Employment Opportunities

We’re Hiring!

To be considered, please fill out our online questionnaire form here and submit your cover letter, resume/CV, and references to kristin@outsmartingocd.com with the subject line of “OAO Employment.”

 
 

We are hiring for a full time clinical Therapist

Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD, a group private practice in Phoenix, is looking for full time clinical therapists to join our group practice. Our office is located in Paradise Valley with cross streets of “The 51” and Shea Blvd.  

Requirements include: 

  • Candidates must be provisionally or fully licensed in the State of Arizona, preferably with private practice experience. (LSW, LCSW, LAC, LPC). PhD, PsyD, and LMFT candidates must be fully licensed. 

  • Clinicians must be willing to work 20 clinical hours per week or more to meet full time status. Best practice will be to schedule 22-25 clinical hours weekly to account for cancellations and meet the 20 clinical hour requirement. Part time employment is not currently being considered.

  • Background in partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and/or residential programming is a plus. 

  • Therapist must have experience in or be willing to learn complex anxiety and OCD treatment utilizing therapy modalities of Exposure and Response Prevention, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. 

  • Specialty training in another area is a plus (child therapy, experience working with autism, substance use, etc.), as candidates with a speciality can offer subspeciality expertise to their anxiety and OCD clients 

  • They also must be willing to market themselves to grow their referral base and recognition in the community.

  • Candidates must be independent, driven, collaborative, and looking for a positive, supportive, and team-oriented environment. 

  • Candidate will be employee status.

We provide:

  • Steady stream of referrals

  • Competitive compensation

  • Speciality training in anxiety & OCD treatment using ERP, CBT, and ACT 

  • Monthly group case consultation

  • Paid sick time as accrued up to 24 session hours 

  • CEU stipend 

  • Highly supportive team environment

  • Comfortable office space

  • Weekly supervision for provisionally licensed employees 

  • Ongoing open door consultation for all employees 

  • Compensation is percentage based on income received and paid out biweekly

  • Effective HIPAA and ethics training and support 

  • Opportunity to work from home up to 1-2 days per week. Must be approved by the practice owner. 

Application requirements are:

  • Send cover letter & CV/Resume (May upload to application or send to kristin@outsmartingocd.com with a subject line of “OAO Employment”.)

  • Send references (May upload to application or send to kristin@outsmartingocd.com with a subject line of “OAO Employment”.)

  • Complete our online application here

Required education:

  • Master's or Doctorate

Required license or certification:

  • LCSW, LPC, LSW, LAC, LMFT, or Clinical Psychologist. Supervision can be provided by LCSW (the owner) for LSW and LAC. LCSW (the owner) is not able to provide supervision to CADC, LAMFT, or doctoral candidates. Clinical consultation will still be provided for all hired employees regardless of licensure status.

Anxiety & OCD Clinical Therapist Job Description

Position Overview: Our Anxiety & OCD Clinical Therapist will provide outpatient individual therapy for clients of Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD.  Clinical therapy services include speciality treatment for children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. We are currently looking for therapists who have experience in or are willing to learn anxiety and OCD as a speciality using evidence based treatment of Exposure and Response Prevention, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Candidates are encouraged to share their preferred age range and be open to group therapy for anxiety & OCD clients as well. If you want to be part of a growing work family, please apply!

About Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD: Here at Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD, we believe in creating a growing, work-family oriented environment while performing gold standard treatment in all areas related to anxiety and OCD. 

Our mission is to help those we work with to take charge of their lives while anxiety takes a back seat. Our vision is to bring a much needed resource in the anxiety & OCD community to life in Arizona: a group of specialists whose goals are to continuously grow their knowledge and training, creatively find ways to deliver service to the whole person, and launch services beyond the therapy room.

Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD’s Core values:

1. Integrity: We pride ourselves on providing quality, evidenced based treatment, practicing honesty and transparency (for example, wait times, when a presenting problem is outside of our speciality scope), and consistently utilizing resources to remain up-to-date in our care for clients. 

2. Growth: We strive to consistently grow- professionally, clinically and personally. It is important that we engage in self-care, expand our knowledge and skill-set as a clinician and in personal interests, and connect with our most authentic selves. When we are consistent with personal development, we become the best version of ourselves for each other, our clients, our families and ourselves. 

3. Courage: We set an example as we help those to face fears in the pursuit of living a rich, fulfilling and meaningful life. It is important that we practice facing our own fears and challenge ourselves to pursue goals that are aligned with our values. When we practice what we teach our clients, we do better work. 

