Primary Therapist- Master Level Psychologist

Modern Recovery Services•TX, TX

12d•Remote

About The Position

The Primary Therapist provides recovery education to clients throughout every phase of the recovery journey, from pre-recovery engagement through recovery initiation, stabilization, and sustained maintenance. The role helps people identify their interests, goals, strengths, and challenges related to recovery and supports them in developing plans to advance their recovery. The therapist promotes self-advocacy by keeping clients’ needs, goals, and objectives central to rehabilitation and clinical services. The role also helps clients transition from professional services to community-based support, connects them with relevant community resources, and encourages participation in activities such as work, school, relationships, physical activity, and hobbies. The therapist partners with others in the agency to build relationships with community groups and agencies, identify barriers to participation, and develop strategies to address them. Services may be provided through teletherapy when appropriate for the client and organization. Teletherapy may include evaluation, assessment, consultation, treatment planning, case management, coaching, individual therapy, couple or family therapy, and group therapy, delivered primarily through interactive audio, video, telephone, or other audio/video communications.

Requirements

Understand and respect each person’s unique path to recovery.
Have working knowledge of the drug and alcohol treatment system.
Demonstrate commitment to the recovery community.
Be comfortable working with adolescent and adult populations.
Be at least 21 years of age, as required for licensing.
Be able to provide a Level 1 fingerprint clearance card.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Psychology from an accredited college or university.

Responsibilities

Provide recovery education throughout all phases of the recovery journey.
Help recovering persons identify their recovery-related interests, goals, strengths, and weaknesses.
Assist and coach recovering persons in developing plans to advance their recovery.
Facilitate transitions from professional services to community-based services.
Promote self-advocacy and ensure clients’ needs, goals, and objectives remain central to rehabilitation and clinical services.
Identify and support connections to community resources, including recovery communities, educational, vocational, social, cultural, and spiritual resources, mutual self-help groups, and professional services.
Encourage participation in community activities, including work, school, relationships, physical activity, and self-directed hobbies.
Develop relationships with community groups and agencies in partnership with others in the agency.
Identify internal and external barriers to participation in community resources and develop strategies to overcome them.
Provide teletherapy when appropriate, including evaluation, assessment, consultation, treatment planning, case management, coaching, and individual, couple/family, or group therapy.