Behavioral Health Counselor-Santa Monica Healthy Weight Management Clinic (Clinical Nutrition)

Job Title

Behavioral Health Counselor in the Bio-Behavioral Program of Weight Management Clinic

Work Location

Santa Monica, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote Fixed Hybrid Work Schedule Wednesdays 11:30-5:30pm and Saturdays 7:30am-12:30pm

Salary Range

$47.82 - $69.67 Hourly

Employment Type

4 - Staff: Limited Duration 6-9 months Job # 31165

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Clinic Manager, incumbent will serve as Behavioral Health Counselor in the Bio-Behavioral Program of Weight Management Clinic. Develop, plan and provide educational and counseling services. Plan, organize, coordinate and implement lecture subject material for classroom and group education and behavioral change and psychological support intervention activities for the dietary intervention of Internal Medicine and Internal Medicine Subspecialties patients.

• Program who are having difficulty adhering to the weight loss or maintenance programs. Your groups must offer a safe environment for participants to address individual struggles and emotional issues and stress. You will maintain an up to date appropriate licensing for either licensed psychotherapy or MFT. It is also the leader's responsibility to maintain a specialized interest in weight and eating disorders.
• The behavior modification class leader will lead weekly sessions that are based on the theoretical principles of cognitive behavioral therapy. This therapy will take into account the fact that long-term changes in behavior need to be accompanied by changes in the way individuals think, their cognitions. Goals include addressing and altering certain black and white thinking through reframing of thinking so as to reduce misconceptions of failure and reinforce efforts for sustaining behavioral change.
• The nutritional lecture series is taught weekly by a licensed professionals from a variety of specialties including medicine, nutrition exercise physiology and psychology. The lecturer's responsibility includes background in a specialty for the lecture being instructed. Such topics include eating disorders, anger and stress management, failure syndrome and recovery from failure syndrome, hypertension, diabetes, eating habits, compulsive or emotional overeating, cardio and strength training and various other related topics.

* This is a 40% limited position that may convert to career*

Job Qualifications

Master in Social Work (MSW) Master in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) or Master in Psychology or Masters in Counseling Psychology or Masters of Art in Counseling.