(Remote) DBT Group Therapy Specialist - LCSW/LMHC - New York Licensed

About the role

Rivia Mind is a psychiatrist-owned mental health practice serving individuals across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, and Massachusetts through virtual and hybrid appointments. We provide compassionate, science-based care with a whole-person lens, emphasizing warm, respectful, and clinically-integrity driven treatment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a clinical resource for DBT-informed treatment approaches and specialty patient populations.
• Provide informal consultation to clinicians regarding case conceptualization, treatment planning, and DBT interventions.
• Support consistency and quality across DBT-informed clinical services.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to strengthen specialty patient care and service delivery.
• Maintain current knowledge of evidence-based DBT practices through ongoing continuing education.
• Partner with clinical leadership to support specialty initiatives while recognizing that this designation does not include formal supervisory responsibilities.
• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based psychotherapy that reflects Rivia Mind's culture, values, and standards of care.
• Conduct comprehensive intake assessments, establish appropriate diagnoses, and develop individualized treatment plans.
• Build strong therapeutic relationships that promote patient engagement, trust, and treatment progress.
• Consider biological, psychological, environmental, and interpersonal factors in delivering whole-person care.
• Reassess patient needs over time and adjust diagnoses, treatment plans, and interventions as clinically appropriate.
• Provide psychotherapy using evidence-based modalities, including DBT, CBT, Motivational Interviewing (MI), and other appropriate approaches.
• Coordinate care with internal and external providers to support continuity of treatment.
• Maintain ethical, professional, and confidential standards in accordance with applicable clinical, legal, and regulatory requirements.
• Utilize clinical dashboards and available data to monitor documentation, productivity, patient engagement, scheduling, and retention.
• Partnership with operational teams to support patient follow-up, continuity of care, and overall patient experience.
• Complete timely, accurate, and thorough clinical documentation in accordance with organizational and regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary case discussions and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Active New York State License (LCSW/LMHC)
• Certifications in DBT modalities required
• Master's in Social Work or a Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling, Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, or a related graduate degree
• At least 5+ years of experience providing psychotherapy to diverse patient populations
• At least 3+ years of combined training and actively practicing DBT psychotherapy in more than half of your sessions
• At least 1+ year of experience facilitating psychotherapy group therapy for adult patients is required
• Experience leading DBT skills groups for fellow clinicians or other evidence-based psychotherapy groups is preferred

Skills & Attributes

• Ability to effectively manage a consistent clinical caseload in a telehealth environment
• Commitment to ongoing learning, clinical consultation, and professional development
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams
• Proficient with utilizing diverse technology platforms and systems (Google Suite, company-wide platforms/software and EHR platforms when applicable)
• Intermediate computer skills and technical aptitude required

Pay

The pay range for this role is $75,000 - $90,000, with a base salary based on compensable factors. Clinicians are eligible for quarterly bonuses of up to $1,000 (up to $4,000 annually), awarded based on defined metrics related to clinical excellence and care model performance.

Schedule

We collaborate with each provider to determine a mutually beneficial and sustainable schedule. Our focus is to develop a supportive schedule that meets both the needs of our patients and the providers' preferences. Your schedule will be determined with you before starting the role. Our operating hours are M-F: 8 am to 6 pm, but we do allow a schedule to have a start as early as 7 am, and end as late as 9 pm M-F, and between 9 am - 5 pm Saturday. All Eastern Time Zone. Include at least four(4)+ hours within your schedule, which should be after 5 pm on a weekday or have hours on the weekend. On-call is not required, but checking and responding to time-sensitive emails on unscheduled days is required unless on PTO. Having a consistent weekly schedule is necessary, but start and end times per day can be different each day of the week, as a set recurring schedule.