Primary Therapist - Adult ERC

The Primary Therapist conducts individual and group therapy (adults, children and adolescents) on topics such as mood, anxiety, stress and eating disorders; conducts family therapy and/or family education sessions; develops each patient’s individualized treatment plan; and works with interdisciplinary treatment team to implement the plan. 

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Conducts psychotherapy including individual, group and family therapy 
• For each patient on case load, completes clinical paperwork including: 
• Treatment plans 
• Individual and Family Therapy progress notes and group notes 
• Wellness plan 
• Aftercare plan 
• Discharge summary
• Conducts comprehensive assessments and treatment planning for each patient on case load: 
• Completes biopsychosocial, self-harm and suicide assessments 
• Creates individualized treatment plan with specific and measurable goals in collaboration with treatment team members 
• 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 
• 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 w/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) 

Required for all Primary Therapists in Colorado:

• Teammates working in a Colorado Residential Child Care facility (RCCF) in a case management role (Care Coordinators and Primary Therapist) must: 
• Have a master’s degree in social work, psychology, or child development and have a minimum of two (2) years of treatment-oriented or case management experience, or 
• Have a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of three (3) years of experience working with children/youth 
• Teammates working in a Colorado Residential Child Care facility (RCCF) must: 
• be at least twenty-one (21) years of age or 
• be at least eighteen (18) years of age and work directly under the supervision of a teammate over twenty-one (21) years of age 

Colorado pay range 63600 - 104000 USD