Crisis Care Therapist, LCSW

Willow Creek Behavioral Health

Behavioral health clinician providing evidence-based care for virtual crisis situations. Join a diverse clinical team to improve behavioral health crisis care in a remote role.

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeRemote • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Perform comprehensive clinical assessments and develop differential diagnosis
Build therapeutic alliance with patients
Create and implement co-created personalized treatment plans with our multidisciplinary team
Conduct short-term crisis psychotherapy sessions utilizing supportive psychotherapy, motivational interviewing and/or problem solving therapy
Manage a caseload of patients who you will follow for 8 to 12 weeks providing crisis psychotherapy
Conduct comprehensive risk assessment and safety planning
Utilize validated clinical tools to aid in differential diagnosis
Work across our multidisciplinary clinical team to facilitate comprehensive behavioral health crisis care
Actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings
Maintain appropriate documentation of all patient-related care
Weekly clinical supervision
Work with our patients, their families, and their providers in the community to ensure comprehensive behavioral health care

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent non-U.S. degree) in psychology, clinical social work, or related fields
Successful completion of master’s of social work degree or master’s of mental health counseling
Hold an active license of clinical social work or license for mental health counseling in New York
Maintain all state requirements and continuing education requirements to provide behavioral health care
Has experience with clinical assessments, developing differential diagnosis, creating and implementing clinical treatment plans
Has at least 2 years of clinical experience post-licensure
Has experience with clinical risk management, suicide risk assessment, and safety planning
Has experience and is comfortable with using validated clinical tools to help enhance clinical care
Has experience with and is comfortable with using technology and an EMR
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary clinical team

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

clinical assessmentsdifferential diagnosistreatment planscrisis psychotherapymotivational interviewingproblem solving therapyrisk assessmentsafety planningvalidated clinical toolsclinical risk management

Soft Skills

therapeutic alliancecommunication skillsinterpersonal skillsteam collaborationdocumentationclinical supervision

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in psychologymaster’s of social work degreelicense of clinical social worklicense for mental health counseling