Job Description

Practice San Francisco , a well-established and growing family-focused therapy and wellness center with locations in San Francisco and Mill Valley, is accepting applications for a pre-licensed associate therapist position (AMFT, ACSW, or APCC) for a September 2024 start. 

We are a collaborative and connected group private practice that offers in-depth training in evidence-based behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, ACT, and mindfulness-based interventions for anxiety, mood, and emotion regulation with children, teens, young adults, and parents. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment and seeks to hire clinicians that represent and reflect our diverse Bay Area community. We warmly welcome applications from clinicians of color, all genders, bilingual/bicultural clinicians, LGBTQ+ clinicians, and neurodivergent clinicians. 

We see children and teens as being part of a family system, with systemic change a necessary component of individual change-- so we integrate parents/families into treatment and partner closely with schools and pediatric providers. Our individual therapeutic services are embedded in a larger matrix of workshops, classes, and events that offer a variety of opportunities for families to build community and access/practice skills related to emotional well-being (and opportunities for associates to build skills around group facilitation and program development!). We also have a thriving business to business program delivering services to local school and corporate partners; associates also may have the opportunity to become involved in these partnerships.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing individual cognitive-behavioral therapy (in-person and by telehealth) with children and/or adolescents with anxiety, mood, or emotion regulation. disorders; expected caseload is 20 or more direct client hours per week (including individual and group), with caseload ramping up over first twelve weeks of the position.
• Integrating parents into treatment via ongoing parent education, troubleshooting, and support
• Co-facilitating one or more groups, classes, or workshops for children/teens/parents based in evidence-based practice (e.g., behavioral parenting for children with ADHD, SPACE intervention for parents of anxious children, social skills programs for elementary school and middle school students, or our Mighty Minds CBT and mindfulness skills groups for children in grades K to 6)
• Maintaining clinical documentation in compliance with California laws
• Participating in weekly 1:1 supervision (2 hours), weekly associate didactic meeting (1 hour) and group consultation (1-2 hours), as well as specific paid external trainings and independent learning.

Completion of registration as an associate with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences is required by official start date; candidates already having completed one year of supervised post-degree experience as an associate are strongly preferred. Previous experience in working with children, tweens, or teens in clinical settings required, and previous exposure to/experience with one or more evidence-based treatment strategies such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), and/or acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) strongly preferred.

This position will be primarily based in our Mill Valley location, with one day per week in our San Francisco (Cow Hollow) location; applicants must have transportation and be able to work out of either location.

This is a full-time position, competitively compensated by salary (range dependent on experience, $52,000 - $66,560, with additional bonuses tied to exceeding base billing expectations), with six weeks paid time off (2 weeks flexible paid vacation, 9 days paid sick leave, and ten paid holidays). Additional benefits include 401k with employer match, and employer-sponsored health insurance, dental insurance, and vision insurance. Qualified candidates will have the opportunity to become full-time members of our clinical team post-licensure, with significant increases in both compensation and autonomy as well as additional opportunities for mentorship and career development. Our ideal candidate is looking to be part of a team long-term.

Interested applicants can send a cover letter, CV, and three professional references to us at hello@practicesanfrancisco.com . Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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