- Seeing Clients in North Carolina
- Individual Session Rate: $200
- Couples Counseling Session Rate: $200
- Offering Both in Person and Virtual Sessions
- Currently Accepting Clients
Savannah Woodward, LCSWA
About
I move through the world with a mix of depth and playfulness. I care deeply about relationships, community, and creating spaces where people can show up as they are without feeling like they need to perform or have everything figured out.
I grew up in Wyoming, where the mountains are vast, steady, and deeply formative. So much of my early life was shaped by open landscapes, cold air, and long drives. Being outside has always been one of the ways I make sense of myself and the world around me. When I arrived to WNC several years ago, I was in a state of nervous system dysregulation and filled with uncertainty about the future. The Appalachian mountains held me in a very different way than the mountains I grew up in. Where Wyoming shaped me, these mountains helped nurture and heal me. They became a place where I could slow down, and reconnect to my body, my relationships, and parts of myself I hadn’t fully known yet. That experience continues to shape both who I am and how I show up in this work.
These days, outside of the therapy room, I’m usually somewhere in nature. Hiking, swimming in rivers, sitting around a fire, or ogling over mushrooms. I equally love a slow porch hang with friends and an over the top picnic spread. Or a cozy night in watching sitcoms and fully committing to doing nothing productive.
Before becoming a therapist, I started my career in public health. I worked with international non profits focused on women’s reproductive health rights and increasing access to education opportunities. This eventually shifted into working in research on a labor and delivery unit, where I worked closely alongside a social worker who ultimately inspired me to pursue my Master’s in Social Work. That path helped shape the way I understand care, not just as individual healing, but as something connected to relationships, community, and the systems we live within. Our struggles don’t happen in a vacuum and part of growth often includes understanding both ourselves and the broader social and structural contexts that influence us.
Part of what drew me to this work was my own experience learning how to slow down, listen inward, and build a different relationship with anxiety, emotions, and self-worth. I know what it’s like to look high-functioning on the outside while feeling overwhelmed or disconnected internally, and I bring compassion and respect for the ways people adapt and survive.
Being a person can be really fucking hard. Sometimes when we look at the world around us there is a sense of isolation, like everyone else is in on some big secret about how to be a person that we somehow haven’t figured out yet. I believe therapy should be a space where you don’t have to perform or hold it all together. My approach is warm and collaborative. Less “blank slate therapist nodding with a clipboard” and more real relationship, curiosity, and connection.
I work from a relational, trauma informed lens, integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and somatic practices. This means we pay attention not only to your thoughts and history, but also to your nervous system, your internal parts, and how past experiences continue to show up in the day to day. I don’t believe in one-size-fits-all therapy. I see therapy as a collaborative process that honors each person’s unique story, identity, and lived experience.
I especially enjoy working with people who feel deeply, think deeply, and are tired of carrying everything alone. This may include folks navigating anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship challenges, identity exploration, and overwhelm from the current state of the world. I work with individuals across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum and am dedicated to creating an affirming, nonjudgmental space for all bodies and identities.
Specialty Areas
- Trauma
- CPTSD or PTSD
- Relationship Struggles
- Grief
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Sense of overwhelm about current state of the world
- Confidence and identity exploration
- Developing and connecting with a sense of authenticity
- Life transitions
- Those who feel dissociated from their body and unsure of how to move forward
- LGBTQ+ folks, including a range of relationship styles
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Somatic Experiencing
- EMDR
Therapy Style and Modalities
- EMDR
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Somatic Experiencing
- Trauma-Informed Therapy
- Relational Counseling
We Might Be A Good Fit If
- You’ve tried traditional talk therapy before and felt like something was missing.
- You’re looking for a therapist you genuinely connect with.
- You feel disconnected from your body, emotions, or sense of self.
- You’re tired of surviving and want support learning how to actually feel present in your life.
- You want therapy that feels collaborative, relational, and like the person you’re sitting across from genuinely cares about you.
- You want to work on Trauma, attachment wounds or relationship struggles through EMDR, IFS, Relationship Counseling or Couples Counseling.
Office Location
Address: 552 New Haw Creek Road Suite B., Asheville, North Carolina 28805
Directions to 552 New Haw Creek Road, Suite B
Asheville, NC 28805
Our office is located in East Asheville in the Haw Creek area, at 552 New Haw Creek Road, Suite B. The building is near the Tunnel Road / Haw Creek area and is located across from PennyCup Coffee and Creekside Taphouse. There is free parking behind the building for clients.
If you would like to grab coffee before or after your session, PennyCup Coffee is right across the street.
Coming from East Asheville
If you are coming from East Asheville, Oteen, or the Swannanoa side of town, take Tunnel Road / US-70 West toward Asheville. You may pass landmarks such as the VA Medical Center area, Tunnel Road shopping centers, and the East Asheville commercial corridor. Continue toward the Haw Creek area and turn onto New Haw Creek Road / Beverly Road near PennyCup Coffee. The office is located at 552 New Haw Creek Road, Suite B, across from PennyCup Coffee. Parking is available behind the building.
Coming from West Asheville
If you are coming from West Asheville, take I-240 East toward downtown Asheville and continue through the Beaucatcher Cut. Take Exit 7 for US-70 / Tunnel Road. After exiting, follow signs toward Tunnel Road / US-70 and continue toward the Haw Creek area. You may pass landmarks such as downtown Asheville, the Beaucatcher Tunnel area, Asheville Mall, and the Tunnel Road shopping corridor. Turn onto New Haw Creek Road / Beverly Road near PennyCup Coffee. The office is located at 552 New Haw Creek Road, Suite B, across from PennyCup Coffee. Free parking is located behind the building.
Coming from North Asheville
If you are coming from North Asheville, take Merrimon Avenue or Charlotte Street toward downtown Asheville, then connect to I-240 East. Continue on I-240 East and take Exit 7 for US-70 / Tunnel Road. From there, follow Tunnel Road toward the Haw Creek area. You may pass landmarks such as downtown Asheville, Charlotte Street, the Beaucatcher area, Asheville Mall, and nearby Tunnel Road businesses. Turn onto New Haw Creek Road / Beverly Road near PennyCup Coffee. The office is at 552 New Haw Creek Road, Suite B, with free parking behind the building.
Coming from South Asheville
If you are coming from South Asheville, Biltmore Village, or the Hendersonville Road area, take I-40 East or I-240 West, depending on your starting point, and follow signs toward Tunnel Road / US-70. If traveling on I-240, use Exit 7 for US-70 / Tunnel Road. You may pass landmarks such as Biltmore Village, the Swannanoa River Road area, Asheville Mall, and the Tunnel Road shopping corridor. Continue toward Haw Creek and turn onto New Haw Creek Road / Beverly Road near PennyCup Coffee. The office is located at 552 New Haw Creek Road, Suite B, across from PennyCup Coffee. Free client parking is available behind the building.
License
Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate
Contact Information
Tel: (828) 307-3253
Email: savannahwcounseling@gmail.com
for your free consultation.