Mental Health Care in Alexandria, VA

Embark Behavioral Health

What Does Embark Behavioral Health Offer?

Embark Behavioral Health is a mental health facility at 7809 Schelhorn Road, Alexandria, Virginia, offering residential care. It accepts private insurance and self-pay. Therapy approaches include CBT, DBT and couples and family therapy.

7809 Schelhorn Road
Alexandria, VA 22306

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at Embark Behavioral Health

  • Residential/24-hour residential

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • County or local government funds
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Couples/family therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Individual psychotherapy

Who the Program Serves

  • Members of military families
  • Clients who have experienced trauma
  • Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
  • Ages: Children/Adolescents

Medications Used

  • Chlorpromazine
  • Loxapine
  • Thiothixene
  • Aripiprazole
  • Brexpiprazole
  • Cariprazine
  • Lurasidone
  • Olanzapine
  • Quetiapine
  • Risperidone
  • Ziprasidone
  • Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Family psychoeducation
  • Psychosocial rehabilitation services
  • Vocational rehabilitation services
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Laboratory testing

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in Virginia lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.

Other Mental Health Facilities Near Embark Behavioral Health

Measured by straight-line distance from this facility. See every listing on the Alexandria mental health care page.

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

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