4. Contribution: We work to contribute and provide value in our community through devoting ourselves to much needed service. We work to contribute to our colleagues, our team, our clients and their families. We seek to work from an abundant (not scarcity) mindset, give our time and knowledge when possible, and support to those who need it. 

We are looking to hire a team of clinicians who value being part of a team and are looking to help bring OAO’s mission, vision, and values to life as we continue to grow. 

Reports to: Kristin Mervich, LCSW, Practice Owner & Director

Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Perform on-site, online and community (as needed) clinical therapy services to clients of Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD as scheduled, and in accordance with company policies. 

  • Regular and reliable attendance and timely arrival to work is required.

  • Be properly licensed and abide by all laws, rules, regulations, and codes of ethics that are binding upon or applicable to the services performed for Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD. 

  • Respond to clients’ requests for service or calls within 24 business hours whether such requests are made in person, by phone, voicemail, secure email etc. or through the Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD website.  Respond to such requests by meeting, evaluating, and providing services to such clients. 

  • Communicate and coordinate care with clients’ treatment/support team (i.e., PCP, psychiatrist, school, family members etc.) as necessary.

  • Timely complete written records for each client including, but not limited to: intake notes, progress notes, treatment plans, termination notes, contract notes, and other forms or documents which may be needed or required from time-to-time by Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD or third parties in conjunction with the treatment of the patient within a timely fashion. Keep client files accurate and up to date.

    Charge and collect payments from clients for services provided consistent with the policy and rate for such services as established by Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD. 

  • Attend mandatory staff meetings and training as directed by Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD. 

  • Conduct and regulate therapy services in a professional manner so as to maintain and increase the goodwill and reputation of Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD. 

  • Be respectful of and cooperative and collaborative with co-workers. Passion for working with others (being collaborative) and helping our team members grow and learn.

  • Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications and Skills:

  • Align with Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD mission, vision, and values.

  • Must be punctual in reporting to work.

  • Master’s Degree or Doctoral Degree in counseling, clinical psychology, marriage and family therapy, or social work; and Active, unrestricted license (PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LSW, LMFT, LPC, or LAC) in the State of Arizona. A copy must be provided to Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD.

  • Available to hold at least 20 clinical sessions per week (at least 1000 clinical sessions per year), provided such sessions are available and referred by Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD. Best practice will be to schedule between 22-25 sessions weekly to account for cancellations.

  • Be organized and detail oriented.

  • Be a team player.

  • Be able to work independently on tasks assigned.

  • Have strong written and verbal communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.

  • Prior experience in a private practice setting highly preferred.

  • Prior experience in Residential, Partial Hospitalization or Intensive Outpatient Programming is preferred. 

  • Have experience in or be willing to learn Anxiety & OCD specialized treatment using Exposure and Response Prevention, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. 

This position is not right for you if you’re:

  • Someone just looking for a job to clock in and out of.

  • Someone who doesn’t feel passion for our mission, vision and values.

  • Someone who is not looking to work with those who have anxiety and OCD. 

  • Someone who is not willing to learn evidence based treatment for anxiety and OCD. 

  • Someone who is resistant to feedback around what it means to provide high quality, evidence based treatment for anxiety and OCD. 

  • Someone who is not a team player or prefers not to work collaboratively.

  • Someone who wants to own their own business in the near future. If that’s you, awesome! But we’re not the place for you. We dedicate a lot of time and training to our team and provide the flexibility, autonomy and space to allow each member of our team to get creative in their role. The ideal person is invested in time and energy in Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD. 

  • Someone who doesn’t like to hop in and help others get their work done - we highly value teamwork.

This position perfect for you if you’re:

  • Aligned with Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD’s mission, vision, and values.

  • Energized by helping others in a team and contributing to the growth of Outsmarting Anxiety & OCD. 

  • Looking to learn or are highly passionate about helping those with anxiety and OCD and doing so with high quality, evidence based treatment. 

  • Creative, engaged in doing good work, and excited by furthering our mission to help the community during a period of self-growth, while anxiety takes a back seat. 

  • Able to take direct and constructive feedback and run with it.

Application instructions:

For consideration, please contact Kristin Mervich directly at 872.333.9282 or email at kristin@outsmartingocd.com with a subject line of “OAO Employment.” Please remember to fill out our online questionnaire form and email a copy of your cover letter, and CV/resume, and references to kristin@outsmartingocd.com.