Mental Health Therapist LMFT, LCSW, PsyD

Roots Through Recovery

Mental Health Therapist LMFT, LCSW, PsyD

Long Beach, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Benefits/Perks

    Careers Advancement Opportunities

    Professional Development

    Competitive Compensation

    Supervision for associates offered at an additional cost

    Background Roots Through Recovery is a trauma-focused outpatient treatment center for adults and adolescents in Long Beach, CA. We have proudly served the Long Beach community since 2016.

    We offer dedicated morning and afternoon tracks for primary mental health, primary substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders, provided by an experienced and compassionate clinical team of physicians, clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, drug and alcohol counselors and integrated wellness practitioners.

    Our program integrates EMDR, mindfulness, and other cognitive, process, experiential, and expressive therapies, to address the mind, body and spirit. The goal of this approach is to address unresolved trauma, expose our clients to a variety of tools, and help them to develop the skills needed to live a healthy, productive and fulfilling life in recovery. Roots also provides all of our clients with weekly case management, weekly family therapy, as well as monthly family intensive weekends.

    Job Summary Roots Through Recovery is seeking a full-time, licensed mental health therapist (LMFT, LCSW or PsyD) with experience in substance use, mental health and trauma for our outpatient program in Long Beach, CA.

    In this role, you will diagnose and treat mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders, address trauma, teach communication and healthy coping skills, assist patients in addressing maladaptive behaviors, and guide them through crises as you develop their resilience. If you are an experienced therapist passionate about providing high-quality care and mental health solutions, we want to hear from you! Roots Through Recovery provides professional development for our clinicians to help them grow in their role, and provide trauma-specific modalities like EMDR, DBT and CBT.

    Responsibilities

    Establish open lines of communication for individuals with co-occurring mental health and/or substance use disorders

    Provide individual therapy and family therapy for individuals and/or their family members

    Provide trauma-focused therapy for individuals with co-occurring disorders

    Use evidence-based treatment methods to facilitate group and individual treatments

    Facilitate clinically-oriented group therapy for individuals with co-occurring disorders

    Develop, implement and review treatment plans

    Collaborate with additional treatment providers and resource agencies

    Maintain detailed and accurate documentation of patient information and treatment plan

    Ensure all documentation is completed in a timely manner

    Collaborate with team members and clinical director to provide quality care for individuals

    Adhere to all facility and licensing standards

    Qualifications

    Master's degree or higher in counseling, social work, or similar field

    Current and unrestricted marriage and family therapy (LMFT), clinical social work license (LCSW) or clinical psychology (PsyD) in CALIFORNIA

    Previous experience as a mental health therapist

    Experience with PTSD and complex trauma preferred

    Previous experience working with active duty military and veteran populations a plus

    Training in EMDR preferred -- training will be provided if not

    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

    Highly organized

    Self-starter

    Bi-lingual in Spanish a plus