Child and Adolescent Therapist

Ellie Mental Health - 205•Latham, NY

2d•$70,000 - $90,000•Hybrid

About The Position

🌿 Ellie Mental Health is growing in the Capital Region! We’re building something special — a welcoming, supportive, and therapist-centered practice that prioritizes your well-being as much as your clients’. Our office is locally owned and operated, and we’re on a mission to make therapy accessible, authentic, and stigma-free. If you’re a compassionate, creative clinician who thrives in a collaborative and values-driven environment, we’d love to meet you. 🌈 Why You’ll Love Working Here At Ellie Mental Health – Latham, we care for our therapists so they can care for their clients. We’ve built a culture that values flexibility, creativity, and balance — because happy therapists make better therapy happen. 💚 About Ellie Mental Health Founded in 2015 by therapists Erin Pash, LMFT and Kyle Keller, LICSW, Ellie began in Minnesota with one simple mission: to fill the gaps in mental health care. Today, Ellie is growing across the country through locally owned practices that share the same passion for authenticity, humor, compassion, creativity, acceptance, and determination. 💬 Not sure you meet every qualification? That’s okay! Research shows that women and people of color often hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. At Ellie, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive team where everyone feels seen and supported. If you’re excited about making a difference in mental health care — apply anyway. You might be exactly who we’re looking for. 💥 Join Us At the end of the day, we’re just people helping people — with a little humor and a lot of heart. If you’re ready to join a team that’s changing how mental health care feels, we’d love to have you. 👉 Apply today and grow with Ellie Mental Health – Latham! Seeking creative & collaborative humans with a passion for changing mental health care in fun and meaningful ways. Don’t meet EVERY requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Ellie Mental Health is devoted to purposefully building an inclusive and diverse workplace where all of our humans can be their authentic selves! (Authenticity is one of our core values, after all…) If you’re excited about the chance to be a change-maker with us, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with every single qualification of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. Our mental health jobs need dedicated individuals from every background who are willing to care for others. And who knows, you might just be the perfect candidate for another role! Employee Experience We take care of our people. It’s that simple. From investing in their financial future, to providing wages that shatter the ceiling in our industry to reasonable caseload expectations we ensure that our people are happy. Happy employees do better work and provide better client care! No matter what it is that you do in your mental health career at Ellie, our clients depend on us cultivating an environment where our employees can thrive so that they can thrive too! Y’all, jobs in mental health are tough jobs with a high risk of emotional fatigue and burnout. At Ellie, we use all of our core values of humor, creativity, authenticity, acceptance, determination, and compassion not just out in our communities, but we turn them inwards too! Our employees have clear growth paths for advancing their careers. We have created a culture that reminds us that our employees are our leaders! Company Structure Ellie is a socially responsible for-profit business, which allows us to be flexible and responsive to our community’s needs. Many mental health and wellness-focused companies are non-profits or government agencies, which rely on the general public, grants, or large donors for funding. This model often results in little creativity and lower compensation for employees, promoting a work culture that just makes people feel “blah.” Feeling blah doesn’t help employees stay motivated, engaged, or even in their jobs for a very long time! So we created a new model: one that puts flexibility, innovative decision-making, creativity, and our people first, while remaining a socially conscious and responsible for-profit business focused on changing how we treat mental health. In short, we’re just people helping people. Wanna join the herd?

Requirements

Master’s degree in a behavioral health field (LMHC, LMFT)
Active clinical license or on the path to licensure (supervision available as capacity allows)
Strong communication and documentation skills
Comfort working with diverse populations
Familiarity with EHR systems (Valant experience a plus!)
A genuine passion for helping people heal and thrive

Responsibilities

Provide individual and/or family therapy using evidence-based and creative interventions
Conduct assessments, create treatment plans, and maintain accurate clinical documentation
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and community partners
Maintain approximately 25 client hours per week for full-time status
Participate in team meetings, trainings, and case consultations
And of course — contribute to the supportive, fun, and inclusive culture that makes Ellie special!