About Dr. Hutchins
Dr. Annese Hutchins earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Louisiana Tech University in 2012 and completed her doctoral residency at Mississippi State Hospital, where she completed rotations in medical psychiatry, chemical dependency treatment, and child and adolescent services. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over two decades of experience and currently serves as a full-time graduate faculty member in a CACREP-accredited counseling program, where she is actively involved in clinical training and teaches graduate-level courses in counseling theories, crisis intervention, helping relationships, and assessment.
Her earliest clinical training experience began working with Vietnam veterans, which shaped her initial understanding of trauma, resilience, and the long-term impact of lived experience. She went on to build her clinical foundation in trauma-focused
settings, including children’s homes and direct service with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
During her doctoral training, she contributed to the development of a domestic abuse prevention curriculum and later partnered with court systems to provide batterer intervention services. She has also served on staff within a church-based counseling center, further expanding her work across diverse populations and value systems. These early and varied experiences continue to inform her trauma-informed approach today.
Dr. Hutchins’ background spans a wide range of high-acuity and complex environments, including inpatient state hospital treatment, inpatient addiction programs, neuropsychiatric practice with involvement in pharmaceutical clinical trials, correctional facilities, university counseling centers, community mental health, and private practice.
While her experience is broad, the core of her work is outpatient psychotherapy—where meaningful, lasting change happens over time. She works with individuals navigating trauma, complex relationships, emotional overwhelm, and patterns that feel difficult to shift.
Dr. Hutchins practices from an integrative, trauma-informed approach, drawing from psychodynamic, existential, interpersonal (IPT), internal family systems (IFS-informed), and systemic/multicultural frameworks. She also incorporates somatic, cognitive and behavioral approaches, including REBT and Choice Theory, when appropriate. She is trained in EMDR and frequently works with trauma, high-conflict dynamics, and deeply rooted relational patterns.
Her approach to therapy is grounded in one central belief: the relationship itself is a powerful driver of change. Clients often describe her style as warm, direct, and highly attuned. Sessions are conversational, engaged, and focused, not overly clinical yet still grounded in depth and expertise. She is particularly skilled at helping clients take what feels complex, overwhelming, or stuck and break it down into clear, workable steps that lead to meaningful progress.
In addition to her clinical and academic roles, Dr. Hutchins provides professional training and strategic consulting focused on human capital, clinician development, and organizational wellness. She has delivered trainings for professionals and community agencies on trauma-informed care, domestic violence, sexual assault, crisis response, and advanced clinical practice. Dr. Hutchins works with a range of concerns including trauma and abuse recovery, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, personality dynamics, addiction, grief and loss, health-related stress, and personal growth. She has a special interest in working with women navigating roles, identity, boundaries, and life transitions. Although her availability for clinical work is limited, she offers both in-person and telehealth sessions and values the flexibility telehealth provides for individuals balancing demanding schedules, careers, and family life.
Her earliest clinical training experience began working with Vietnam veterans, which shaped her initial understanding of trauma, resilience, and the long-term impact of lived experience. She went on to build her clinical foundation in trauma-focused
settings, including children’s homes and direct service with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
During her doctoral training, she contributed to the development of a domestic abuse prevention curriculum and later partnered with court systems to provide batterer intervention services. She has also served on staff within a church-based counseling center, further expanding her work across diverse populations and value systems. These early and varied experiences continue to inform her trauma-informed approach today.
Dr. Hutchins’ background spans a wide range of high-acuity and complex environments, including inpatient state hospital treatment, inpatient addiction programs, neuropsychiatric practice with involvement in pharmaceutical clinical trials, correctional facilities, university counseling centers, community mental health, and private practice.
While her experience is broad, the core of her work is outpatient psychotherapy—where meaningful, lasting change happens over time. She works with individuals navigating trauma, complex relationships, emotional overwhelm, and patterns that feel difficult to shift.
Dr. Hutchins practices from an integrative, trauma-informed approach, drawing from psychodynamic, existential, interpersonal (IPT), internal family systems (IFS-informed), and systemic/multicultural frameworks. She also incorporates somatic, cognitive and behavioral approaches, including REBT and Choice Theory, when appropriate. She is trained in EMDR and frequently works with trauma, high-conflict dynamics, and deeply rooted relational patterns.
Her approach to therapy is grounded in one central belief: the relationship itself is a powerful driver of change. Clients often describe her style as warm, direct, and highly attuned. Sessions are conversational, engaged, and focused, not overly clinical yet still grounded in depth and expertise. She is particularly skilled at helping clients take what feels complex, overwhelming, or stuck and break it down into clear, workable steps that lead to meaningful progress.
In addition to her clinical and academic roles, Dr. Hutchins provides professional training and strategic consulting focused on human capital, clinician development, and organizational wellness. She has delivered trainings for professionals and community agencies on trauma-informed care, domestic violence, sexual assault, crisis response, and advanced clinical practice. Dr. Hutchins works with a range of concerns including trauma and abuse recovery, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, personality dynamics, addiction, grief and loss, health-related stress, and personal growth. She has a special interest in working with women navigating roles, identity, boundaries, and life transitions. Although her availability for clinical work is limited, she offers both in-person and telehealth sessions and values the flexibility telehealth provides for individuals balancing demanding schedules, careers, and family life.
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Rhonda Roush, LPC, available only on Wednesdays.
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You can email us and expect to receive a response when an appointment is available.
Voicemail is for current clients only.
Please include insurance policy type and policy number so that
your referral may be directed to the appropriate clinician.
Date of birth also helps us look up your benefits before we contact you.
Please specify clinician if you have a preference or referral.
Rhonda Roush, LPC, available only on Wednesdays.
[email protected]