Dr. Holly Savoy
Dr. Savoy is a licensed doctoral-level psychologist with over 15 years of experience helping people with a wide range of emotional and life issues.
She has helped clients to resolve problems; cope with life transitions, stress, and change; and gain self-awareness and acceptance in achieving personal goals. Her areas of special interest include working with older adolescents and adult clients facing issues with identity development, lesbian, gay, bisexual issues, gender-variant and transgender issues, relationships, trauma, depression, anxiety, eating disorders and body image concerns, weight management, and school/work-life balance issues.
Dr. Savoy works with clients to collaboratively identify concerns and establish goals that will help enhance relationships, increase self-acceptance and confidence, improve coping skills, and manage sources of anxiety/stress. She believes that people are generally very resilient and have a great capacity for healing and change.
In addition to counseling services, Dr. Savoy also provides outreach, training and consultation on LGBT issues in counseling, healthcare, schools and universities, and other organizational settings.
Dr. Savoy previously worked as a staff psychologist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Counseling Center before transitioning into private practice in Charlotte. In addition to counseling students, she coordinated the Outreach and Career Counseling Services of the Counseling Center.
She earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She completed her predoctoral internship in the University of Illinois-Chicago Psychiatry Department, with a concentration in Women’s Mental Health. Her office is conveniently located in the Southpark area.
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Dr. Savoy has published in psychology and psychiatry journals on the topics of eating disorders, sexual identity development, LGB-affirmative attitudes, and multicultural attitudes and empathy. She has also conducted research on work-life issues in heterosexual, lesbian, and gay dual-earner couples.
Dr. Savoy’s background also includes presenting and teaching in a variety of settings. She has presented at numerous national psychological conferences over the years. Her presentations have focused on dual-earner relationships, mentoring, career counseling and development of high school students, sexual identity development, LGB-affirmative attitudes, and multicultural attitudes and empathy. Dr. Savoy has taught courses in human development and parent counseling and consultation.
More recently, she has also spoken to college, community, and professional organizations on working with transgender and gender-variant individuals, emotional wellness in coping with cancer, responding to sexual assault survivors, and coping with job loss and holiday stress.
She has helped clients to resolve problems; cope with life transitions, stress, and change; and gain self-awareness and acceptance in achieving personal goals. Her areas of special interest include working with older adolescents and adult clients facing issues with identity development, lesbian, gay, bisexual issues, gender-variant and transgender issues, relationships, trauma, depression, anxiety, eating disorders and body image concerns, weight management, and school/work-life balance issues.
Dr. Savoy works with clients to collaboratively identify concerns and establish goals that will help enhance relationships, increase self-acceptance and confidence, improve coping skills, and manage sources of anxiety/stress. She believes that people are generally very resilient and have a great capacity for healing and change.
In addition to counseling services, Dr. Savoy also provides outreach, training and consultation on LGBT issues in counseling, healthcare, schools and universities, and other organizational settings.
Dr. Savoy previously worked as a staff psychologist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Counseling Center before transitioning into private practice in Charlotte. In addition to counseling students, she coordinated the Outreach and Career Counseling Services of the Counseling Center.
She earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She completed her predoctoral internship in the University of Illinois-Chicago Psychiatry Department, with a concentration in Women’s Mental Health. Her office is conveniently located in the Southpark area.
Educational History:
- University of Missouri-Columbia, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Counseling Psychology
- Boston College, Master of Arts (M.A.), Counseling
- University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology
- University of Florida, Associate of Arts (A.A.)
Professional Affiliations:
- American Psychological Association www.apa.org
- Charlotte Transgender Healthcare Group www.cthcg.org
- International Association of Eating Disorder Professionalswww.charlotte-iaedp.org
- Mecklenburg Psychological Association, President 2008-2010,www.mpacharlotte.org
- North Carolina Psychological Association www.ncpsychology.org
- World Professional Association for Transgender Healthwww.wpath.org
Other Professional Activities:
Dr. Savoy has published in psychology and psychiatry journals on the topics of eating disorders, sexual identity development, LGB-affirmative attitudes, and multicultural attitudes and empathy. She has also conducted research on work-life issues in heterosexual, lesbian, and gay dual-earner couples.
Dr. Savoy’s background also includes presenting and teaching in a variety of settings. She has presented at numerous national psychological conferences over the years. Her presentations have focused on dual-earner relationships, mentoring, career counseling and development of high school students, sexual identity development, LGB-affirmative attitudes, and multicultural attitudes and empathy. Dr. Savoy has taught courses in human development and parent counseling and consultation.
More recently, she has also spoken to college, community, and professional organizations on working with transgender and gender-variant individuals, emotional wellness in coping with cancer, responding to sexual assault survivors, and coping with job loss and holiday stress.
