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Savannah Barr, MA, LAC

Clinical Therapist

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Savannah's Areas of Focus:

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  • Children, Adolescents & Adults

  • Athletic Performance

  • Depression & Anxiety

  • Self Esteem

  • Disordered Eating & Body Image

  • Grief & Loss

  • Trauma

  • Play Therapy

  • Somatic & Mind-Body Approaches

 

Fee: $135 for a 45-50 minute session, $155 for the initial session

Savannah is a relational and attachment-focused therapist who is passionate about supporting children, teens, and adults on their journeys of healing from trauma, eating disorders, body image concerns, athletic performance challenges, grief, anxiety, and life transitions.

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Savannah approaches counseling through a holistic lens—taking into account the connections between mind, body, environment, spirituality, and relationships. She sees and embraces everyone’s unique path to healing and works collaboratively with clients to find the approach that best fits their needs. Savannah brings a strengths-based, person-centered lens to her work and strives to create a safe and warm environment where clients can explore, grow, and blossom into their most authentic selves.

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Savannah is passionate about empowering individuals and athletes to cultivate a more compassionate relationship with their bodies, food, and movement. Her approach is intuitive eating-informed and Health at Every Size® (HAES)-aligned, recognizing the importance of body respect, autonomy, and healing from diet culture. In Savannah’s years of experience as an athlete and coach, she has supported individuals of all ages in learning skills, navigating mental blocks, overcoming anxiety, building resilience, and improving performance.

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Savannah has advanced training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Play Therapy, and Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), and integrates these practices into her work to help clients explore deeper patterns, strengthen self-understanding, and create meaningful, lasting change.

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Outside of work, Savannah enjoys figure skating, baking, reading, spending time in nature, watching sports, and hanging out with her cat Oliver, guinea pig Casanova, dogs Carson and Rose, and alpacas Jake Elliot and Saquon Barrkley.

Qualifications

Degrees & Certifications​

  • Licensed Associate Counselor - New Jersey - License 37AC00936400

  • Master of Arts in Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling - Rider University - 2025

  • ​​​​​​Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Kinesiology - Penn State University - 2023

  • Life and Career Coach Certificate - Rider University - 2025

  • Certified Body Project Facilitator - National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)

  • U.S. Figure Skating Gold Medalist

  • Learn to Skate USA® Certified Instructor

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Clinical Training

  • AutPlay™ Therapy - Robert Jason Grant, Ed.D, RPT-S - 2026

  • Internal Family Systems - Syzygy Institute - Michelle Richardson, LCSW - 2026

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - EMDR Consulting - 2025

  • Emotionally-Focused Family Therapy - Kathryn De Bruin and James Furrow - 2025

  • Playing From The Bottom Up - Demi Banchs, MA, LPC, RPT​ - 2025

  • Follow The Leader: The Power of Child-Led Play Therapy - Demi Banchs, MA, LPC, RPT-S - 2025

  • Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) for OCD - Brittany Goff, LCSW-C - 2026

  • Childhood OCD Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) in Practice - Jennifer Gola, PsyD - 2026

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Supervision & Consultation

  • Clinical Supervisor - Demi Banchs, MA, LPC, RPT-S

  • Practicum & Internship Supervisor - Simone Lavine, LPC, RPT, ACS

  • Registered Play Therapy Supervisor - Robert Jason Grant, Ed.D, RPT-S

  • AutPlay® Therapy Consultant - Robert Jason Grant, Ed.D, RPT-S

  • EMDR Consultant - Jessica Crunkleton,  LMFT, LCPC, LPC, LMHC, CADAC II

Client Testimonials

shared anonymously with permission

Savannah is truly an exceptional therapist. She is very understanding, respectful, and makes me feel comfortable, yet gently nudges me to rethink things and reach new breakthroughs. I've seen a handful of other therapists in group settings but few have the composure and skills that Savannah brings to every session.

My experience in therapy has changed how I look at myself and others. My body image and relationship with food have drastically improved. I also worked through intense grief after a sudden loss and would have been struggling much more without my therapist's help. My quality of life and daily mood has greatly improved as a result of therapy, and this positively affects my work and relationships.

Savannah's warmth and delight in my child is clearly authentic, and my child voices great interest in going to session. I am grateful to have access to play therapy for my child.

Savannah’s warmth and the environment in the room really helped create a space where [our child] was excited to go each week. It meant so much to us that he was eager to go, had a great time, and it wasn’t a battle at home.

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