Clinical Therapist for Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA, United States
Full-time
We are looking for a skilled psychotherapist, with experience and passion for severe mental illness, to become part of the EPIC-NOLA team as EPIC develops a hub-and-spoke model for coordinated specialty care services across the state of Louisiana.
This therapist will provide behavioral health assessments, therapeutic services, crisis intervention, and / or other identified clinical services appropriate to stabilize and improve functioning of clients experiencing their first-episode of psychosis via telehealth for a new spoke first-episode psychosis clinic.
Knowledge of the fundamentals of first-episode psychosis interventions
- Ability to provide telehealth services to individuals and to groups
- Ability to clinical services including behavioral health assessments, individual, family, and group therapy sessions
- Ability to conduct psycho-educational groups for clients or family members as deemed appropriate, as well as learn different group therapy modalities when appropriate
- Ability to provide of crisis intervention services to the client and / or family
- Ability to provision of consultation and support to service providers (i.e. school staff, case managers, etc.)
- Ability to develop individual educational / employment goals, defining steps and timelines towards reaching those goals
- Ability to provide outreach to hospital emergency departments, psychiatric hospitals, developmental disabilities service providers, PCPs, behavioral health service providers, and Mobile Crisis service providers to inform them of FEP services
- Case Management services as required to link clients to needed services beyond those offered by the agency
- Master's Degree in either counseling or social work
- 2 years of clinical experience beyond graduate school
- Licensed in the State of Louisianan with an LCSW or LPC
- Experience in the mental health evaluation of adolescents and young adults
- Experience with psychotic disorders
- Interest in research
- Training in multiple areas of psychotherapy including but not limited to cognitive behavior therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, supportive therapy
4 days ago