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Mental Health Therapist - Telehealth
Remote, US
Overview
We share in your mission to facilitate hope, growth, and resilience in people's lives through life-changing, easily accessible mental health care. When you join Lyra, you maintain your clinical autonomy and expertise, while being backed by our network of support. Our technology platform makes it easy to deliver high-quality care and get the support you need to care for clients. You create your schedule and we prioritize your career balance with a manageable caseload. You spend approximately 60-65 percent of your week in client care, with the remainder carved out for clinical documentation, administrative work, and time to think, because thinking is a vital part of the job, and you should be paid for it.
Success profile
Curious what contributes to a successful Mental Health Therapist - Telehealth career at Lyra? The following traits may provide some helpful insight.
- Collaborative
- Curious
- Flexible
- Organized
- Results-driven
- Tech savvy
Culture
As a mission-led, client-focused organization, it’s our mental health providers—and the support we provide to help them do their best work—that truly sets us apart. Joining Lyra offers you flexibility to practice when and where it’s best for you, in a highly supportive and collaborative environment.
“I feel extremely lucky to be a Lyrian. I have worked for non-profit community based agencies for my entire professional career, and have never been awarded the support, tools, opportunities to learn and the financial compensation that Lyra offers. I love everything about working for Lyra! I’m just very grateful to be part of this amazing effort to get people easy access to mental health support.”
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Benefits & perks
We manage the business operations so you can focus on providing high-quality mental health care. Here are just some of our perks and benefits:
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Financial rewards
Competitive compensation for your session work and administrative work, 401K, equity in the company through discretionary restricted stock units
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Health benefits
Comprehensive health care coverage (including medical, dental, and vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability insurance)
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Lyra for Lyrians
Full access to Lyra’s mental health services for employees and their eligible dependents—at no charge
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Time off with pay
Competitive time off with pay policies, including 4 weeks vacation, sick days, and company holidays
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Career support
Flexible scheduling to set your own availability for full-time hours per week, and free live and recorded webinars with CE approval from APA, ASWB, and NBCC
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Tech stipend
A new Chromebook, dedicated business support from Operations, HR, and IT professionals, and a monthly technology stipend
Job description
Requirements:
- Master’s degree from a clinical track (e.g., MSW, MFT, MC, MMHC)
- Unrestricted LCSW, LMFT, LPC, PsyD, PhD, or equivalent license (i.e., able to work independently, without supervision from a licensed supervisor) without current, past, or pending disciplinary action
- Experience and commitment to providing evidence-based treatments (e.g., ACT, CBT, CPT, DBT) and clinical best practices (e.g., measurement based care, promoting skills practice)
- Experience managing risk and responding to clinical crises, as needed
- Experience providing video therapy
- Experience maintaining a full clinical caseload of adult and/or adolescent clients/week
- Ability to work full-time, approximately 40 hours per week
- Full-time resident of the United States
- California licensed providers: Diversify your Lyra Care Therapist role with Lyra's Renew Program where you'll reserve a small portion of your total cases for Lyra Renew clients. You must have prior addiction treatment experience in settings such as Intensive Outpatient or Residential Rehabilitation. In addition to the core Lyra Care Therapist role working with diverse mental health presentations (80% of caseload), we are looking for therapists with prior addiction treatment experience to work in our interdisciplinary team providing specialized substance use support (20% of caseload). If you’re interested in learning more about this opportunity and applying, click here.
As a full-time Licensed Mental Health Therapist, you will be employed by Lyra Clinical Associates P.C. We manage the business operations so you can focus on providing high-quality mental health care. Here are just some of our perks and benefits:
- Competitive compensation for your session work and administrative work
- Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability insurance)
- Access to Lyra for Lyrians; coaching and therapy services for you and your dependents
- Flexible scheduling to set your own availability for full-time hours/week
- Competitive time off with pay policies, including 4 weeks vacation, sick days, and company holidays
- Paid Parental Bonding Leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
- 401k and retirement benefits
- Equity in the company through discretionary restricted stock units
- Employee well-being program with additional perks like: fertility and family building, maternity program, employer discount marketplace, pet insurance, and financial planning tools
- Free live and recorded webinars with CE approval from APA, ASWB, and NBCC
- Malpractice liability insurance policy
- Licensure renewal reimbursement—up to 5 state licenses
- Opportunity for cross-licensure sponsorship and support, if eligible
- A caseload of motivated clients from diverse industries and backgrounds matched with your expertise using specific search features in the care platform
- A new Chromebook, dedicated business support from Operations, HR, and IT professionals, and a monthly technology stipend
- We like to spread joy throughout the year with well-being perks and activities, surprise swag, regular community celebration…and more!