Benefits:- Flexible schedule
- Competitive salary
- Paid time off
The Marriage and Family Therapist will be required to provide, evaluate, and develop individualized plans for individuals, families, and teenagers. Provide a variety of interventions that will focus on problem-solving, cognitive behavior modification, brief psychodynamic therapy, coping skills, substance abuse treatment, and other evidence-based practice techniques.
The Marriage and Family Therapist will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, physician assistants, marriage-family therapists, licensed clinical social workers, and medical support staff.
Responsibilities:
- Counsel patients on concerns such as unsatisfactory relationships, previous trauma, divorce and separation, home management, and financial difficulties.
- Develop and implement individualized treatment plans.
- Encourage patients to develop and use skills and strategies for confronting their problems in a constructive manner.
- Timely and appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment intervention.
- Appropriate selection of treatment modality to patient’s presenting problem.
- Collection of information using testing, interviewing, discussion, and observation.
- Demonstrates expertise in a variety of treatment methodologies.
- Proper use of counseling techniques, interpersonal communication, interview techniques, and conflict resolution.
- Provides appropriate and timely documentation of clinical encounters.
- Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patient's clinical care and license.
- Renders appropriate guidance & therapy.
- Complies with organizational, departmental, state/federal guidelines & all regulatory agency policies and procedures.
Skills and Abilities:
- Direct experience with cognitive behavioral therapy, family therapy, child therapy, group therapy, and behavior modification.
- Great teamwork skills.
- Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work well with others.
- Must be attentive and tactful.
- Ability to utilize/access computer an electronic medical records (EMR) system (DrChrono) to document patient charts.
Minimum Qualifications: Experience Minimum of Two (2) years of post-graduate experience in a behavioral health setting is required.
Education
Master's degree from an accredited program.
License, Certification, Registration
All applicants must have a valid and current CA MFT/LCSW license required.
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
This is a remote position.