Mental Health Outpatient Therapist

Seeking Creative & Collaborative Humans With A Passion For Changing Mental Health Care In Fun And Meaningful Ways

Join the fastest-growing outpatient mental health practice in Northern Virginia! We have immediate openings for LPC or LMSW and Resident in Counseling therapists:

• Offer guaranteed pay for the initial 4 weeks as you ramp your caseload
• Provide clinical supervision by VA state-licensed LPC at no cost to you
• Ability to provide different types of therapy (individual, couples, play, etc)
• We have a wide variety of patients for great exposure to new clinical experiences
• Awesome leadership team focused on supporting you and your growth
• Flexible hours, some evenings included.

Who We Are Looking For: Therapists!!

The perfect candidate will share our passion for improving and expanding access to quality mental health care and will thrive in a culture that emphasizes: autonomy, flexibility, creativity, authenticity, humor, compassion, acceptance, and determination. Opportunities for individual, family, and couples therapy services as well as Telehealth.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Evaluate mental health diagnosis, create and implement a treatment plan, and complete ongoing clinical documentation including further diagnosis, treatment plan reviews, and clinical case notes according to company policy
• Maintain a caseload of 25 client sessions seen per week
• Provide excellent customer service for clients and collaborate with a dynamic team to further the mission of filling gaps in our community
• Utilize creativity in interventions to help clients achieve and exceed goals
• Coordinate services with case managers, families, work personnel, medical personnel, other Ellie staff, and school staff as needed
• Attend and participate in all clinical staff meetings and training
• Other stuff we probably forgot to add but just as meaningful and important to your role ;)

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Candidates are required to have at least a master's degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university
• Required to be a licensed mental health professional or have Resident in Counseling in the state of Virginia.
• Experience with completing psychosocial assessments, treatment plans and clinical case notes
• Comfort and familiarity working with a diverse client base
• Ability to demonstrate and model stable, appropriate boundaries with clients
• Ability to complete and submit documentation of services and other documents in a timely manner
• Adept at learning and navigating Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems
• If planning to engage in tele-health from home, having a home office that is professional, private, and HIPAA-compliant

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Prefer EMDR experience
• Prefer experience with children, adolescents, and teens
• Preferred experience with couples and families
• Ideal candidates will have a general knowledge of therapy services, community resources, insurance billing

What We Have To Offer

• Our salary compensation package is straightforward with no games.
• Excellent benefits package, PTO accrual, and professional development.
• Flexible scheduling
• Hourly pay structure PLUS commission on claims
• Access to Continuing Education CEU Library

What Else You Should Know

• This position will be under the general direction of the Clinical Director.
• Learn more about our amazing company at

Don't Meet Every Requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Ellie Mental Health is devoted to purposefully building an inclusive and diverse workplace where all of our humans can be their authentic selves! (Authenticity is one of our core values, after all…) If you're excited about the chance to be a change-maker with us, but your past experience doesn't perfectly align with every single qualification of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. Our mental health jobs need dedicated individuals from every background who are willing to care for others. And who knows, you might just be the perfect candidate for another role!

Employee Experience

We take care of our people. It's that simple. From investing in their financial future, to providing wages that shatter the ceiling in our industry to reasonable caseload expectations we ensure that our people are happy. Happy employees do better work and provide better client care! No matter what it is that you do in your mental health career at Ellie, our clients depend on us cultivating an environment where our employees can thrive so that they can thrive too!

Y'all, jobs in mental health are tough jobs with a high risk of emotional fatigue and burnout. At Ellie, we use all of our core values of humor, creativity, authenticity, acceptance, determination, and compassion not just out in our communities, but we turn them inwards too! Our employees have clear growth paths for advancing their careers.

We have created a culture that reminds us that our employees are our leaders!

Company Structure

Ellie is a socially responsible for-profit business, which allows us to be flexible and responsive to our community's needs. Many mental health and wellness-focused companies are non-profits or government agencies, which rely on the general public, grants, or large donors for funding. This model often results in little creativity and lower compensation for employees, promoting a work culture that just makes people feel "blah."

Feeling blah doesn't help employees stay motivated, engaged, or even in their jobs for a very long time! So we created a new model: one that puts flexibility, innovative decision-making, creativity, and our people first, while remaining a socially conscious and responsible for-profit business focused on changing how we treat mental health.

In short, we're just people helping people. Wanna join the herd?