About Me
Hello! My name is Emily. I provide therapy and coaching services virtually and in person. In person sessions are usually held outdoors at a park, nature preserve or at Spiritwoods. My specialty is helping folks with OCD and related anxiety disorders work through their fears to live their values more fully. Through this journey, we learn to embrace uncertainty rather than fight or control it.
I also provide services for those who want to connect with or reforge their relationship with the Land and Nature. Forest Bathing, Nature Guided Therapy and HeartMath methods blend alongside create immersions to bridge this disconnect many of us feel in the face of ploy-crisis.
Healing ourselves is the first step in healing the planet.
-Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor #01946
-Registered Art Therapist #14-198
-Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Certified
-HeartMath Certified
-Master’s of Herbalism- Green Wisdom School of Herbal and Botanical Medicine
-Board Approved Clinical Supervisor
-Climate Aware Therapist
What I treat:
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Related Anxiety Disorders
Phobias
Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors
Grief
Generalized Anxiety Disorders
Adjustment Disorders, Stress, and Life Transitions
Therapy and Coaching costs are available on my Services page. I do not accept insurance. I am happy to discuss sliding scale fees.
Braving Uncertainty- A coloring book
Check out my coloring book! This coloring book features aspects of creativity and Exposure Therapy-a unique type of therapy that aims to help folks manage and understand their distress or discomfort. Each coloring sheet depicts a variation of fear in the artwork and is accompanied by a description of symptoms experienced. There are many variations of OCD and Anxiety—this coloring book only scratches the surface!—so if you do not experience OCD or a related Anxiety Disorder, I hope you become curious about Exposure Therapy and learn more about these disorders. If you do experience OCD or Anxiety, I hope this book causes you some discomfort in true exposure form!
Land Acknowledgement
Still Wild Healing does not have one location. Sessions are held at various parks around the Twin Cities. But I live and tend land located on the ancestral lands of the Dakota people. Humbly, I offer respect and honor to the Dakota people, the Plants, and the Land themselves. All foraging and gardening are done respectfully and with immense gratitude. Pilamayaye.
I am still learning and working through being a “land owner” on Indigenous stolen Land. Here is a brief, historical, snapshot of the vibrant living history of Kaposia Village:
The primary Indigenous group that lived in the area of what is now South St. Paul-Kaposia Village was the Mdewakanton Dakota, specifically the Kaposia band.
Kaposia, also known as "Little Crow's village," was a significant seasonal village for the Mdewakanton Dakota. It was established around 1750 and led by a succession of chiefs all known as Little Crow.
While the location of Kaposia Village shifted over time due to factors like flooding and treaties, it was consistently situated along the Mississippi River, moving from the east bank in what is now St. Paul to the west bank in present-day South St. Paul after the Treaty of 1837. The Dakota people were eventually forced to move to reservations on the Minnesota River following the Treaty of Mendota in 1851.
Today, the Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Community continues to live in the region and celebrates its connection to the historic Kaposia Village and its leaders.
Do you have additional information about Kaposia Village? I would love to hear more. Please email me at emily@emilyrisinger.com to share your own stories or research.
National Park Service. (n.d.). Kaposia Indian Site. Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. Retrieved July 24, 2025, from [https://www.nps.gov/miss/planyourvisit/kapoindi.htm](https://www.nps.gov/miss/planyourvisit/kapoindi.htm)
Saint Paul Historical. (n.d.). Chief Little Crow's Village (Kaposia). Retrieved July 24, 2025, from https://saintpaulhistorical.com/items/show/115
Plains Art Museum. (n.d.). Kaposia. Retrieved July 24, 2025, from https://plainshistory.org/tours/show/6
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