Take Root Counseling & Coaching

04/22/2026

Meet the Take Root team, kiddo edition 🌱✨🌱

04/21/2026

Happy Anniversary to Megan!! Megan completed our Somatic Fellowship over her first year with Take Root and completed extensive training with The Embodied Recovery Institute to learn about trauma-informed, somatic and attachment based interventions for providing treatment to individuals with eating disorders. Megan is a deeply curious and thoughtfully attuned clinician who meets her clients with warmth and acceptance while coming alongside them in their individual hopes and goals for living the lives they want. We are so happy you’re on our team! ✨🌱✨

04/20/2026

Congratulations to Megan Medfisch and Lauren Kenney for completing a transformative year in Take Root’s Somatic Fellowship. These phenomenal humans and therapists have developed their resourcing, deepened their wisdom and increased their capacity for attuned curiosity. Many thanks to for the incredible training and expansive experience. We are proud of our fellowship and excited about providing deeply individualized care that invites the body and nervous system to the table.

04/16/2026

Take Root is hosting “Planting Connections with New Therapists & Dietitians” on Friday, April 24th from 10 am - 12 pm at the Take Root office (102 New Edition Ct., Cary, NC 27511)! This is an opportunity for intern or associate therapists and intern or new dietitians (who’ve become licensed in the past three years) to meet and network. We’ll also be making a coin purse craft for folks to put collected business cards in! Please consider joining us and/or passing along the event details to folks who might be interested.

If you are an intern/associate yourself, please RSVP using this Eventbrite link: bit.ly/4qi4qkS

04/14/2026

We were honored to be a platinum sponsor for The Alliances Rally for Recovery last weekend. In a culture where it feels increasingly that intentional shrinking of one’s body is back in style, and every other ad is for a product encouraging weight loss, it can feel a little harder to muster the words “Not one more.” Because we know that statistically, pursuing weight loss increases the risk of eating disorders. This weekend was a reminder that we can and should, proudly, continue to shout “Not one more” as hope for more appropriate and attuned treatment to be offered to all of those with eating disorders, so that not one more life is lost and so that fewer and fewer precious moments of life are destroyed. It is deeply powerful to be in community with those who are on this journey of recovery. I am honored to be one of you, and Take Root is proud to support you. Many, Many thanks to McCall and Southern Smash and to the amazing organizing committee for creating this opportunity to celebrate recovery together.

04/10/2026

04/09/2026

“Diet culture impacts each and every one of us on a regular basis, no matter which media forms we partake in. In the United States, the weight loss market is estimated to have reached $135 billion in 2025 (Research and Markets, 2026). Imagine if that $135 billion was spent on helping you build a connection with your body, accept your size and shape as it was genetically predetermined to be, understand movement that feels good to you, and eat foods that make you feel nourished and happy. If I had a magic wand, I would make this happen!”

Keep reading the latest blog post by Take Root clinician Megan Medfisch here:

https://www.takerootcounselingandcoaching.com/the-impact-of-diet-culture/

04/07/2026

We’re celebrating the opening of our Charleston, SC office at Blūm Coffee! Join the South Carolina Take Root team for connection, crafts, snacks, and coffee. If you are a clinician, dietician, doctor, or other provider in the area who would like to meet up with our team and network with other folks, please join us!

RSVP: ​https://bit.ly/48gNNzO

03/23/2026

Happy Anniversary to Katie! We are so lucky to have Katie’s brilliance and clinical wisdom on our team. Katie you are thoughtfully compassionate, deeply present and, in the most perfect moments, delightfully sarcastic. Your boundaries and discernment are admirable and the authenticity that you provide for your clients makes the world a safer place. Happy, happy, happy 4 years! (Is it really 4 years???) ✨🌱💚✨

03/18/2026

Get to know Take Root clinician Megan Medfisch in books📚!

Fiction:
“The God of the Woods by Liz Moore.
I love a mystery, summer camp setting, and 70s vibe, and this book has all of the above!”

Non-Fiction:
“Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh. This book was really helpful in learning about mindfulness and how I can apply it to everyday life.”

Megan is available for new clients:
https://www.takerootcounselingandcoaching.com/contact/

03/16/2026

Clinician Jordan “JP” Poole is leading our next Parents and Partners Eating Disorders Recovery Workshop! This group begins April 16th and meets weekly for 4 weeks, offered virtually for folks 18+

Register here: https://www.takerootcounselingandcoaching.com/support-services/group-therapy/

03/12/2026

Meet Take Root SW intern Amy Richards! Amy is an educator with extensive experience working with both children and adults. Her passion for mental health, creativity, recovery, and social justice led me to pursue a career in clinical social work. Her lived experience, along with a strong interest in somatically informed attachment work, nervous system regulation, and the wisdom of the natural world, shapes her clinical approach.

Amy works with clients navigating Eating Disorders, OCD, and related anxiety disorders, drawing from evidence-based modalities such as ACT, ERP, and I-CBT. She is especially passionate about supporting individuals in midlife transitions, including menopause and its intersection with eating disorders. She provides LGBTQIA2S+ affirming care. She deeply values the therapeutic alliance and works to cultivate a space that feels safe, supportive, and centered on each client’s unique needs and goals.

She is currently offering free 15-minute phone consultations and is scheduling clients for sessions in late May. Pro bono and sliding scale options available, email her directly at amy@takerootpllc.com