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TEEN, YOUNG ADULT & FAMILY THERAPy · DALLAS
You Don’t Have to Figure This Out Alone
You’re used to knowing what to do for your child. But when grades slip, substance use or concerning behaviors emerge, or your child simply isn’t themselves, the questions get bigger. How serious is this? What do they need? What do we do next?
This is where Savannah’s experience matters. Her background across multiple levels of mental health care helps her assess what’s happening, recognize what’s needed, and guide families toward the right next step.
WHO SAVANNAH SERVES
TEENS
When mood swings escalate, withdrawal turns to isolation, or risky choices start to feel dangerous, it's hard to know if you're overreacting, or not reacting enough. Savannah works with teens navigating depression, anxiety, self-harm, and substance use, along with the particular pressure of growing up in high-achieving Dallas communities, including the Park Cities.
YOUNG ADULTS
The years after high school bring a different kind of crisis: failure to launch, unstable relationships, substance use, and the quiet question of who they are outside of what they've achieved. Savannah helps young adults build the self-understanding and coping skills that achievement alone never taught them.
FAMILIES
A teenager's crisis is never only a teenager's crisis. Through parent consultations and family therapy alongside individual sessions, Savannah helps the whole family communicate better, rebuild trust, and move forward together, not just individually.
SAVANNAH’S THREE PRONGED APPROACH TO REAL CHANGE
Savannah's work is built on three connected pieces - individual therapy, parent consultations, and family therapy; because lasting change rarely happens in isolation.
Drawing on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, DBT skills, and EMDR, she helps clients build practical tools for managing emotions, repairing relationships, and creating change that actually holds.
Recovery isn't one-size-fits-all. It's built collaboratively, one family at a time.
WHY FAMILIES CHOOSE SAVANNAH GOUDREAU
Savannah specializes in helping adolescents and young adults navigate complex mental health, substance use, and behavioral challenges. Her clinical experience, firsthand understanding, and deep roots in the Dallas community give her a perspective that extends beyond the therapy room, helping families understand what’s happening and find a clear path forward.
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Before entering private practice, Savannah worked across the full continuum of mental health care; including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment, and intensive outpatient programs (IOP). That experience gives her a broader clinical perspective and an understanding of when a young person may need additional support or a different level of care.
Savannah is also EMDR trained and holds a master's degree in counseling from Texas Christian University.
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Born and raised in the Park Cities, Savannah attended HPISD from kindergarten through 12th grade. She understands firsthand both the opportunities and the pressures that can come with growing up in this community — and the complicated reality that what a family is navigating privately isn't always visible from the outside.
That perspective helps her understand the schools, social dynamics, expectations, and family systems that often shape her clients' experiences.
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Savannah understands that meaningful progress extends beyond the therapy room. She is fluent in the complexities of schools, treatment programs, and family systems — helping families understand how these pieces intersect and where additional support may be needed.
Her approach considers the whole environment surrounding a young person, integrating individual therapy, parent consultation, and family work to create a clearer, more coordinated path forward.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Savannah works with adolescents and young adults navigating challenges that can affect mood, behavior, relationships, school, and life at home. Explore some of the areas she commonly addresses in therapy.
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Anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, and significant shifts in mood that begin affecting everyday life, relationships, school, or functioning.
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From early experimentation to more concerning patterns of alcohol or drug use, Savannah helps young people and families understand what’s driving the behavior and determine what support is needed.
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Risk-taking, impulsivity, defiance, school problems, or other behaviors that signal something deeper may be going on.
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Support for adolescents and young adults with ADHD and other neurodevelopmental differences, particularly when emotional, behavioral, academic, or relationship challenges overlap.
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Relationship difficulties, family conflict, school and college transitions, identity development, grief, and other seasons of change that can feel difficult to navigate alone
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.