Meet Anna Herman,

Director of Embodied With Aloha Therapy, Licensed Therapist, & Clinical Supervisor in Hawaiʻi, Pennsylvania, & Montana 

LPC, LCPC, LMHC

In my own healing journey, I began to notice a gap in many therapy approaches. So much focus was placed on insight, emotions, or behavior change alone, when real healing often happens when all of focused on with care and intention.

I’m a University of Pennsylvania–trained psychotherapist with advanced training in body-based and experiential therapy, shaped by attachment-focused work, Internal Family Systems (IFS parts work), Gestalt Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, DBT-informed skills, and training under trauma expert Gabor Maté.

I founded Embodied With Aloha Therapy with the intention of bringing together a compassionate team of highly trained, body-based somatic therapists who support self-aware women and couples navigating relational trauma, repeating relationship patterns, and perfectionism, especially when insight alone hasn’t brought the change they’re longing for.

In our sessions, we don’t just talk about what’s happening. We gently work with emotions, negative patterns, the nervous system, and the parts of you that learned how to protect you, while also supporting real-life, meaningful action steps that help create change in your relationships and daily life.

This approach helps you move from insight to embodied change, so you don’t just understand yourself better, you actually feel different, respond differently, and begin living the life you’ve been trying to talk your way into for years.

MY MISSION: Embodied Change from the Inside Out

OUR SERVICES

My Education 

My Credentials

Masters of Education in Counseling & Mental Health Services,
University of Pennsylvania

Masters of Philosophy of Education in Professional Counseling,
University of Pennsylvania

Bachelors of Arts in Psychology, 
George Washington Univeristy 

Meets all the requirements for Clinical Supervisor in Pennsylvania, Hawaii, & Montana

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Certification, National Board for Certified Counselors

Licenced Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Montana

Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Hawaii

Addictions, Trauma, & the Role of Stigma Certification,
Thomas Jefferson University Department of Trauma Counseling

The Compassionate Inquiry Method Training Program,
Dr. Gabor Maté

Psychodrama in Trauma Certification,
Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy

Outpatient Clinical Therapist, Elwyn Outpatient

MY STORY: Healing The Root

I struggled with OCD, ADHD, anxiety, messy romantic relationships, early adulthood substance abuse, and a whole lot of trying to “figure myself out” without actually changing anything. I was incredibly self-aware… and incredibly stuck, lol.

Things finally shifted when I found mind-body, experiential methods that actually worked with my nervous system. That transformation inspired me to become a therapist and an expert in evidence-based somatic and experiential methods. 


It’s what helped me take the biggest leaps of my life, moving from Philadelphia to The Big Island of Hawaiʻi, letting go of what wasn’t aligned, and building a thriving group practice of incredible therapists, community, and passions that genuinely light me up. It’s also the reason I didn’t sabotage a wonderful relationship because of relationship OCD (ROCD) and attachment wounding from childhood, which went undiagnosed for years and are often missed in therapy.

My work now centers on helping you find clarity, honoring your uniqueness, the way your body is wired to heal, and what’s genuinely helpful for you (and what’s not).

Whether you want to build a meaningful career, call in beautiful love, leave a draining relationship, reconnect with creativity, or simply feel more alive and peaceful in your own skin, it’s more than possible for you. And I’d be honored to help you create it.

I'M HERE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE

MY BELIEF: The Power of Authentic Connection

We’re often hurt in relationships, so it’s through relationships that we must also heal. Research shows that having a strong bond with your therapist, where you feel safe, seen, and truly understood, is the foundation for real growth and change.

In our sessions, how we interact can reflect patterns from your everyday relationships, like avoiding conflict, fearing rejection, or feeling like you have to shrink or hide parts of yourself. But this space is different. It’s free from judgment, where you can share your thoughts, feelings, and fears openly. Together, we’ll gently explore those patterns by practicing new ways of connecting that feel safe and supportive.

I don’t believe in being a “blank slate” therapist (that’s so 1940's). I believe therapy works best when it’s human. You deserve a therapist who’s relatable, who shares personal insights and experiences when helpful, and who you can also laugh and be real with.

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GLIMMERS
that nourish my soul

Glimmers, a term coined by Polyvagal Theory expert, Deb Dana, are the opposite of triggers. We live in a society that so often disconnects us from others, ourselves, and the world. Our nervous system’s survival mode kicks in and we are attention-biased towards being on high alert for our triggers, not our glimmers.

Glimmers are anything around us that helps regulate our nervous system back into a more ventral state where we are able to access, gratitude, calm, presence, and connection. Specifically using our senses to savor these moments and noticing the touch, taste, smell, sounds, and sights that are around us.

The best co-worker, my Mini-Australian Shepard, Bowie.

Guava mint iced tea from the little coffee shop in town.

Dancing to Taylor Swift in the car.

Singing at open mic nights. 

Playing pickelball with my love.

Glimmers, a term coined by Polyvagal Theory expert, Deb Dana, are the opposite of triggers. We live in a society that so often disconnects us from others, ourselves, and the world. Our nervous system’s survival mode kicks in and we are attention-biased towards being on high alert for our triggers, not our glimmers.

Glimmers are anything around us that helps regulate our nervous system back into a more ventral state where we are able to access, gratitude, calm, presence, and connection. Specifically using our senses to savor these moments and noticing the touch, taste, smell, sounds, and sights that are around us.

GLIMMERS that nourish my soul

The best co-worker, my Mini-Australian Shepard, Bowie.

Guava mint iced tea from the little coffee shop in town.

Dancing to Taylor Swift in the car.

Singing at open mic nights. 

Playing pickelball with my love.

let's begin

You deserve a life that feels like vacation every day, not a vacation from your life.

You deserve a life that feels like vacation every day, not a vacation from your life.

let's begin

You deserve a life that feels like vacation every day, not a vacation from your life.

PROVIDING COMPASSIONATE THERAPY IN WAIMEA, Hawaiʻi 

Providing a safe space for health, wellness and renewal.