EMDR, CBT & DBT Therapy for Teens & Young adults
THERAPY WITH DIRECTION
A clear, three-pronged approach for teenagers, young adults, and families who need tangible solutions.
What’s Happening Now Doesn’t Have to Define What Happens Next
WHO SAVANNAH SERVES
Savannah specializes in working with teenagers and young adults whose struggles have begun to affect more than one part of their lives — mood, relationships, school, decision-making, substance use, or life at home.
Sometimes the signs are obvious. Other times, parents simply know something has changed. Savannah brings experience working with complex mental health and behavioral needs, helping families understand what’s happening, what needs attention now, and what a healthier path forward can look like.
Her areas of focus include:
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Depression, bipolar disorder, suicidal ideation, self-harm, emotional instability, or rapid changes in mood can affect nearly every part of a young person's life. Savannah helps clients better understand what they're experiencing, develop healthier ways to regulate difficult emotions, and build the skills needed to respond rather than react.
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Alcohol, drugs, nicotine, and other forms of substance use can quickly become intertwined with a young person's mental health, relationships, school performance, and family life. Savannah works to understand what is driving the behavior — not simply stop it — while helping clients build healthier ways to cope and families understand how to support meaningful change.
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Impulsivity, defiance, lying, skipping school, angry outbursts, risky choices, or repeated conflict can leave parents wondering what happened to the child they know. Therapy looks beyond the behavior itself to understand what's driving it, while building greater self-awareness, emotional regulation, accountability, and healthier decision-making.
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For teens and young adults with ADHD or Level 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder, challenges with emotional regulation, impulsivity, relationships, school, or growing independence can become especially complicated during adolescence and young adulthood. Savannah helps clients develop practical strategies that work with the way they think and function while supporting parents in understanding what their child needs.
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Anxiety, low self-esteem, friendship challenges, family conflict, school difficulties, and the transition into adulthood can all become points where a young person gets stuck. Therapy creates space to understand what's getting in the way while building confidence, healthier relationships, greater independence, and a stronger sense of direction.
Real change rarely happens in just one room, so treatment here isn't limited to the therapy hour. I work with the whole picture:
A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
One-on-one sessions where your teen or young adult has space that's fully theirs, to be honest, to be heard, and to build the skills that actually change how they cope.
PARENT CONSULTATIONS
Regular sessions with parents, separate from your child's individual time, so you're never left guessing. This is where we talk strategy, answer your questions, and make sure you feel equipped, not sidelined.
FAMILY THERAPY
Sessions with the whole family together, working on the communication and connection that individual work alone can't fully repair.
ROOTED APPROACH
Savannah draws from a few evidence-based approaches, chosen for what each client needs rather than applied one-size-fits-all.
Progress rarely looks like one dramatic turning point, it looks like a string of smaller ones. Fewer blowups. A returned text instead of silence. A skipped party instead of a risky one.
Over time, families Savannah works with tend to see real, measurable shifts: less reliance on substance use or other unsafe coping, better communication, steadier emotional regulation, and a teen who's re-engaging with school, friendships, and the things that used to matter to them.
THE WORK, IN PRACTICE
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Rather than spending every session focused on what's gone wrong, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy looks for what's already working. We focus on strengths and build realistic, achievable steps toward the life your teen wants.
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Change is difficult when someone isn't sure they're ready for it. Motivational Interviewing gives clients space to explore their own reasons for making a change, without lectures, pressure, or judgment. This can be especially valuable when a young person is ambivalent about substance use, relationships, school, or other behaviors that may be getting in the way.
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Thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are often more connected than we realize. CBT helps clients recognize patterns that may be keeping them stuck and develop practical ways to think, cope, and respond differently. The goal is greater self-awareness alongside skills they can use well beyond the therapy room.
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Big emotions don't have to dictate what happens next. Drawing from Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Savannah teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, communicating more effectively, and navigating conflict without turning to behaviors that create additional problems.
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For processing specific difficult or traumatic experiences that are still holding a lot of weight.
RATES AND INSURANCE
Individual therapy and parent consultations are each $200 for a 55-minute session. Family therapy is $200 for a 55-minute session, or $300 for a full 90 minutes when your family needs more room to work through what's going on.
INSURANCE & PAYMENT: I accept private pay. If you'd like to seek reimbursement through your insurance, I'm happy to provide a superbill you can submit on your own for potential out-of-network coverage.