Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Hi, I am Phyllis Charles, licensed clinical social worker in the Falls Church, VA office. I have experience working with many foster/adoptive families parenting children who have experienced abuse and neglect. I have also counseled LGBTQIA+ and HIV+ adults who have experienced trauma.

With my family therapy training, I use the non-judgmental Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach to help you get to know and have compassion for the internal parts of yourself that may have developed to help you survive. I enjoy helping people discover their own internal healing energy to restore balance and calm in their internal system.

While I primarily work using IFS, I also use other evidence-based interventions from CBT, DBT, EMDR, EFT and somatically informed therapies. The body is often a good starting place when words are not there. I look forward to walking with you on your healing path. You will do the work; I would be honored to be your companion on the journey.