Within Health

Primary Therapist

Within Health

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • Massachusetts • United States

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Salary

💰 $40 - $60 per hour

About the role

  • Establish positive, trusting rapport with clients.
  • Diagnose and treat mental health disorders.
  • Create and update individualized treatment plans according to patient needs and circumstances.
  • Meet with patients regularly to provide services and treatment, and to adjust treatment plans as necessary.
  • Coordinate and arrange for services needed for each individual client.
  • Conduct ongoing assessments of patient progress.
  • Conduct group therapy sessions according to program schedule.
  • Involve and advise family members when appropriate.
  • Refer patients to outside specialists or agencies when necessary.
  • Maintain thorough records of patient meetings and progress.
  • Follow all safety protocols and maintain client confidentiality.
  • Communicate regularly with outpatient providers to ensure continuity of care.
  • Attend weekly staff meetings to consult on individual cases.
  • Attend weekly treatment team meetings to consult with clients about individual progress.
  • Create weekly individualized therapeutic and experiential opportunities for clients and communicate them to patients.
  • Conduct concurrent insurance reviews for individual clients.
  • Engage in ongoing advocacy work for mental health parity.
  • Engage in community based speaking opportunities to increase eating disorder awareness.

Requirements

  • Minimum of a Master’s Degree in Psychology, Social Work or related field.
  • Must be fully licensed in CA, NY, and/or MA and can work without supervision.
  • Able to get licensure in other states when asked.
  • Experience treating clients with Eating Disorders.
  • Ability to demonstrate understanding of a variety of models and theories of eating disorders, trauma, mental illness, and related issues.
  • Knowledge of philosophies, practices, policies and outcomes of models of treatment, recovery, relapse prevention, and continuing care for dually diagnosed populations.
  • Understanding of diagnostic criteria for co-occurring conditions and ability to conceptualize modalities and placement criteria within the continuum of care.
  • Understanding of diverse cultures and gender specific issues and ability to incorporate needs of gender and culturally diverse groups into practice settings.
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills.
  • Ability to prioritize workload and work independently.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
diagnose mental health disorderscreate treatment plansconduct assessmentsconduct group therapyinsurance reviewsadvocacy for mental health parityunderstanding of eating disordersknowledge of treatment modelsconceptualize modalitiesunderstanding of diagnostic criteria
Soft Skills
establish rapportcommunicationorganizational skillstime managementability to prioritizework independentlyengage with family memberscommunity engagementconsultationadaptability
Certifications
Master’s Degree in PsychologyMaster’s Degree in Social Worklicensed in CAlicensed in NYlicensed in MA