Job Description
Psychotherapist Salary Range: $72,260 - $76,250 per year The Behavioral Health Psychotherapist delivers compassionate, evidence-based individual, family, and group therapy to a diverse caseload, supporting clients in achieving meaningful mental health and wellness goals. Responsibilities: Approach colleagues and all job-related activities from a perspective that recognizes and honors diversity, equity, and inclusion. Conduct timely, competent and efficient diagnostic assessments with the client and his/her family to include family and developmental history, socio-economic assessment, substance abuse evaluation, and medical/psychiatric history. Additional assessment tools, such as the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths Assessment (CANS) or the National Outcomes Measures (NOMS), will be utilized as dictated by the client's needs or requirements of their individual health insurance & by agency policy. Collect information relevant to the client's life functioning through contact with the school, previous treatment providers, social service agencies, or other relevant collaterals. Evaluate each case in terms of whether additional referrals either within the practice or to outside practitioners for additional services are necessary. With family consent the psychotherapist shall assist in making these referrals. Involve all relevant individuals when developing the treatment plan and shall base such a plan on principles that strengthen success including: comprehensive and tailored to the client's individual needs; involvement of the family in all aspects of the planning and delivery of services; responsive to cultural, racial, and ethnic differences; and integrating whenever possible the full spectrum of service needs. Provide regular individual, family and/or group therapy to clients based on a clearly defined, collaborative treatment plan and conducted bas