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The Primary Therapist will provide services in the child/adolescent OCD IOP (intensive outpatient program) program.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Completed Masters-level degree program in Counseling, Social Work, or the equivalent.
• Two years’ experience providing counseling in a mental health treatment environment.
• Independent clinical licensure (LPC, LCSW, etc.) with certification to provide care in Georgia.
• Experience using exposure and response prevention (ERP) and working with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
• Experience working with adolescents and with acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is highly preferred.

• Provides high quality patient care, displaying good skills in psychiatric counseling.
• Provides diagnostic evaluations and interprets complex psychosocial factors for a variety of psychiatric and addiction patients.
• Assesses the particular needs of psychiatric and addiction patients and their families when appropriate to the patient's treatment.
• Assesses conflicts and problems leading to complaints and symptoms that bring individuals to inpatient/outpatient psychiatric/addiction treatment.
• Provides emergency assessment of potential patients in need of inpatient hospitalization or other appropriate alternatives.

 
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, or related field and LCSW, LMSW, LMFT, LMHC, LPC, or LAPC.
• Completion of an comprehensive internship in a psychiatric setting.
• NCC (National Certified Counselor Certification) is required for candidates who are within 90 days of receiving licensure.
• Licensure must be received within 90 days of employment.
• BLS certification required.
  
  

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Emory Healthcare’s Human Resources at careers@emoryhealthcare.org. Please note that one week's advance notice is preferred.