Angelia Smiley

Angelia is a licensed professional counselor with over 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. As a therapist, Angelia joins with clients to find solutions to issues they are currently facing and focuses on creating the best tailored situation for their life. Angelia is certified in Solution Focused Therapy which encompasses many schools of psychology to meet each client where they are at various times and during multiple situations in their lives. Angelia also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and is a certified Grief Recovery Specialist. Angelia has extensive experience and training in crisis intervention, trauma and brain-based treatments, traumatic brain injury facts and treatment, biological implications of mental health disorders, and integration of therapeutic approaches.

As the Clinical Director, Angelia provides supervision for the therapists and coordinates with insurance companies to secure days of treatment for the residents who are being treated at Embark of Alexandria. She works closely with the Program Director to ensure that the program’s daily structured schedule provide a therapeutically sound and safe environment in which residents can address their needs.

Angelia obtained her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Howard University in Washington, DC, and she received graduate degrees from Trinity College in Washington, DC; George Mason University in Fairfax, VA; and from Marymount University in Arlington, VA. Angelia has worked with adults, adolescents, and children by helping individuals function well within their family system. Angelia educates and supports individuals, their parent(s) and/or guardian(s) to help create a home filled with love, healthy boundaries, and fun. Angelia is well educated in healthy parenting skills, learning disabilities, and cultural differences.

Angelia is a loving mother that continually learns how to set and maintain healthy boundaries while enjoying quality time with her child.