Psychotherapist

Sutter Health • Fremont, CA

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About The Position

The Psychotherapist provides integrative psychotherapy using expressive arts therapy for individuals, children, and families. The role offers comprehensive assessment and counseling support for mental, emotional, social, and behavioral issues arising for patients with chronic or life-threatening illness. It helps patients develop effective coping tools for stress, grief, and loss, and supports healthy behavioral changes. The Psychotherapist works with physicians, other health practitioners, and administrative staff on care coordination and treatment planning, and serves as the principal team resource for mental health matters. The role also collaborates with other psychotherapists to implement and sustain best practices in integrative psychotherapy and guided imagery, while keeping current with research and best practices in behavioral health and integrative medicine.

Requirements

• Master's degree in a mental health discipline.
• California license as an LCSW, LMFT, or psychologist.
• Two years of recent relevant experience.
• Ability to assess patient needs and provide high-quality integrative psychotherapy, guided imagery, and other evidence-based approaches as indicated.
• Knowledge of holistic assessment, care plan development, and outcomes tracking methods.
• Ability to work within the integrative medicine model practiced at the Institute for Health & Healing and in line with current research findings regarding behavioral health in ambulatory care.
• Desire and ability to work as an active member of an interdisciplinary practice team led by physicians.
• Knowledge of current Board of Behavioral Science requirements and ability to adhere to them.

Responsibilities

• Provide integrative psychotherapy using expressive arts therapy for individuals, children, and families.
• Conduct comprehensive integrative assessments and provide counseling support for mental, emotional, social, and behavioral concerns related to chronic or life-threatening illness.
• Help patients learn effective tools for coping with stress, grief, and loss, and support healthy behavioral changes.
• Partner with physicians, other health practitioners, and administrative staff on care coordination and treatment planning.
• Serve as the principal team resource for mental health matters.
• Collaborate with other psychotherapists to implement and sustain best practices in integrative psychotherapy and guided imagery.
• Stay current with research and best practices in behavioral health and integrative medicine.

Benefits

• Eligible positions include a comprehensive benefits package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time