Anna DeLong is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years of experience in the mental health field, including 27 years of dedicated service at the University of Virginia. She earned her Master of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1987 and has been licensed in Virginia since 1993.

Anna brings extensive post-graduate training in Neuro-Psychotherapy and the Mind-Body Connection, and she has been an avid practitioner of Mindfulness since the early 1990s. Her areas of expertise include Insight Dialogue, Yoga Nidra for Divine Sleep®, Sustainable Compassion, EMDR, and other evidence-based strategies designed to reset the autonomic nervous system in ways that promote emotional regulation and physical healing.

Deeply passionate about integrating mental and physical health, Anna is committed to sharing research-backed tools that foster healing, resilience, and self-empowerment. She believes strongly in the innate resilience of the human spirit and in our profound capacity to heal, recover, and grow.

Issues Treatment Approaches

Anxiety & Depression
Stress Reduction
Grief
Autonomic Nervous System Dysregulation (Stuck in stress response)
Life Transitions
Relationship Challenges
Adjustment to Illness or Injury
Work/Life Harmony
Wellbeing Skills Enhancement
Self Esteem
Sleep Issues
Adverse Experiences
Burnout
Compassion Fatigue
Mind-Body Disconnect
Difficulty with Focus
Overwhelm
Difficulty with Self Care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Compassion-Focused
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
Guided Imagery to Promote Healing
Humanistic
Interpersonal Mindfulness
Motivational Interviewing
Narrative
Neuro-Psychotherapy (Science-backed approaches to promote emotional and physical regulation)
Positive Psychology
Progressive Relaxation
Real Life Mindfulness
Relational