping families identify unprocessed grief while using wilderness and ceremony to heal.
Sarah Hutchison
MSW, LCSW
Masters, Social Work
Focus:
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Parents of Adolescents & Emerging Adults
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Adolescents & Young Adults age 16-25
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Clinical Specialties: Trauma, Adoptive Families and Attachment
In 2017, Sarah relocated with her family to Asheville, North Carolina. She continued to pursue her passion in wilderness therapy as a wilderness field instructor. As a licensed clinical social worker, Sarah began working as a family therapist and then as a primary therapist to girls, ages 14-18 in a wilderness therapy treatment setting. In 2022, Sarah moved out of the residential treatment setting with the aim to offer clinically robust therapeutic support alongside experiential learning through Elevate Family Wellness Programs.
Sarah began her career in 2009, working intensively with families of adoptive children, both internationally and domestically. In this capacity, she developed a special interest in supporting families to cultivate safe attachments and heal from trauma. Sarah graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C. with her Masters of Social Work in 2013. Sarah worked for over four years in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area as a crisis response and senior social worker; partnering with local and federal law enforcement agencies to recover and support youth and young adult survivors of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.