Remote Licensed Therapist for Private Practice

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Competitive salary
• Paid time off

The Marriage and Family Therapist will be required to provide, evaluate, and develop individualized plans for individuals, families, and teenagers. Provide a variety of interventions that will focus on problem-solving, cognitive behavior modification, brief psychodynamic therapy, coping skills, substance abuse treatment, and other evidence-based practice techniques.

The Marriage and Family Therapist will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, physician assistants, marriage-family therapists, licensed clinical social workers, and medical support staff.

Responsibilities:

• Counsel patients on concerns such as unsatisfactory relationships, previous trauma, divorce and separation, home management, and financial difficulties.
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans.
• Encourage patients to develop and use skills and strategies for confronting their problems in a constructive manner.
• Timely and appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment intervention.
• Appropriate selection of treatment modality to patients presenting problem.
• Collection of information using testing, interviewing, discussion, and observation.
• Demonstrates expertise in a variety of treatment methodologies.
• Proper use of counseling techniques, interpersonal communication, interview techniques, and conflict resolution.
• Provides appropriate and timely documentation of clinical encounters.
• Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patient's clinical care and license.
• Renders appropriate guidance & therapy.
• Complies with organizational, departmental, state/federal guidelines & all regulatory agency policies and procedures.

Skills and Abilities:

• Direct experience with cognitive behavioral therapy, family therapy, child therapy, group therapy, and behavior modification.
• Great teamwork skills.
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work well with others.
• Must be attentive and tactful.
• Ability to utilize/access computer an electronic medical records (EMR) system (DrChrono) to document patient charts.

Minimum Qualifications:
Experience
Minimum of Two (2) years of post-graduate experience in a behavioral health setting is required.

Education

Master's degree from an accredited program.

License, Certification, Registration

All applicants must have a valid and current CA MFT/LCSW license required.

• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

This is a remote position.