Aftercare, Behavioral Health, Clinical Practices/Protocols, Clinical Research, Interviewing Skills, Medical Diagnosis, Neuroscience, Outpatient Care, Patient Assessment, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Publications, Research Administration, Research Protocols, Research Skills, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player
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Psychotherapist (Semel Institute)
General Information
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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Flexible Hybrid
Work Schedule
hybrid schedule, Monday-Friday, 8am-6pm
Posted Date
07/08/2026
Salary Range: $58.41 - 77.07 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
31644
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
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The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is seeking to hire a full-time Behavioral Health Professional to join the Aftercare Research Program. The Aftercare Research Program is an outpatient research clinic that provides assessment and treatment and conducts research with people who have recently experienced an initial psychotic episode. Primary duties include:
- Providing cognitive behavioral, supportive, individual, and group interventions
- Planning, developing, and implementing treatment and psychoeducational groups for patients and family members
- Scheduling and monitoring patient appointments for research and clinical activities
- Administer clinical research measures of patient symptomatology and functioning
- Assisting in clinically supervising psychology interns and practicum students through clinical group supervision
- Assisting patients with job/school application processes
- Interviewing patient and family members to determine eligibility for program
- Evaluating diagnostic criteria to determine patient's diagnosis
Salary range: $50.21- $77.07/hr
Job Qualifications
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- Advanced Degree (PhD, MSW, MFT)
- Current Valid CA License or license eligible
- Knowledge of interview techniques for psychiatric symptoms
- Ability to utilize measures such as Brief Psychiatric Rating Scales, Schedule for the Assessment Negative Symptoms, Schedule for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms, and Global Functioning Scale
- Familiarity with clinical research protocols and ability to implement
- Experience with group and individual supportive, cognitive behavioral and other therapies applicable to patients with severe mental disorders
- Knowledge of community resources
- Skill in making presentations to peers, professional groups, agencies, etc.
- Skill in helping to write manuscripts to be submitted for publication
- Skill in scheduling and monitoring patient appointments
- Ability to work flexible work schedule to meet department and patient needs
- Skill in establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships in interdisciplinary team
As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
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