Associate Therapist Position Private Practice

Seeking a motivated Associate Therapist to join our private practice in Ventura, California. This is a part-time, hybrid position providing both in-person sessions at our Ventura office and telehealth sessions.

Responsibilities

• Provide therapy for a minimum of 15 client sessions per week
• Attend weekly supervision
• Maintain a professionally appropriate HIPAA-compliant telehealth setup outside of the main office
• Comply with all BBS requirements for registered associates

Requirements

• Registered Associate Therapist in California (AMFT, ACSW, or APCC)
• Minimum of 450 BBS hours completed and fewer than 1,200 hours
• Willing and available to provide both in-person and virtual therapy
• Able to commute easily to Ventura, CA (93003)
• Flexible scheduling options, including availability after 5 PM and on weekends (Monday through Sunday)

You’re a great fit if…

• You are passionate about psychology, the brain, and change
• You have interests in chronic pain/illness (mind-body perspective), misophonia, complex trauma, or highly sensitive people
• You are eager to be trained in Coherence Therapy and experiential therapy
• You have knowledge of or experience with modalities such as IFS, parts work, somatics, Pain Reprocessing Therapy, EMDR, or Coherence Therapy (not required)
• You are looking to grow in a private practice setting
• You are open to feedback, reliable, enjoy collaboration, and love learning
• You value kindness, integrity, professionalism, and the human experience

This job is not for…

• Therapists looking for part-time work only in the evenings and weekends
• Therapists who do not handle feedback well, prefer only one therapy modality, or only want to do “talk therapy”
• Therapists wanting to “try out” private practice

Pay

• Clinical Rate: $40/hour base pay + bonus pay (total compensation equivalent to approximately 40–45% of the collected session fee). Example: For a $150 session, total compensation would be approximately $60–$67.50.
• Administrative Rate: $22/hour (for supervision, progress notes, training).

Benefits

• Professional development and training opportunities
• Health care stipend available upon maintaining 15 client sessions per week
• Paid sick time
• Free marketing

Our practice provides individual therapy for adults and does not offer couples therapy. As a growing practice, we hope to expand our benefits over time and are in the process of moving to a larger office space and revamping our website and brand. Currently, we are a private pay practice.