NY Licensed DBT Therapist for Adults - DBT Master’s or Doctoral - Telehealth - Full-Time

The role

You will provide individual DBT therapy, multifamily skills groups, and parenting and family sessions for adolescents and their parents, plus individual DBT and DBT skills groups for adult clients. You will also assign DBT-relevant digital lessons, videos, and assessments between sessions. You will work within a weekly consultation team.

What you will do

• Provide individual DBT therapy.
• Facilitate multifamily skills groups for adolescents and parents.
• Provide parenting and family sessions for adolescents and their parents.
• Provide individual DBT and DBT skills groups for adult clients as needed.
• Assign DBT-relevant digital lessons, videos, and assessments between sessions.
• Attend weekly consultation team meetings.
• Attend one-on-one consultation meetings with an expert DBT team lead.
• Co-lead DBT skills groups with other DBT providers.
• Attend trainings to enhance clinical skills.

Required qualifications

• Unrestricted, active New York license, able to work independently without supervision, with no current or pending disciplinary action.
• Any New York LMFT or LCSW license must have diagnostic privilege.
• Formal didactic training in DBT, such as in-house training with consultation team, tape review, 1:1 supervision, Behavioral Tech, DBT Foundational Training, or DBT Intensive Training.
• One year minimum experience providing comprehensive DBT, including individual DBT through Stage 1, facilitating skills groups using Linehan materials, participating on a consultation team, and skills
• Experience, comfort, and passion working with clients who have high risk behaviors, including suicidal ideation and self-injury.
• Willingness to obtain cross-licensing in additional states as needed.
• Computer and live video tool literacy, such as Zoom, Google Meets, DoxyMe, or Skype.

Nice to have

• DBT-LBC certification.
• Experience providing telehealth therapy services in a virtual environment.

Before you apply

• A New York license is required, and any LMFT or LCSW license must have diagnostic privilege.
• Willingness to obtain cross-licensing in additional states may be needed.

About the company

Lyra Clinical Associates partners with Lyra Health, a provider of evidence-based mental health care. You will be employed by Lyra Clinical Associates.