Staff Therapist

Fig Tree Counseling is looking for a full-time psychotherapist (LCSW, LCPC, LMFT, PhD/PsyD, LPC, LSW MFT) to join our group private practice. At least one year post-graduate clinical experience is required. If hired, you will be able to work with a diverse clientele including queer folks, people of color, immigrants from Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe, asylum seekers, and survivors of intimate partner violence .

In addition to providing therapy, we conduct psychosocial evaluations which are used to help immigration courts determine whether an individual will be able to remain lawfully in the United States.

Required Qualifications:

• Licensed LCSW, LCPC, LMFT, PhD/PsyD, and Provisional license (LPC, LSW, etc)   in Illinois.
• At least one year post-graduate experience is required.
• Training and work experience with immigrants, POC, and queer communities.
• Open to providing inclusive and affirming care to all clients: including those who identify as LGBTQIA+, are immigrants, both documented and undocumented, practice kink/BDSM, engage in non-monogamy (such as open relationships and polyamory), work in the sex industry, embrace sex-positivity.
• Committed to anti-racism, social justice and decolonizing mental health.
• Excellent writing skills, including comfort with writing detailed psychosocial assessments that would be used in immigration court;
• Ability to work autonomously, use resources and find information, with adequate administrative and technology skills.
• Timely documentation, ability to write reports, create notes and treatment plans independently and within a short time-frame;
• Patience and willingness to actively grow their practice.
• Organized, team-oriented, professional, timely and responsible.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working efficiency in one or multiple languages besides English;
• Multiculturally adept;

 

Responsibilities:

• Willing to work 12 hours weeknight and weekend per week. (weeknights are identified as 5-8pm and weekend is considered a total of 6 hours on Saturday or Sunday).  
• Provide individuals and relationship (couples) counseling
• Complete at least 1 psychosocial evaluations  for immigration cases per week within the expected timeframe. Being able to accommodate expedited evaluations when needed.
• Maintain at least 25 billable hours per week, which would be an equivalent of a weekly caseload of 13 therapy sessions in addition to 2 psychosocial assessments; or 19 therapy sessions in addition to 1 psychosocial assessment. (a psychosocial evaluation equals 6 billable hours, which includes 2 one-hour interviews and 4 hours of report writing, an expedited evaluation equals )
• Attend various networking/marketing/training events to increase professional network and skills.

Benefits:

• Competitive pay
• Medical insurance through BCBS PPO Platinum Plan $250 deductible (best plan on market )
• Dental and vision insurance through Delta
• Paid Onboarding
• Option of choosing from Hybrid telehealth and 100% remote opportunity
• Marketing and referrals
• Supervision and clinical consultation for clinical growth
• Freedom to develop your own programs and projects with additional compensation
• W2 position

How To Apply:

Please send resume, cover letter and three references to [email protected] and [email protected]. The subject line should be “Staff Therapist Application: (Your Name)”. Applications will not be accepted without this subject line. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

References (name, pronouns, relationship to you, contact information) should include at least one previous clinical supervisor.

Please include the following points in your cover letter:

• How do your identities influence your clinical work?
• What is your training and experience working with POC communities, immigrants, queer, especially trans, and non-binary folks?
• What is important to consider while working with migrant and immigrant clients?
• What is your clinical background, training, and/or theoretical orientation?
• Why do you feel you are a good fit for this position?

Learn more about our mission figtreechi.com

Fig Tree Counseling is committed to honoring diversity on our team, in our clientele and within our community. We especially invite gender & sexually diverse, POC and immigrant candidates to apply.

Fig Tree Counseling Values

Social Justice and Anti-Oppression

• We believe in the abolition of all borders, prisons, binaries, and supremacisms.

• We prioritize understanding our own experiences from the lens of structural oppression, and we understand that societal, political, and other institutional forces can influence mental health.

• Fig Tree provides services that have an intentional anti-oppression lens, and we transform the typical therapeutic space that only functionally meets our clients’ basic needs into an empowering environment that cultivates community.

Diversity and Multiculturalism

• Fig Tree values therapists’ marginalized identities. We believe it is important for therapists to relate to a client’s experience of “not belonging” on a personal level.

• Our therapists are diverse in race, ethnicity, economic class, gender identity /expression, immigration status, (dis)ability, and religion. We need therapists of diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and specialties to better serve the unique experiences of our clients.

• Fig Tree promotes the foundation of diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of our culture and practice.

Consistency and Investment in Quality

• While therapy doesn’t have to be long-term, Fig Tree is committed to be a safe place where clients can heal by providing consistently excellent quality of care.

• Fig Tree hires and values administrative and billing staff who are the know-hows in the mental health field.

• We invest in our team members by providing fair compensation, clinical supervision, health insurance, billing and scheduling support, and other supports.

Compassion and Consent

• Fig Tree Counseling began with the simplest of premises: people are good. We do the best we can under the conditions we are given. We practice radical compassion with our clients and within our team.

• We believe consent is an ongoing process. Fig Tree provides collaborative and consensual care work that recognizes the relationship between mental health and social oppression.