Contract Remote Mental Health Therapist

NOTE : MUST BE LICENSED IN CALIFORNIA

Benefits / Perks

• Careers Advancement Opportunities
• Professional Development
• Competitive Compensation

Background

Roots Through Recovery is a trauma-focused outpatient treatment center for adults and adolescents in Long Beach, CA. We have proudly served the Long Beach community since 2016.

We offer dedicated morning and afternoon tracks for primary mental health, primary substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders, provided by an experienced and compassionate clinical team of physicians, clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, drug and alcohol counselors and integrated wellness practitioners.

Our program integrates EMDR, mindfulness, and other cognitive, process, experiential, and expressive therapies, to address the mind, body and spirit.

The goal of this approach is to address unresolved trauma, expose our clients to a variety of tools, and help them to develop the skills needed to live a healthy, productive and fulfilling life in recovery.

Roots also provides all of our clients with weekly case management, weekly family therapy, as well as monthly family intensive weekends.

Job Summary

This is a fully remote position. Roots Through Recovery is seeking a contract, remote licensed mental health therapist or psychologist (Psy.

D, LMFT or LCSW) with experience in mental health, trauma and substance use for our outpatient program .

In this role, you will treat mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders in a telehealth individual therapy setting, address trauma, teach communication and healthy coping skills, assist patients in addressing maladaptive behaviors, and guide them through crises as you develop their resilience.

If you are an experienced therapist passionate about providing high-quality care and mental health solutions, we want to hear from you! Roots Through Recovery provides professional development for our clinicians to help them grow in their role, and provide trauma-specific modalities like EMDR, CBT and DBT.

This position offers a unique opportunity to work with active duty service members, veterans, and dependents. If you are experienced working with this population, or have a passion for helping this population, this could be a great opportunity for you.

Responsibilities

• Establish open lines of communication for individuals with sexual trauma and co-occurring mental health and / or substance use disorders
• Provide telehealth individual, group and family therapy for individuals and / or their family members
• Provide trauma-focused virtual therapy for individuals with trauma, mental health, SUD and co-occurring disorders
• Use evidence-based treatment methods to provide therapy to individuals and families
• Collaborate with additional treatment providers and resource agencies
• Maintain detailed and accurate documentation of patient information and treatment plan
• Ensure all documentation is completed in a timely manner
• Collaborate with team members and clinical director to provide quality care for individuals
• Adhere to all facility and licensing standards

Qualifications

• Master's degree in counseling, social work, or similar field
• Current and unrestricted marriage and family therapy (LMFT), clinical social work (LCSW) or clinical psychology (PsyD.

license in CALIFORNIA

• Previous experience as a mental health therapist
• Experience with PTSD and complex trauma preferred
• Previous experience working with active duty military and veteran populations a plus
• Training in EMDR preferred training will be provided if not
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly organized
• Self-starter
• Bi-lingual in Spanish a plus

Pay is dependent upon experience.

This is a remote position.