Trauma-Informed, Depth-Oriented Therapy in California and New York
Welcome.
I am Anna Huff, PhD, a clinical psychologist licensed in California and New York. The work I do is depth-oriented and integrative, and it is for people who are ready for the kind of inner work that actually changes how they live. The pages here will give you a sense of who I am and what I offer. Please look around, and reach out if it feels right.
What this work looks like:
Deep Brain Reorienting: Works beneath diagnoses, at the root layer of when activation (shock) first registers in the nervous system, before activation became story, symptom, or reactivity. This approach is supportive of “stuck” places and old patterns and tends to bring fluidity where there has been freezing, reactivity, or fragmentation.
EMDR from an attachment-based lens: A method for processing what has remained unresolved, such as memories, experiences, and the patterns formed around them, so that what has been held can finally release and integrate.
Depth-oriented psychological work: Works with the patterns that have shaped life through identifying, mapping, and supporting them to release at the level where they are actually held. Insight is the beginning of this work, not the end of it.
NeuroAffective Touch: Combines somatic inquiry with attuned, intentional touch to reach the developmental and attachment layers that verbal work alone cannot quite open. It often works at the level of preverbal experience and developmental imprints to support the places where early relational material is held.
This work is for you if:
You have been carrying something that has not moved, even though you have tried.
You can articulate your patterns clearly and articulating them has not been enough to change them.
You are not afraid of going deeper, but you want someone who can actually go there with you.
You want a clinician who can see what is underneath the words you use about yourself.
You are ready to move from understanding what is happening to actually changing it.
Whether you arrive through psychological language, spiritual language, or just plain frustration, you are looking for someone who can work at the level the patterns are actually held.
Who I work with:
The people who find their way to me are committed to working through what has shaped them. Some are new to this kind of inner work and ready to begin. Others have been at it for years and have come up against patterns that haven’t shifted through the approaches they’ve already tried. What they share is a willingness to look honestly at themselves, and a readiness for the kind of work that actually changes how they live.
Offerings:
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EMDR Therapy
A method that releases trauma at the level where it is held; in implicit memory, in the body, and in the deeper layers of experience.
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Deep Brain Reorienting
A trauma-informed method that reaches the layer where shock first registered, before it became story.
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NeuroAffective® Touch
A somatic method that reaches layers that words alone cannot reach, including early non-verbal experiences and attachment imprints.
Meet the Clinician
Hi, I’m Anna Huff, PhD.
I am Anna Huff, PhD. I am a depth-oriented clinical psychologist working with trauma, deeply held patterns, the integration of psychological and spiritual life, and the experience of inner awakening. I came to this work through my own long path of inner exploration, which began with a meditation practice in early childhood and has continued ever since. The work I offer is direct, integrative, and oriented toward change. My strength, as a clinician, is in navigating, mapping, and supporting the release of patterns, so that clients can more fully embody themselves. This practice is LGBTQ+ affirming. All identities, orientations, and relationship structures are welcome here.
Credentials and Certifications:
PhD Clinical Forensic Psychology with a Concentration in Victimology
MA Organizational Behavior
DBR Deep Brain Reorienting, Level 2
EMDR Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
NA TouchNeuroAffective Touch®
TFT Thought Field Therapy
EFT Emotional Freedom Technique
TRET Trauma Resolution Energy Therapy