Savannah Barr, MA, LAC
Clinical Therapist
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 issues, athletic performance, 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 to collaborate with her clients to find the approach that works for them. Savannah has a strengths-based, person-centered lens, and strives to create a safe and warm environment for clients to blossom into their most authentic selves.
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Savannah is passionate about empowering individuals and athletes to cultivate a healthy body image and a positive relationship with food and movement.​ In Savannah's years of experience as an athlete and coach she has supported individuals of all ages to learn skills, navigate mental blocks, overcome anxiety, build resilience, and improve performance. ​She has advanced training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Play Therapy, and Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) and and integrates these practices into her work to help clients dive deeper and achieve meaningful, lasting change.
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Outside of work, Savannah likes to spend her time figure skating, baking, reading, being in nature, watching sports, and hanging out with her cat Oliver, guinea pig Casanova, dogs Carson & Rose, and alpacas Jake Elliot & Saquon Barrkley.

Savannah's Areas of Focus:
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Children, Adolescents & Adults
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Athletic Performance Challenges
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Depression & Anxiety
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Self Esteem
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Disordered Eating & Body Image
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Grief & Loss
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Play Therapy
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Somatic & Mind-Body Approaches
Fee: $135 for a 45-50 minute session, $150 for the initial session
Savannah's Qualifications
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Licensed Professional Counselor - NJ License 37AC00936400
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​​​​​​Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Kinesiology from Penn State University
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Master of Arts in Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Rider University
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Life and Career Coach Certificate from Rider University
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Certified Body Project Facilitator by the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Trained by EMDR Consulting
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Emotionally-Focused Family Therapy trained by the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy
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Internal Family Systems trained by the Syzygy Institute
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Follow The Leader - The Power of Child-Led Play Therapy trained by Demi Banchs, LPC, RPT
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Playing From The Bottom Up (PFTBU) trained by Demi Banchs, LPC, RPT​
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U.S. Figure Skating Gold Medalist
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Learn to Skate USA® Certified Instructor
