The Bridges Wellness Group is seeking unbiased licensed professional or graduate counselors and social workers to provide counseling and psychotherapeutic interventions.

 

Description

The Bridges Wellness Group is seeking unbiased licensed professional or graduate counselors and social workers to provide counseling and psychotherapeutic interventions. The counselor should schedule intake assessments, gauge clients' treatment needs, and then devise contextually sensitive treatment options. As therapy unfolds, you should review the suggested length and type of interventions to boost clients' prospects of fully recovering.

To ensure success as a clinician, you should be able to take projection in your stride while maintaining honest dialogues with clients. A remarkable licensed professional counselor will be cognizant of societal factors that shape clients' experiences.'

 

Clinician Responsibilities:

 

• Informing prospective clients about pertinent financial and emotional commitments.
• Consulting with new clients to gauge their difficulties and resources.
• Devising tailor-made culturally aware and appropriate treatment regimens and adapting these, as needed.
• Addressing concerns through talk therapy and by modeling adaptive, sustainable behaviors.
• Promoting constructive self-reflection, helpful coping techniques, and nurturing relationships.
• Monitoring perceptions about and adherence to suggested treatment.
• Recording symptomology over time to ascertain the utility of interventions.
• Writing medical and suitable referral notes, as required.
• Staying warm, engaged, and receptive as you work to facilitate healing.
• Maintain a caseload of 15 to 20 patients weekly, and a minimum of 5 patients a day
• Other duties as assigned

 

Clinician Requirements:

 

• Master's degree in a counseling-related stream.
• Proven experience as a therapist.
• Registered and able to practice in Washington, DC, Maryland, and/or Virginia.
• Bi-lingual is desired, but not required for this position.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Committed to delivering culturally congruent treatment.
• Strong, demonstrable community orientation.
• Empathic, sensitive, and driven to foster healing

 

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with the position.

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Internship Opportunities

 

Clinical Internship

Hyattsville, MD · Part time

Internship opportunity for students currently enrolled in an accredited graduate level behavioral health program

Description

Professional counseling students will provide individual and family psychotherapy to adults, adolescents, or children, in the home, community, school, or office, as determined by the needs and/or desires of the client and/or legal guardian for twelve (12) - fifteen (15) clients. Applicants must be willing to commit to 20 hours per week on-site, regardless of graduate school program requirements, and be available for clinical and administrative supervision, meetings, and projects during traditional business hours.

 

This is an UNPAID position

 

Qualifications:

• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited graduate-level behavioral health program
• Must have completed Psychopathology, as well course work related to Clinical Diagnoses and Treatment Planning
• Must obtain and provide proof of student malpractice insurance
• Must commit to a minimum of 2 evenings per week
• Applicants residing outside of the DC Metro area will not be considered.

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