Primary Therapist

What You’ll Be Doing

• Schedule: Full-time, 8am-5pm Monday-Friday.
  • Schedule: Full-time, 8am-5pm Monday-Friday.
• Schedule: Onsite at the Eating Recovery Center/Pathlight Mood and Anxiety child/adolescent facility in Northbrook, IL.
  • Schedule: Onsite at the Eating Recovery Center/Pathlight Mood and Anxiety child/adolescent facility in Northbrook, IL.
• Active IL therapy license required.
  • Active IL therapy license required.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Conducts psychotherapy including individual, group and family therapy.
  • Conducts psychotherapy including individual, group and family therapy.
• For each patient on case load, completes clinical paperwork including:
  • Completion of clinical paperwork including:
  1. Treatment plans
  2. Individual and Family Therapy progress notes and group notes
  3. Wellness plan
  4. Aftercare plan
  5. Discharge summary
• Conducts comprehensive assessments and treatment planning for each patient on case load:
  • Conducts comprehensive assessments and treatment planning for each patient on case load:
  1. Completes biopsychosocial, self-harm and suicide assessments
  2. Creates individualized treatment plan with specific and measurable goals in collaboration with treatment team members
  3. Creates treatment agreements, support plans or behavior plans as needed
• Attends treatment team meetings and treatment team rounds, to coordinate patient’s care with interdisciplinary team.
  • Attends treatment team meetings and treatment team rounds, to coordinate patient’s care with interdisciplinary team.
• May provide training and guidance to less experienced teammates (Primary Therapist I and II).
  • May provide training and guidance to less experienced teammates (Primary Therapist I and II).

Primary Therapist I Must Haves

• Graduate degree in Psychology, Counseling, Social Work or related (required)
• Fully licensed with appropriate state licensing board or in an associate/intern phase of licensure or what is required by the state to practice individual therapy (required)
• Collaborative nature and strong communication within multi-disciplinary team (required)
• Experience with individual and/or family therapy (preferred)
• Ability to move from one task to the next with ease, flexibility (preferred)

Primary Therapist II Must Haves

• Graduate degree in Psychology, Counseling, Social Work or related (required)
• Has obtained and maintains an independent mental health license as required by state to practice individual therapy (required)
• Has carried significant individual and/or family caseload for at least 2 years with documented success in treating patients with common diagnoses and expected comorbidities; demonstrated ability to work independently; developing specialty within line of service and broadening expertise with other populations (required)

Sr. Primary Therapist III Must Haves

• Graduate degree in Psychology, Counseling, Social Work or related (required)
• Has obtained and maintains a full mental health license as required by state (required)
• At least 3 years post licensure experience working with mood, anxiety, ED and/or trauma related disorders; some experience supervising other clinicians; has carried a significant individual and/or family caseload, with success in treating more complex cases (required)
• Experience with individual and/or family therapy (required)

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation
  • Compensation: Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous Paid Time Off
  • Paid Time Off: Generous Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave benefits
  • Parental Leave benefits: Parental Leave benefits
• Roth retirement benefits
  • Roth retirement benefits: Roth retirement benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
  • Tuition reimbursement: Tuition reimbursement