Outpatient Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Job description:
Job Title: Outpatient Therapist.
Pay: $60,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year.
Location: Manhattan, Kansas.
Start Date: Immediate opening.
Supervisor: Director.
Application Requirements: Resume and Cover Letter.

About the Position:
Part-time and full-time options available. A typical day might include individual sessions, a shared lunch or food exposure with a client, team collaboration, and time for documentation--all in a warm, recovery-focused environment where you're supported to grow and rest.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge and practice of effective counseling skills and demonstrates an ability to build therapeutic rapport with patients and their families.
• Complete comprehensive and ongoing biopsychosocial and diagnostic assessment resulting in appropriate evidenced-based treatment and discharge recommendations.
• Collaborate with the team to make referrals to or communicate with other care providers/resources as indicated.
• Work with patients to develop individualized treatment plans with appropriate outpatient goals and objectives.
• Facilitate group sessions with clinical expertise and general attention to group dynamics, social support, group cohesion and trust, multicultural awareness, therapeutic alliance, and time and boundary management.
• Remains abreast of the most current evidence-based treatments for eating disorders.
• Implements appropriate and creative therapeutic interventions and homework assignments.
• Is diligent to maintaining all licensing and CEU requirements; remains in good standing with the licensing board.
• Completes accurate and thorough documentation in a timely manner (outpatient progress notes, group notes, billing claim forms, etc.).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Licensed as LCSW, LPC, or LMFT or equivalent in Kansas. Clinical license preferred, but not required.
• Minimum of a Master’s degree in a behavioral health field.
• Prior eating disorder experience is welcome, but not required. We provide structured onboarding, supervision, and CEDS-track mentoring to help you develop deep expertise and confidence in this specialty. Passion for working with Eating Disorders is a must!
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Strong collaboration skills.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Compensation based on experience.
• Comprehensive Coverage: Health and Dental Insurance, 4 weeks PTO and 7 paid holidays, malpractice insurance paid by the organization.
• Professional Growth: Annual allowance for continuing education, specialty ED training.
• Flexibility that Fits Real Life: Hybrid schedule with both virtual and in-office options.
• Protected Collaboration Time: Daily collaboration with therapists, dietitians, nurse practitioners, sharing the same treatment space and plan. Working in an environment built for connection, learning, and shared wins.

About Unbound Recovery, LLC:

At Unbound Recovery, we believe healing happens in relationship--with food, with body, and with others. We're building a team of clinicians who are passionate about heling clients reclaim peace with food and freedom in life.

Unbound Recovery, LLC was founded in 2021 to meet the rising need for evidenced-based treatment for individuals with disordered eating behaviors throughout Kansas. It is a privately-held outpatient treatment center focused on the treatment of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and compulsive overeating.

Unbound Recovery, LLC works closely with patients, their families, and health care professionals to create individualized and wrap around treatment plans for adolescents (10-17) and adults (18+). Our staff of licensed mental health professionals and registered dietitians is dedicated to meeting each patient exactly where they’re at and walking with them toward healing and lasting recovery.

Why Join Unbound Recovery?

Because you'll never work in isolation. You'll be a part of a small, passionate team changing how eating disorder care looks in Kansas--grounded in evidence, compassion, and community.

Please send resume and cover letter to Amber Howells, PhD, RDN, CEDS, LD at View email address on ziprecruiter.com.