Elia H. Charles

Elia Charles is an experienced Clinical Social Worker and Owner of EHC Therapeutic Services, LLC, located in Alexandria, Virginia. She is a Laliotis-trained EMDRIA Consultant serving the DC/Virginia corridor, and one of very few Black women holding EMDRIA Consultant status in the DC metro area. She holds a rare combination of military-context EMDR training, sex addiction specialization (CSAT), and depth-oriented trauma work.

EHC Therapeutic Services specializes in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), grief and loss, self-esteem issues, mood disorders, and anxiety. The practice provides individual therapy for adults, children, and adolescents/teenagers, as well as couples counseling, family therapy, and play therapy for children. Services are also offered to veterans, with a particular focus on combat trauma, childhood trauma and abuse, sexual assault, and domestic violence.

All therapists at EHC Therapeutic Services are licensed clinical social workers in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, and are trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). The practice brings more than 20 years of combined experience in the field of social work, with a mission to help clients develop healthy boundaries, coping skills, and emotional well-being. Psychotherapy services are provided across Washington, D.C. and Virginia.