Pre-Licensed Mental Health Therapist

Benefits :

• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Training & development

Exciting opportunity to join our new team in our beautiful outpatient facility in downtown Portsmouth! We provide real clinical supervision - not just signing forms and progress notes.

Our goal is to develop therapists while serving our community.

The candidate will have the following characteristics : They must value and conduct themselves with honesty, integrity, and a strong work ethic.

They will act with personal responsibility, be patient, pleasant, curious, intelligent, and observant. They will view growth and wisdom as an ongoing goal and process that can be cultivated in psychotherapy.

They will help clients take responsibility for their lives and engage in the work to meet their therapeutic goals. They will be warm, empathetic, easy to talk with and trustworthy.

We also offer a full array of health and other benefits including in house supervision, case consultation, PTO, and reimbursement for licensure and continuing education.

We offer a flexible schedule, choice of clients, your own office, and the benefit of working with a highly committed and passionate team.

Capacities

Are you a well-grounded professional with good boundaries and interpersonal wisdom?

Are you curious?

Are you smart, strong, and ethical?

Do people experience you as authentic and trustworthy?

Are you committed to awareness of your own personal values and biases? Are you committed to doing the continual professional

development work to understand how this impacts your interactions with clients?

Are you a good psychological container?

Are you innovative and flexible?

Can you do a thorough biopsychosocial assessment and apply effective treatment without contamination from confounding variables and third-party pressures to arrive at prior conclusions?

Are you able to focus on a singular goal to help your patients get better?

We need high-performing clinicians who love this work because they understand that every time we help one person or one family, we change the world.

Core Responsibilities

• Engage patients artfully from the first contact to gain their confidence and trust.
• Complete an expert, thorough, common-sense, and relevant biopsychosocial assessment for every patient that guides everything that follows.
• Use clinical judgment based on direct observation and other data to uncover the individual and relational factors that are contributing to the reason the patient contacted you.
• Provide transparent and detailed informed consent about the expectations and the fees as part of the therapy contract before treatment commences.
• Co-create relevant goals with patients that stem directly from their identified problems.
• Provide relationship-oriented and creative psychotherapy to help clients achieve their goals.
• Measure and record progress as a function of the evolving therapeutic relationship.
• Coordinate services / referrals and collaborate with families, other professionals, and natural community supports.
• Collaborate with our local team of psychotherapy superstars.
• Provide all clinical documentation in the Valant electronic health record system on a timely basis.
• Participate in clinical staff meetings, administrative meetings, individual supervision, and required training.
• Conduct a minimum of 25 client visits per week to be considered full-time and receive benefits.

Other Skills

• Experience completing biopsychosocial / diagnostic assessments, treatment plans, and clinical progress notes. We limit documentation to what is necessary to promote good care.
• Proficiency in the English language. Bi-lingual a plus.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Office 365 and electronic health record systems (Valant experience a plus).
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a team environment that values accountability, authenticity, and humor.
• Ability to meet professional expectations of the psychotherapy culture for demeanor and dress.

Flexible work from home options available.