Adult Primary Clinical Therapist

Compass Health Center; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401k with company match

PTO and parental leave

CEU/seminars

Job summary

Compass Health Center, launching in Falls Church, Virginia, is seeking an experienced Primary Therapist to join the Mood & Anxiety program for adults 18+ and cross-training within Trauma, OCD/Complex Anxiety, Mental Health and Substance Use.

You’ll conduct individual therapy, collaborate with outpatient teams, and lead patients through their treatment programs as part of an interdisciplinary team with Group, Family Therapists, and Prescribers.

Qualifications

• Psychologist or Master’s level therapist with Virginia license.
• 2+ years clinical work experience post-Master’s.
• Experience with CBT and DBT.
• Experience with patients in crisis, ideally in partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, inpatient, or residential settings.

Responsibilities

• Complete initial intake evaluation to determine diagnosis and program suitability.
• Provide group and individual therapy.
• Provide family therapy as needed.
• Coordinate care with patients’ outside providers to ensure continuity of care.
• Communicate with patients’ homeschool and attend school re-entry meetings.
• Create individualized weekly schedules for each patient.
• Assess patients’ progress and need for higher level of care, transition plan and/or discharge.
• Chart progress of patients appropriately.
• Provide updates to the insurance utilization team.

Skills

CBT

DBT

Crisis intervention

Team collaboration

Job description

Weekly outpatient therapy isn't always enough, and a trip to the ER isn't the only answer. Patients and their families rely on CompassHealth Center whenincrisis – every day, wehelp people overcome depression, anxiety, suicidality, obsessions/compulsions, trauma, chronic pain, and other obstacles in order for our patients to live freely.

About This Role

As the largest provider of PHP/IOP programs and psychiatric services in Illinois, Compass Health Center is one of the fastest-growing behavioral health organizations in the country. We are thrilled to expand our exceptionally innovative and highly distinguished programs that redefine our industry and raise the standard for comprehensive care.

Launching in early 2027, our location in Falls Church, Virginia, will be home to top local talent in behavioral health care. This interdisciplinary team of trailblazers will build our adolescent and adult programs from the ground up alongside the leadership of well-established clinicians and doctors working in PHP/IOP behavioral health care for the past decade.

As a Primary Therapist, you’ll work thoughtfully with our patients to develop and implement their individualized treatment plans. This role will consist of conducting individual therapy meetings, collaborating with patients’ outpatient teams, and leading patients through their overall treatment program. You’ll partner closely with the entirety of our treatment teams, including Group Therapists, Family Therapists, and Prescribers to ensure comprehensive and compassionate care.

This role will work with patients aged 18+ in our Mood & Anxiety Program, while also offering the opportunity to be cross‑trained within our Adult specialty programs and services: Trauma, OCD/Complex Anxiety, Mental Health and Substance Use. The Adult Primary Clinical Therapist is ideal for someone who is eager to collaborate with an array of clinicians and patient populations, while broadening their clinical skillset through ample training and support.

Please note that this role is set to start in mid January and will consist of 5 weeks of training prior to launching for patients, and will be 100% onsite at our Falls Church location.

What You'll Do

• Complete initial intake evaluation to determine diagnosis and appropriateness of program
• Provide group and individual therapy
• Provide family therapy as needed
• Communicate with patients’ family members or support system, on a weekly basis or as needed
• Coordinate care with patients’ outside providers to ensure continuity of care
• Communicate with patients’ homeschool and attend school re‑entry meetings
• Create individualized weekly schedules for each patient based on need
• Assess patients’ progress and need for higher level of care, transition plan and/or discharge
• Chart progress of patients appropriately
• Provide insurance utilization team with updates

Who You Are

• Psychologist or Master’s level therapist with clinical license in Virginia
• 2+ years clinical work experience post-Master’s (strongly preferred)
• Have knowledge and experience utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), as well as other evidenced-based therapies
• Have experience with patients in crisis, ideally prior experience working in partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, inpatient hospital, or residential setting

We are committed to a fair and equitable work environment. The expected compensation range for this role is below. This range includes multiple career path levels across the organization; where you fall in the range is dependent upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, your years of experience, type of experience, location, and education/certifications. Compass reserves the right to update these ranges.

Compensation

$77,000 - $97,800 USD

Who We Are

Compass Health Center is a recognized leader in crisis‑level mental health, bringing passion, connection, and patient‑centered care to the PartialHospitalizationand Intensive Outpatient space (PHP/IOP). Based in Chicagoland, we serve hundreds of patients every day, ranging from ages 5 through adulthood, in our onsite facilities or through our flourishing virtual programming. Compass fills a critical gap between outpatient and inpatient care through an intermediate level of Behavioral Healthcare.

A few more things we want you to know: our values are super important to us, and hopefully will be to you, too. Cultural humility, teamwork, continuous improvement, connection, patient centered care, passion, innovation, and agility should be your power sources. Joining Compass is an opportunity to feel fulfilled through a joint mission towards healing our communities.

We know that you will be dedicated to your purpose here. We look at that investment as a two‑way street. We are proud to offer plenty of space for growth, and opportunities to pursue continuous development within our organization.

For eligible positions, our other benefits include: comprehensive medical/dental/vision plans, 401k program with company matching, generous PTO (including competitive parental leave after 1 year of employment), and continuous training through CEU seminars and volunteering opportunities.

What’s Next?

Compass is committed to cultivating diverse and dynamic teams who exude passion for their craft, so whether or not you check all the boxes, we encourage you to apply – we’d be grateful to hear from you!

Due to ethical, legal, and clinical reasons to protect the confidentiality of our patients and to protect against any potential conflicts of interests, Compass Health Center is only able to hire former patients, or immediate family members of current/former patients under certain conditions. If you are a former Compass patient, we are only able to consider applicants who have received treatment at Compass at least 3 years ago and are applying to a different location from where they received care. Immediate family members of current or former patients may also apply to a different location than where their family member received care, regardless of the amount of time that has passed since their treatment.

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• Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
• Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
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• Cancer (past or present)
• Cardiovascular or heart disease
• Celiac disease
• Cerebral palsy
• Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
• Diabetes
• Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
• Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
• Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
• Intellectual or developmental disability
• Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
• Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
• Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
• Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Neurodivergence, for example, attention‑deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
• Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
• Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
• Short stature (dwarfism)
• Traumatic brain injury