Openings
We are closed to New Employee applicants. Our individual supervisors have space for non-Employment Associate supervision.
MASTERS LEVEL CLINICIAN —Associate License
We are continuously seeking highly skilled clinicians specializing in providing feminist psychotherapy to adult individuals or couples who identify as LGBTQIA, POC, Neurodivergent and/or Disabled. We do rolling interviews and will respond to all candidates.
***QTPOC candidates are encouraged to apply***
Services included as part of this position are the assessment and treatment of clients’ presenting problems. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to, providing clinical consultation within and outside Whole Valley Therapy; participation in team meetings/consultation/supervision, coordination with relevant personnel; linkage with community resources and participation in program development. Must provide services from an intersectional feminist lens and engage in ongoing work to decolonize your practice, both independently and with the team.
Position Requirements
Master’s degree in behavioral science
Current Washington State associate license as Masters level clinician (LMHCA, LMFTA, LSWAIC, etc.)
2 years recent, experience in outpatient mental health, or social work
Work Structure Requirements
Minimum of 18 client sessions/week (part-time). Full-time work is 20 client sessions/week or more (capped at 30, but we would rather you saw no more than 26/week).
Fully in-office, fully remote, or hybrid (office/telehealth) schedule available.
Structured schedule for in-office days; set your own hours for telehealth days (maximum 6 clients/day)
Technology Requirements
Comfort using technology such as laptops, GSuites, and Electronic Health Record systems
If providing telehealth: Reliable internet that can support video sessions or ability to come to office to conduct work
Skill/Experience Requirements
Demonstrated commitment to social justice
Strong commitment and understanding of professional ethics
Training in understanding and treating trauma, especially in marginalized communities
Ability to engage with staff, clients and the community directly, kindly and compassionately
Comfort working in small communities (geographic and identity-based)
Demonstrated experience working with or commitment to LGBTQIA+ community
Preferred:
Identified niche and/or specialized training such as: specialty in working with specific cultural communities (ex: South Asian identified individuals); EMDR; polyam/kink communities; giftedness; Disability, etc.
Benefits
Customized caseload. We want you doing the work that you feel best at and most enjoy. We’re obsessed with finding folks who are a good fit for you and give you lots of autonomy in determining what your caseload looks like.
W2 employee (not a contractor). You get paid for the hours you work
Schedule options. You can set your own hours for telehealth days. For in office days, you can choose between mornings/mid-day and afternoons/evenings. Maximum of 6 clients per day.
Health insurance. We currently offer Kaiser Gold level health insurance (we pay 50% right now).
Dental insurance. We offer fully paid basic dental insurance through Delta Dental.
PTO. You can use your time off for sick time or vacation. If you work full time (20 clients), you’ll earn more than a week of PTO each calendar year.
Additional PTO. For each year of tenure, you’ll earn an additional day off.
Protected unpaid time-off. We expect you’ll work 47 weeks a year. If you want to work more, that’s great—so long as you’re caring for yourself in the ways you need.
3% matching for retirement. All employees may contribute up to 3% of their earned salary to retirement and receive that amount matched by WVT.
Continuing Education Stipend. All full-time clinicians receive $800/year for CEUs.
10 CEUs (in house). Whether you work part-time or full-time, you’ll have access to regular WVT sponsored training opportunities on topics related to our niches. We get our trainings approved for offering CEU credit as often as possible and strive for 10/year!
Electronic health records system that is actually easy to use and makes your life easier (IntakeQ)
Onsite consult groups that reflect your needs: EMDR consult group, BIPOC clinician group, white-affinity group, social work group, etc.
Opportunity to offer pro-bono gender affirming care consults that you get paid for.
The perks of private practice without having to do all the work. We provide: tons of administrative support; professional marketing and established referrals; all initial client screening/scheduling; relevant trainings; complete billing services; mentorship; a newly remodeled office space and waiting room (for whenever we resume in person)
A warm and nurturing team, with staff who are kind, direct, and compassionate.
Income
We are an insurance based practice and our payment model reflects this. At this time, we do not foresee ending our insurance contracts. We used to provide payment that was split 50/50 based on the amount a clinician specifically brought in. This worked well…until we noticed that this created pay disparity among clinicians. We switched to a flat pay rate with annual redistribution. Here’s how it works:
For clinical hours: Associate Clinicians get paid $52.65 per 53 minute session (associates make less to help cover the cost of supervision). These rates reflect what is sustainable for us based on our reduced fee and insurance fees.
Indirect hours: Each clinician also gets awarded 3 indirect hours per week (paid at $20/hour) for every 10 clients that they see. These indirect hours are time to write notes, attend consult groups, receive supervision*, consult with a colleague, coordinate care, etc. If you are conducting 20 sessions, that means you’ll have 6 indirect hours per week awarded to you.
Redistribution: At the end of the year, we take the revenue from private pay clients and redistribute it to clinicians based on the clinical hours they’ve worked, with priority to Fully Licensed Clinicians.
The Math: If you are conducting 20 sessions/week (plus the 6 indirect hours) and working for 48 weeks/year (meaning 4 weeks off unpaid, 1+ week paid), you can expect to earn roughly $56,304 as an associate, plus the possibility of redistribution at the end of the year. You’ll also get the benefits above. You can work more than this to make more money than this, but you don’t have to.
We are always trying to improve benefits and salary. <3 We know you are worth more than this and we also don’t know how to make services accessible to the people we serve and pay you more right now. It’s okay if you want to be in private practice or work for a group practice that doesn’t accept insurance or sees more people private pay. We support you in that and just want to be clear about what we can offer so you can decide if this works for you.
*A few notes on supervision:
All clinicians must attend our monthly consult group. Associate Clinicians must attend supervision weekly (either group or individual).There are lots of opportunities to sharpen your practice and we want you to choose how best to support yourself as a clinician.
We have historically required associate clinicians to have a primary outside supervisor for licensure while Whole Valley Therapy has provided supplemental licensure supervision and employment supervision. This has felt good to us in terms of making sure the power dynamic of employment and licensure supervision are in balance—so that associates have a space to grow and develop that is not tied to their economic livelihood. We know, however, that this placed additional burden on associates of finding an external supervision, paying for it and coordinating it with their existing work schedule. We heard this made our employment opportunities less accessible to associates. We want associates to have quality training experiences outside of community mental health and want licensure to be accessible to all. After much thought, we shifted our model to one where associates receive all licensure and employment supervision through Whole Valley Therapy. We will be continuously evaluating how we can make sure you have spaces to grow safely and to do your deep learning and transforming.
If interested, send your cover letter, resume or CV, and 3 professional references to JoinUs@wholevalleytherapy.com.