Meet Annia Raja, PhD

I’m a clinical psychologist with over 10 years of experience helping high achievers struggling with anxiety, burnout, and many other concerns.

I love helping my clients navigate and heal the relationships in their life—be it with a partner, family members, friends, work, society in general, and especially with oneself.

Through in-depth therapy, I help high achievers process and heal ongoing guilt, worry, self-doubt, and not feeling good enough on their path to creating space and possibility for more balance, inner peace, and satisfaction in life.

I love working with people who are ready to create a rich, meaningful life beyond their professional pursuits—people who are realizing that their ambition and achievement is coming at some real personal costs, and they’re ready to do a different kind of work on themselves.

That’s where therapy comes in.

I believe deeply in the transformative power of therapy, having experienced it in my own life.

As a therapist, I am warm, honest, engaged, curious, patient, and attuned to creating a space that is open, contemplative, and growth-oriented. 

I especially love cultivating moments with clients for imagination, play, and laughter—things that I see as absolutely essential (in and out of therapy) to helping us heal, grow, and create meaning in our life.

Learn more about the types of issues that I help clients with ⟶

Anxiety therapy in Los Angeles, California, and Texas
Burnout Therapy Los Angeles California and Texas
Therapy for Physicians Therapist for Doctors in Los Angeles California and Texas
Therapy for People Pleasing Tendencies and Anxiety in Los Angeles California and Texas

Dealing with Difficult Parents

When I’m not in the therapy room, I can be found outside with something or another on my back—

  • My hiking pack on a multi-day backcountry trek

  • That same backpack in a hostel abroad somewhere

  • A scuba tank under the ocean

  • My daypack for a day hike in the mountains or strolling on the beach

  • A fanny pack at a good live music show/festival 

If you are even more curious about me, you can check out my interview with VoyageLA Magazine, linked here:

Oh, one more thing: don’t be surprised if my orange tabby fur baby shows up in our virtual sessions! 

His name is Kitty Cuddles—yes, I’m serious, that’s his real name. :)

Credentials

  • California - Licensed Clinical Psychologist
    License #32699
  • Texas - Licensed Clinical Psychologist
    License #37973
  • New Center for Psychoanalysis Los Angeles
    Member - Professional Affiliate

Education

  • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • New Center of Psychoanalysis Los Angeles - Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 2-Year Program
  • APA Minority Fellowship Program - Predoctoral Fellow
  • National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Fellow
  • BA in Psychology - The University of Texas at Austin
  • BBA in Finance and Business Honors - The University of Texas at Austin

Clinical Experience & Training

  • Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice
    Los Angeles, California - current
    Dallas, Texas - previous
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology
    Dallas VA Medical Center (APA-Accredited) - Dallas, Texas
  • Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology
    The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (APA-Accredited) - Dallas, Texas
  • Baylor University Medical Center
    Obstetrics/Gynecology Department - Dallas, Texas

Other Prior Experiences

  • Management Consultant
    Boston Consulting Group - Houston, Texas
  • Investment Banking Analyst
    Morgan Stanley - Houston, Texas