Remote California Licensed DBT Outpatient Mental Health Therapist

nce a priority. As a Licensed Outpatient Therapist at Ellie Mental Health - Glendale, you will be crucial in providing comprehensive mental health services in a safe and warm environment. You will work collaboratively with clients to assess their mental health needs, develop and implement treatment plans, and provide ongoing support and therapy.

About Ellie

Clinicians founded Ellie on the principle of destigmatizing mental health. The mental health industry is full of barriers, and Ellie has made it their goal to fill the gap and find innovative ways to break down these barriers for our local communities. Just one of the ways we are doing that is by making the clinician's experience a priority - we offer great compensation, benefits, training, flexible scheduling, CEU's, and an inclusive and diverse environment. Additionally, Ellie provides centralized administrative support, technology, referral support, scheduling, client/therapist matching, and more.

Help us address the elephant in the room!
• *Key Responsibilities:**
• Adhere to the comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) treatment model in all clinical work within the DBT Program.
• Provide structured, evidence-based individual DBT therapy to assigned clients.
• Lead or co lead weekly DBT skills training groups
• Provide between session phone coaching in alignment with DBT principles.
• Participate in weekly DBT consultation team meetings to support clinician growth and ongoing model adherence.
• Work effectively with clients presenting with high-risk behaviors, including self harm, suicidal ideation, and severe emotional dysregulation

- Conduct initial assessments/intake interviews to assess clients' mental health diagnoses and needs.

- Develop, implement, and maintain individualized treatment plans based on clinical experience and knowledge.

- Provide individual, family, couples and/or group therapy sessions.

- Utilize various Evidenced Based therapeutic modalities and interventions to help Client reach their therapeutic goals

- Collaborate with a forward-thinking team to provide holistic care

- Complete ongoing documentation and maintain accurate and confidential client records.

- Participate in ongoing professional development and training.

- Adhere to professional standards and ethical guidelines.

- Attend weekly staff meetings and weekly 1:1s
• *Qualifications:**

- Licensed to practice in CA - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Clinical Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), or equivalent.
- DBT certification or formal DBT training, or be able to start DBT training immediately upon hire.

- Being credentialed with insurance payors is a plus but not required.
- Being able to bring clients with you is a big plus, but not required.
- Master's degree in Psychology, Counseling, Social Work, or related field.

- Proven experience in mental health counseling or therapy completing treatment plans, diagnosing, and maintaining ongoing documentation

- Appropriate boundaries with clients and colleagues and strong interpersonal and communication skills.

- High cultural competence and ability to work with diverse client populations.

- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.

- Proficient in the use of Office 365 and EHR systems (Valant) is a plus
• *Benefits:**

The following package is based on working full-time (25 clients per week - see notes below):
• Base yearly salary range: $85,000.00 - $110,000 (depending on qualifications and total client caseload)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• 401(k)
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Access to accredited Ellie Mental Health CEUs

Notes about the Compensation Package:
• Seeing 25 clients per week or more is considered "full-time".
• Benefits & 401(k) are only available to full-time therapists.

As a salaried employee, the expectation is a 40-hour work week with a minimum of 25 hours dedicated to face-to-face client work and 15 hours dedicated to areas including, but not limited to client care, maintaining charts, meetings, outreach, social media, presentations, and training. To be considered for the higher end of the salary range, the applicant needs to demonstrate the ability to supervise as per the BBS requirements (https://www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/supervisor.html) and/or transition clients from their current practice to Ellie Mental Health to help build their own caseload.

As a startup company, client outreach is an important component of the position, helping to build caseloads and brand awareness. Please be prepared to discuss this in the interview as well.

This is a remote position.

Compensation: $85,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Seeking creative & collaborative humans with a passion for changing mental health care in fun and meaningful ways
Don't meet EVERY requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Ellie Mental Health is devoted to purposefully building an inclusive and diverse workplace where all of our humans can be their authentic selves! (Authenticity is one of our core values, after all...) If you're excited about the chance to be a change-maker with us, but your past experience doesn't perfectly align with every single qualification of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. Our mental health jobs need dedicated individuals from every background who are willing to care for others. And who knows, you might just be the perfect candidate for another role!
Employee Experience

We take care of our people. It's that simple. From investing in their financial future, to providing wages that shatter the ceiling in our industry to reasonable caseload expectations we ensure that our people are happy. Happy employees do better work and provide better client care! No matter what it is that you do in your mental health career at Ellie, our clients depend on us cultivating an environment where our employees can thrive so that they can thrive too!

Y'all, jobs in mental health are tough jobs with a high risk of emotional fatigue and burnout. At Ellie, we use all of our core values of humor, creativity, authenticity, acceptance, determination, and compassion not just out in our communities, but we turn them inwards too! Our employees have clear growth paths for advancing their careers.

We have created a culture that reminds us that our employees are our leaders!
Company Structure

Ellie is a socially responsible for-profit business, which allows us to be flexible and responsive to our community's needs. Many mental health and wellness-focused companies are non-profits or government agencies, which rely on the general public, grants, or large donors for funding. This model often results in little creativity and lower compensation for employees, promoting a work culture that just makes people feel "blah."

Feeling blah doesn't help employees stay motivated, engaged, or even in their jobs for a very long time! So we created a new model: one that puts flexibility, innovative decision-making, creativity, and our people first, while remaining a socially conscious and responsible for-profit business focused on changing how we treat mental health.

In short, we're just people helping people. Wanna join the herd?