About Savannah Goudreau | Adolescent & Young Adult Therapist
MEET SAVANNAH
Experience That Extends Beyond the Therapy Room
Unique Insight and Understanding of the Dallas Community
Professional Expertise, Informed by Personal Experience
Finding the Right Fit Matters
When your child is struggling, finding the right therapist can feel like one more high-stakes decision in a season already filled with them.
Savannah Goudreau works with teenagers, young adults, and families navigating mental health challenges, substance use, high-risk behaviors, and the complicated family dynamics that often come with them.
Her approach combines clinical expertise with an understanding of what these struggles actually look like outside the therapy room: at home, at school, within friendships, and across the family system.
For Savannah, the goal isn't simply to manage the crisis in front of you. It's to help young people develop the skills, insight, and support they need to move forward, while helping parents understand how to support that progress along the way.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Savannah's work is grounded in specialized clinical training and years of experience treating adolescents and young adults with complex mental health and behavioral needs.
Master of Education in Counseling
Texas Christian University
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
University of Arkansas
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC)
State of Texas
EMDR Trained
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Her therapeutic approach also draws from Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills.
EXTENSIVE CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE
Before opening Savannah Goudreau Counseling, she spent years working across the full continuum of mental health care, including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment, and intensive outpatient programs (IOP). That experience gave Savannah firsthand insight into different levels of care and when more support may be needed.
Today, Savannah looks beyond a weekly session to understand the bigger picture: what’s happening at home and school, family dynamics, and whether the current level of support is enough.
For parents unsure what to do next, that perspective matters. Savannah helps families understand what they’re seeing, identify next steps, and provide the support they need most
ROOTED IN THE COMMUNITY
Savannah was born and raised in the Park Cities and attended Highland Park ISD from kindergarten through graduation.
She understands firsthand the opportunities, and often unseen pressures, that come with growing up in a high-achieving community. Academic expectations, social dynamics, athletics, college admissions, and the pressure to appear as though everything is fine can make it difficult for a young person to admit when it isn't.
Savannah brings that understanding into her work without assumptions or judgment. She knows the schools, culture, and environment many of her clients are navigating, allowing families to spend less time explaining their world and more time addressing what is actually happening.
Professional Expertise, Informed by Personal Experience
Growing up in the Park Cities, Savannah knows firsthand that a family can look like it has everything together while struggling behind closed doors. As a teenager, she began relying on unhealthy ways of coping with what was happening in her own life, eventually struggling with both mental health and substance use.
In her early twenties, Savannah entered recovery. Her experience on the other side of the therapeutic relationship would later shape both her decision to become a counselor and the way she practices today.
She remembers what it was like to sit across from a therapist and wonder if they really understood. She also knows that when one young person is struggling, the effects reach far beyond that individual.
Today, Savannah pairs that personal understanding with years of clinical training and experience. She can connect with the young person in front of her while also helping parents see the bigger picture — what may be driving the behavior, what needs attention now, and what meaningful progress can look like from here.
Savannah believes meaningful recovery isn’t something a therapist simply prescribes. It’s a unique formula built collaboratively with each client.
For some, progress may mean sobriety or reduced substance use. For others, it may look like better emotional regulation, healthier relationships, improved communication, renewed engagement in school, or healthier ways of navigating difficult emotions.
The path looks different for every young person, but the belief remains the same: what is happening now does not have to define what happens next.
Recovery Isn’t One Size Fits All
SERVING CLIENTS IN DALLAS TELE-HEALTH AVAILABLE
Savannah sees most clients in person at her Dallas office, just minutes from the Park Cities, Lakewood, or Preston Hollow, with telehealth available through a HIPAA-compliant platform for families who need more flexibility.