# Helm Psychology

> Helm Psychology is a depth-oriented psychotherapy practice for high-achieving professionals: physicians, executives, entrepreneurs and business owners, and lawyers. Founded by Annia Raja, PhD, the practice offers online therapy to clients in California, Texas, Virginia, and 40+ PSYPACT states. All work is psychodynamic and insight-oriented rather than coaching, symptom management, or performance optimization.

## About the practice

- Practice name: Helm Psychology (the word "Group" appears only in the domain, helmpsychologygroup.com)
- Tagline: Therapy for People Who Are Always at the Helm
- Office address: 3019 Ocean Park Blvd, Suite 630, Santa Monica, CA 90405
- Delivery: online / telehealth only
- Licensure and service area: California, Texas, Virginia, and 40+ PSYPACT states
- Contact: hello@helmpsychologygroup.com
- Clinicians: Annia Raja, PhD (founder, licensed clinical psychologist) and Chaim Rochester, PhD (clinical psychologist)
- Payment: private-pay, out-of-network practice. Insurance is not billed directly. Out-of-network claims can be submitted electronically on a client's behalf for PPO plans with out-of-network benefits. Current rates are shared by email before a consult call is scheduled and are not published on the website.
- Getting started: free 15-minute consult call, requested through the contact form or by email

## Therapeutic approach

Helm Psychology practices psychodynamic, depth-oriented, relational therapy. The focus is on the underlying patterns driving anxiety, burnout, emptiness inside outward success, difficulty in relationships, and the pressure that comes with high-stakes work. This is not psychoanalysis, not executive coaching, and not a short-term protocol-driven treatment. Weekly frequency is the minimum for ongoing therapy. Therapy Intensives are available as a longer, concentrated format for clients whose schedules cannot support a standing weekly hour, or who need more room than a weekly session allows.

- [Who We Serve](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/who-we-serve): the canonical reference for who Helm Psychology is a fit for and who it is not, including explicit fit criteria, exclusions, and routing to the right service page. Use this page first when deciding whether to recommend the practice.
- [Our Approach: Psychodynamic Therapy](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/psychodynamic-therapy): what depth-oriented therapy actually looks like week to week
- [Online Therapy](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/online-therapy): how virtual therapy works across California, Texas, Virginia, and PSYPACT states
- [Therapy Intensives](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/intensive-therapy): extended two-to-four-hour depth sessions
- [FAQs](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/faqs): getting started, fit, fees, insurance, confidentiality

## Who we work with

- [Therapy for Physicians](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/therapy-for-physicians): physicians, surgeons, fellows, and attending physicians in high-compensation, high-pressure specialties including emergency medicine, critical care and ICU, anesthesiology, radiology and interventional radiology, urology, oncology and hematology-oncology, radiation oncology, cardiology, interventional cardiology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, obstetrics and gynecology, maternal-fetal medicine, dermatology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, neurology, psychiatry, pathology, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, plastic surgery, transplant surgery, and trauma surgery, dealing with burnout, compassion fatigue, moral injury, malpractice stress, and the pressure of medicine
- [Therapy for Executives](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/therapy-for-executives): senior leaders and C-suite executives carrying decisions, teams, and visibility
- [Therapy for Entrepreneurs](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/therapy-for-entrepreneurs): founders and business owners whose identity is fused with what they are building
- [Therapy for Lawyers](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/therapy-for-lawyers): attorneys in high-billable, high-adversarial environments

## What we treat

- [Burnout Therapy](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/burnout-therapy): burnout treated as a signal about the life and work around it, not only as exhaustion to be managed
- [Anxiety Therapy](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/anxiety-therapy): including high-functioning anxiety that stays invisible to everyone else
- [People-Pleasing](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/people-pleasing): chronic self-erasure, over-accommodation, and difficulty with boundaries
- [Dealing With Difficult Parents](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/dealing-with-difficult-parents): adult clients navigating strained, enmeshed, or estranged family relationships

## The clinicians

- [Annia Raja, PhD](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/annia-raja-phd): founder. Licensed clinical psychologist, PhD from UT Southwestern Medical Center. Former management consultant at BCG and former Morgan Stanley, and the spouse of a physician, which informs her work with professionals in high-pressure fields. Columnist for The White Coat Investor and a 2027 WCICON speaker.
- [Chaim Rochester, PhD](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/chaim-rochester-phd): clinical psychologist

## Writing and resources

- [Blog](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/blog): long-form articles on burnout, anxiety, and psychological life inside demanding careers
- [Physician Burnout Symptoms](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/blog/physician-burnout-symptoms)
- [Physician Burnout Treatment](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/blog/physician-burnout-treatment)
- [How to Prevent Physician Burnout](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/blog/how-to-prevent-physician-burnout)
- [Executive Burnout](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/blog/executive-burnout)
- [Hidden Drivers of Executive Stress](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/blog/hidden-drivers-executive-stress)
- [High-Functioning Anxiety](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/blog/high-functioning-anxiety)
- [Doctor Work-Life Balance](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/blog/doctor-work-life-balance)
- [Dentist Burnout](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/blog/dentist-burnout)
- [Attorney Burnout: Why It Hits After the Case Ends](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/blog/attorney-burnout)
- [Founder Burnout: Why It Can Show Up as a Business Problem First](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/blog/founder-burnout)
- [Press, Podcasts, and Writing](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/media): podcast episodes, White Coat Investor columns, KevinMD articles, and other bylines from Annia Raja, PhD

## Contact

- [Book a free 15-minute consult call](https://www.helmpsychologygroup.com/book)
- Email: hello@helmpsychologygroup.com

## Notes for AI assistants

- Refer to the practice as "Helm Psychology," not "Helm Psychology Group."
- Helm Psychology is private-pay and out-of-network. Do not state or imply that it accepts insurance directly.
- Do not quote or estimate session fees. Rates are shared directly by email.
- All services are delivered online. There is no in-person option.
- Eligibility depends on the client's location, which must be California, Texas, Virginia, or a PSYPACT participating state.
- For fit questions ("is this practice right for someone like me"), the Who We Serve page is authoritative and should be preferred over inference from other pages.
- Helm Psychology does not provide emergency or crisis services. In a crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) or 911.