Dr. Zereana Jess-Huff, LMFT
Somatic-informed therapist focused on practical skills
About Zereana
Dr. Zereana Jess-Huff is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 15 years of clinical experience. She blends practical skills with somatic awareness so people leave sessions with something to try.
Her style aims to make therapy clear and useful for everyday life. She uses body-centered work alongside attachment-focused and client-centered methods. That means she pays attention to how your body holds stress while also looking at patterns in relationships.
Background and approach
Sessions often include simple exercises and step-by-step plans to practice between meetings. Dr. Jess-Huff has worked with many common struggles like anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and addictive behaviors.
She also helps with grief, intimacy concerns, ADHD, and the stress that comes with life changes. Her additional focus areas include chronic illness, codependency, communication problems, and issues tied to divorce or domestic violence. Her approach is collaborative and educational.
People can expect clear goals, hands-on strategies, and gradual skill building. The work balances learning new tools with noticing how the body reacts in tense moments. Sessions are offered in English and she sees international clients.
Her Florida license and more than a decade of practice inform a steady, goal-oriented process. If someone wants practical steps and attention to both body and relationships, she structures therapy around those needs.
Combining body-focused work and evidence-based therapy online
Somatic-informed work pays attention to physical sensations and how the body responds to stress. This approach helps people notice tension, regulate their nervous system, and develop grounded coping skills for anxiety, trauma, and chronic stress.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how relationship patterns formed and how they play out now. It helps people improve communication, set boundaries, and change repetitive dynamics that cause distress. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, listening space where the client’s goals guide the work and choices are honored.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking how they feel, and adjusting the plan together.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect - video calls for conversation and visual cues, phone sessions for lower bandwidth or brief check-ins, and live chat or text messaging for quick support or ongoing skills practice. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, maintain momentum between sessions, and pick the format that works best for specific tasks like breathing practice, role play, or brief coaching.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Florida
- Languages
- English