NOTE: If you decline to answer ALL the employer questions connected to this application, you will automatically be removed from the candidate pool.

PatrickLyra (Patrick+Lie-rah) Wilder LMFT (they/them) seeks several skilled postgraduate/pre-licensed Associate Marriage & Family Therapists (already registered with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences) eager to begin building their own thriving teletherapy private practices.

PatrickLyra Wilder, LMFT requires MFT Associates to obtain and maintain a minimum of ten (10) direct service clients each week and attend one weekly, two-hour group supervision Wednesdays 1 PM - 3 PM. Client notes are to be submitted within 24 hours of each appointment, for review by PatrickLyra. If needed, additional individual supervision will be provided.

Applicants are required to:
*Bring at least 3 - 5 existing clients with them into this position/practice (though not required at time of application).

Ideal applicants will:
*Have an independent website already built.
*Have sufficient LGBTQIA+ competency and some experience with LGBTQIA+ patients.
*Have sufficient competency in supporting Black, Indigenous and additional clients of color and some experience with BIPOC clients.
*Maintain consistent curiosity about social systems of oppression that shape our patients’ lives and our own lives as clinicians.
*Be asked to practice regular cultural humility and self-reflection when occupying a dominant group identity (Christian, white, heterosexual, cisgender, etc.).
*Approach patients via an eclectic therapeutic style, including at least one body-based lens (more than just cognitive approaches).
*Have some in-person experience with patients.
*Be eager to network and build new professional connections, in service of increasing and maintaining a consistent client load.
*Be self-starting, insightful, curious, accountable, non-defensive, open to direction, respectful of existing protocols and policies.
*Understand they are operating under another clinician’s license and therefore are not free to act independently in all clinical decision-making.

Associates will advertise individually and direct potential clients to visit their own website (a requirement that Associates create and maintain) - utilizing PatrickLyra Wilder LMFT’s existing intake processes to onboard client matches. Associates must carry their own professional liability insurance and be able to guarantee a private, HIPAA-protected remote workspace. PatrickLyra Wilder LMFT and Associates do not accept insurance; Associates will be trained in issuing Superbills that clients may use in pursuit of insurance reimbursement.

This is an “AT-WILL,” REMOTE/TELETHERAPY ONLY position. Associates will be employed by PatrickLyra Wilder LMFT under a 50% profit-sharing agreement based on client per-clinical-hour-payments received for services rendered. Associates will negotiate session fees with clients on a sliding scale of $85 - $165 (translating to $42.50 - $82.50 Associate take home range). Client payments will be made to PatrickLyra Wilder, LMFT and Associates will be paid via a payroll service on a monthly basis.

PatrickLyra will offer administrative and managerial consultation as well as business coaching to Associates to support them in building an efficient private practice and in finding their unique voice as a therapist approaching licensure. We look forward to hearing from you - and to helping the next generation of inclusive, embodied therapists step into their practice, their power, and their presence!

Additional Requirements:

*Must be familiar with DSM-V as a means of diagnosis.

*Literacy and skill in utilizing Google Drive and Google Suite.

*Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to Associate scope of practice, patient rights and confidentiality.

*A careful, boundaried digital/social media presence that actively guards against dual relationships with patients.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $42.50 - $82.50 per hour

Expected hours: 12 – 15 per week

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• Choose your own hours

Work setting:

• Private practice
• Remote
• Telehealth

Application Question(s):

• What's one therapeutic modality you appreciate utilizing with patients?
• Please attempt to describe the difference between gender identity, sexual orientation, and medically assigned sex at birth?
• Based on your existing knowledge, how might you generally describe "somatic or body-based psychology"?
• What was your most impactful graduate or continuing education course - and when did you take it?
• Specifically how many hours toward your MFT License have you gained thus far?
• Have you had a teletherapy clinical placement before/clinical placement with at least 75% of your caseload via teletherapy?
• Do you have existing private pay clients who could “follow you” into this Associateship? If yes, how many?

Education:

• Master's (Required)

License/Certification:

• MFT Associate Number (registered with the BBS) (Required)

Location:

• San Francisco, CA 94129 (Required)

Work Location: Remote