Geek Therapist
(LPC, LCSW, LMFT)
Ellie Mental Health | Birmingham, AL
Why Join Ellie?
At Ellie Mental Health, we believe clinicians do their best work when they feel supported, valued, and empowered. We prioritize work-life balance, flexibility, professional growth, and authentic human connection.
We believe therapy can be creative, relatable, and fun. We encourage clinicians to incorporate clients' interests — including video games, literature, movies, anime, comics, and geek culture — into therapy when appropriate.
Our team values:
- Authenticity and inclusion
- Creativity and innovation
- Compassion and acceptance
- Humor and connection
- Flexible scheduling and autonomy
- Ongoing learning and professional development
- Collaborative teamwork
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation with additional earning opportunities
- Paid administrative time
- Flexible scheduling
- Free CEUs and professional development
- Administrative support
- Telehealth opportunities
- Clinical consultation and supervision
- Additional benefits for full-time team members
About the Role
We're seeking a therapist who can connect with clients through their interests and passions. Our approach uses Affinity, Resonance, and Understanding to build meaningful therapeutic relationships and engaging interventions that support growth.
You'll have the flexibility to bring your personality, creativity, and clinical interests into your work while providing high-quality care.
Preferred Licensure
- LPC or ALC
- LCSW or LMSW
- LMFT or LMFT-A
- Therapists expected to achieve full licensure within six months are encouraged to apply
Areas of Expertise We Value
- Video games, anime, comics, literature, movies, or geek culture
- Children, adolescents, teens, and/or adults
- Couples and families
- Trauma and PTSD
- Substance use
- School-based mental health
- Community resources and insurance-based care
What You'll Do
- Complete diagnostic assessments and individualized treatment plans
- Provide high-quality, client-centered therapy
- Use creative therapeutic interventions
- Incorporate client interests into therapy when appropriate
- Maintain 27+ sessions per week for full-time clinicians
- Complete timely and accurate documentation
- Coordinate care with families, providers, schools, and community supports
- Participate in meetings, supervision, consultation, and training
Qualifications
- Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, Psychology, or related field
- Active Alabama licensure or associate-level registration
- 2+ years of clinical therapy experience preferred
- Experience with assessments, treatment planning, and clinical documentation
- Strong communication skills and professional boundaries
- Experience working with diverse populations
- Familiarity with EHR systems, insurance services, and community resources
Clinical Supervision
Clinical supervision may be available for aspiring LCSWs, LMHCs, and LMFTs. Supervisor availability varies by clinic.
We Encourage You to Apply
You don't have to meet every qualification to be a great fit. We welcome clinicians from diverse backgrounds who are passionate about exceptional mental health care. If you're excited about bringing creativity and client interests into therapy, we encourage you to apply.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Ellie Mental Health is committed to an inclusive workplace where all employees feel respected, valued, and supported. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants.
Franchise Disclosure
Ellie Mental Health clinics are independently owned and operated as part of the Ellie Mental Health franchise system. Employment decisions, compensation, benefits, scheduling, and workplace policies are determined by the local franchise owner.
We're just people helping people. Come join the herd.
Seeking creative & collaborative humans with a passion for changing mental health care in fun and meaningful ways.
Don’t meet EVERY requirement?
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Ellie Mental Health is devoted to purposefully building an inclusive and diverse workplace where all of our humans can be their authentic selves! (Authenticity is one of our core values, after all…) If you’re excited about the chance to be a change-maker with us, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with every single qualification of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. Our mental health jobs need dedicated individuals from every background who are willing to care for others. And who knows, you might just be the perfect candidate for another role!
Employee Experience
We take care of our people. It’s that simple. From investing in their financial future, to providing wages that shatter the ceiling in our industry to reasonable caseload expectations we ensure that our people are happy. Happy employees do better work and provide better client care! No matter what it is that you do in your mental health career at Ellie, our clients depend on us cultivating an environment where our employees can thrive so that they can thrive too!
Y’all, jobs in mental health are tough jobs with a high risk of emotional fatigue and burnout. At Ellie, we use all of our core values of humor, creativity, authenticity, acceptance, determination, and compassion not just out in our communities, but we turn them inwards too! Our employees have clear growth paths for advancing their careers.
We have created a culture that reminds us that our employees are our leaders!
Company Structure
Ellie is a socially responsible for-profit business, which allows us to be flexible and responsive to our community’s needs. Many mental health and wellness-focused companies are non-profits or government agencies, which rely on the general public, grants, or large donors for funding. This model often results in little creativity and lower compensation for employees, promoting a work culture that just makes people feel “blah.”
Feeling blah doesn’t help employees stay motivated, engaged, or even in their jobs for a very long time! So we created a new model: one that puts flexibility, innovative decision-making, creativity, and our people first, while remaining a socially conscious and responsible for-profit business focused on changing how we treat mental health.
In short, we’re just people helping people. Wanna join the herd?