Chrisley Knows Best star Savannah Chrisley reveals she went to ‘intensive therapy program’ twice to ‘deal with trauma’ she’s had for ’20 years’

Savannah Chrisley delved into her decades of ‘trauma’ and admitted that she had twice attended an ‘intensive therapy program’ in the latest episode of her podcast.

On Tuesday’s episode of Unlocked, the former Chrisley Knows Best star called her stints in therapy a ‘game changer.’

The confession comes after Savannah revealed on GMA that her younger siblings were currently in therapy due to the trauma of seeing their parents Todd and Julie Chrisley go to prison for bank fraud and tax evasion.

The 26-year-old reality star shared that she was able to look back at her insights gained through treatment thanks to a journal she began keeping two years ago.

‘I think for me, the whole reason I was going was to help me deal with trauma,’ she shared. ‘Like, in my life from childhood to now, there are so many different types of trauma.’

Savannah, who noted that she started writing in the diary around the time of her birthday two years earlier, looked back on her podcast to an entry detailing the start of her therapy sessions around that time.

One of the most important things she learned in therapy was that the impact of traumatic events can ‘outlive an event because it lives in the body,’ which seemed to explain some of her past experiences.

‘You’d see it with me, that something’s happened and it’s triggered something and I break down or fall apart or have a freakout, whatever it may be, because you don’t realize that your body reacts before your mind reacts,’ she explained.

Savannah admitted that she has dealt with trauma for ‘almost 20 years of my life,’ though she didn’t specify what difficult events she had experienced.

She found therapy to be a revelation, as she came to understand that not only had her trauma negatively affected her, but she came to use it ‘as an excuse for my poor behavior.’

One aspect of her recovery from trauma that she initially struggled with was being able to see the ‘grace’ in both herself and others.

‘I’ve been very open about my family dynamics, and I am not great at grace,’ she said. ‘There are some things I’m just not great at when it comes to, like, people who have wronged me. But also, understanding your family of origin allows you to have more grace.’

Savannah had to learn to see past the ‘picture-perfect image’ of her family that was portrayed on their reality series, as ‘the moment you see it for what it is, this is the moment you’re allowed to even give yourself grace for your feelings towards people or the situation, which is hard.’

Savannah previously spoke about therapy for her 17-year-old brother Grayson and her 11-year-old niece Chloe — whom her parents Todd and Julie Chrisley adopted in 2016 — during an April appearance on GMA.

‘Both kids are in therapy every week,’ she explained. ‘Unfortunately, they have to grow up a lot faster,’ she said.

Last year, Savannah revealed on her podcast that she had attempted suicide in her teen years.

Although she was grateful to survived, she admitted that she had lingering cognitive issues that she attributed to the attempt.

‘Ever since then I feel like with my brain, my memory, it’s the most frustrating thing in the world because it feels so foggy,’ she said.