Our team

Meet the Therapists at a Black-Owned Therapy Practice

Life Migration Therapy is a Black-owned therapy practice, founded by Charika White, and it’s growing. Every clinician here works by secure telehealth with adults in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia, and every one brings the same commitment to care that honors culture, identity, and the road you took to get here.

Charika White, founder of Life Migration Therapy, the telehealth practice for adults in Washington DC and Maryland
Who you’ll work with

Meet the team.

Charika White, founder of Life Migration Therapy

Charika White, LICSW, LCSW‑C

Founder · Licensed clinical social worker

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Charika works with Black and Brown adults, LGBTQIA+ adults, immigrants, and first- and second-generation professionals through life transitions, trauma, anxiety, depression, and systemic stress. She is licensed in Washington DC and Maryland, where she is the African American therapist in Maryland many clients search for, and is a board-approved clinical supervisor.

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Jamila Kani, LICSW, EMDR and somatic trauma therapist at Life Migration Therapy, smiling on a rooftop beside a bouquet of flowers

Jamila Kani, LICSW

EMDR and somatic trauma therapist

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Jamila is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist with more than a decade in mental health and trauma care. She pairs EMDR with somatic, body-based work, focuses on sexual trauma and the trauma of living under systemic oppression, and has deep experience with Black, Brown and LGBTQIA+ adults. She sees adults by telehealth for EMDR therapy in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia.

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Careers

Join the team.

Life Migration Therapy is building a team of clinicians who see culture and identity as part of the work, never a footnote to it. There is no open role right now. Send your details anyway: the practice keeps your resume on file and reaches out when an opening fits.

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