Staff Clinician

Anxiety Institute; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Dental insurance

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Anxiety Institute in McLean, VA is seeking a staff clinician to join our outpatient and intensive outpatient programs for adolescents and young adults. The role emphasizes evidence-based CBT/ERP, collaborative care, and growth within a multidisciplinary team.

You will provide evaluations, individual, group, and family therapy, with supervision from the Clinical Director and ongoing training in ERP/ACT modalities. VA licensure or eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• Must hold or be eligible for Virginia licensure (LPC/LSW/LCSW or psychologist).
• Minimum 3 years of individual, group, and family therapy with school/college aged clients and families.
• ERP experience for OCD preferred; ability to collaborate with a psychiatry team.

Responsibilities

• Provide up to 25 hours per week of direct client treatment for anxiety and related disorders.
• Conduct comprehensive diagnostic evaluations and evidence-based treatment for children, adolescents, and young adults.
• Perform family-based interventions with parents/caregivers and support attendance and engagement.
• Collaborate with board-certified child/adolescent psychiatrist on pharmacotherapy cases.
• Contribute to community education and outreach through trainings, conferences, and publications.

Skills

LPC/LSW/LCSW/psychologist

ERP experience (preferred)

Job description

Anxiety Institute is recruiting a staff clinician for our outpatient and intensive outpatient treatment programs in McLean, VA.

Anxiety Institute offers advanced, evidence-based treatment for anxiety and related disorders for children and young adults between the ages of 12-25 years old. Reporting to the Clinical Director, this is an exempt, full-time position.

The clinician will join our multidisciplinary clinical team who value measurement-based care delivered by genuine, compassionate, and empathetic clinicians. We look for personable, collaborative, and dedicated team players who are willing to grow with the company and welcome the challenge of complex cases.

Our Work at Anxiety Institute

Anxiety Institute is an innovative behavioral health company founded to help adolescents and young adults recover from debilitating anxiety, OCD, and associated disorders. The company is advancing a clinical approach that utilizes exposure therapy in an intensive outpatient setting and achieves significant clinical outcomes.

The Anxiety Institute intensive treatment model, comprised of 10 hours of individual care each week, is unique among anxiety treatment centers and is complemented by 10 hours of wellness and group therapy.

Specialized Training

Anxiety Institute trains all of its therapists in a state-of-the-art Exposure and Response Prevention therapy (ERP) model, which utilizes evidence-based cognitive science and learning theory across a 20-hour/week intensive treatment program. In addition to Exposure Response Prevention therapy, all Anxiety Institute therapists are intensively trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Training includes:

• 40+ hour formal training program
• Up to 4 weeks of shadowing treatment prior to taking clinical cases
• Graduated application of ERP in cases, starting with ERP behavioral coaching and graduating to a lead clinician position
• Supervision including 2-3 weekly sessions to collaborate with peers and meet with direct manager
• 10+ hours/year key topic training provided to all clinicians

Anxiety Institute currently has operations in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Virginia.

Our competitive compensation and benefits include health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and dental insurance. To preserve our team’s mental health, we have a policy of “unlimited” paid time off (“PTO”) with approval from an employee’s supervisor (to be managed prudently and professionally) plus company-wide paid vacation during Christmas through New Year’s.

Position Summary

The clinician will be responsible for providing evidence-based treatment to individuals, groups, and families for anxiety and related disorders. This position is responsible for providing up to 5 hours of direct client treatment per day, developing treatment plans, collaborating with peers, and interfacing and coaching families to facilitate recovery for our clients.

The successful candidate will have extensive training in CBT, have an affinity for working with adolescents and young adults, be licensed (or license eligible) in Virginia exhibit a track-record of clinical success, and thrive working with a team of dedicated professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide up to 25 hours a week of direct client treatment for anxiety and related disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and trauma related disorders.
• Provide comprehensive diagnostic evaluations and evidence-based treatment to children, adolescents, and young adults with anxiety disorders, including patients with comorbid mood disorders.
• Conduct family-based interventions with parents/caregivers and implement strategies for fearful and resistant clients and parents related to attendance, commitment, and completion of treatment.
• Collaborate with our board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist on cases requiring pharmacotherapy.
• Provide community education and support marketing/outreach by conducting trainings, attending regional and/or clinical conferences, writing articles for publication, etc.
• Acquire and maintain current clinical knowledge, skills, and standards set forth by the Anxiety & Depression Association of America (ADAA) and the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF).

Qualifications

• Applicants must be an LPC, LSW, LCSW or psychologist.
• Licensed (or license eligible) in the State of Virginia.
• A minimum of 3 years of individual, group and family therapy experience with school/college aged individuals and their parents.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of individuals/groups.
• Flexible thinking with the ability to work with challenging cases in a fast-paced environment.
• Preference will be given to those with experience/proficiency using ERP protocols for OCD, and/or those who have a personal understanding for anxiety disorders and a professional passion for its treatment.
• Affinity to work with school/college aged individuals and their parents.

About Us

Anxiety Institute offers specialized anxiety and OCD treatment using an advanced model of care for adolescents and young adults suffering from moderate to severe anxiety. Offering comprehensive services ranging from our intensive outpatient program to weekly outpatient care, our experienced clinical team tailors their evidence-based therapeutic approaches to each client’s needs. Therapies include exposure-focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), and may integrate dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing and emotion-focused therapy. Located in Greenwich, Connecticut, Madison, New Jersey and McLean Virginia and serving local, national, and international clients and their families.

Learn more about our advanced anxiety treatment for adolescents and young adults anxietyinstitute.com.