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Clinical Psychologist, LCSW, LCPC

Currently Accepting Applications

As a growing group psychotherapy practice for women, we are looking for psychotherapists to join our team and diversify & expand services for our clients. This is a great opportunity for someone who loves seeing psychotherapy clients full-time and wants to deepen their capacities as a healer. We are seeking candidates who are licensed or pre-licensed psychologists, or who have a full LCSW or LCPC license to practice in Illinois.

See if you resonate with any of our current plans for expansion:

• We’re growing our couples therapy presence with Imago Relationship Therapy. We plan to have another in-house Imago Therapist training starting in early 2024 for any therapists on our team who would like to be trained in Imago.

• Somatic therapy of all kinds is popular! If you are someone who is interested in Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi Mindful Somatic Therapy, Yoga Therapy, Brainspotting, and more, we’d like to bring more of these modalities to our clients.

• We’d love to have a therapist on board who incorporates David Elliott-style breathwork into their sessions. As such, we’d be supportive of a new hire being trained in this modality.

• Art therapy is in demand. We’d like to expand our art therapy services.

• Therapy for new moms is one of our specialties. If you are someone who has a Certification in Perinatal Mental Health or would like to pursue this, consider joining us.

• Bring us a new idea! We are happy to learn about how your clinical passion might benefit our clients.

Currently, we are hiring full-time (25+ client hours/week) for hybrid positions that include 2-3 days of seeing clients in person at one of our offices (Lakeview, Andersonville, or Downtown). The rest of the week/your clients can be seen virtually from your home. If you prefer to be in the office for more days, we can also arrange that.

We are seeking clinicians who are excited to be a part of our broader mission for the longer term and want to match the investment that Balanced Awakening makes in our clinicians to provide top-notch therapy and healing services.

Benefits Include:

• Competitive pay, with no upper limit (no max clients you can see), based on revenue generated

• Minimum guaranteed pay for the first 3 months as you are building your caseload

• BCBS PPO health insurance with practice contribution

• 401k with an automatic (nonelective) contribution made on your behalf

• Life, long-term, and short-term disability insurance

• Dental and vision plan options

• Training stipend + in-house training opportunities

• Team events, group client consultation, and exposure to new healing modalities

Responsibilities

• Maintain a caseload of your ideal psychotherapy clients (25+ per week as full-time with benefits).

• Complete notes in our EHR for each client session.

• Manage your email so that emails are attended to within 48 of your working hours.

• Participate in an hourly quarterly (4x's year) team meeting and enjoy lunch with the team.

• Maintain your license by completing necessary CEUs, engaging in ethical behavior, etc.

• Otherwise, be who you’d like to be as a therapist and member of our team!

Qualifications

• Licensed Psychologist/LCPC/LCSW/LMFT in the state of IL.

• A curiosity about healing in general, with some specific areas that you’d like to explore in depth.

• A passion for providing psychotherapy to some of the populations we serve.

• A resonance with our mission to empower women and provide integrative and cutting-edge healing modalities alongside more traditional psychotherapy.

• A commitment to self-care and keeping your own life running optimally.

Postdoctoral Resident

We have one open position available in our 2024-2025 postdoc cohort! We’ll consider applications on a rolling basis.

Visit our APPIC directory listing for more information.

Our Postdocs build a full time caseload (~25 client hours/week) and have about 15 hours of post-doctoral training, documentation, coordination of client care, supervision meetings, and training education opportunities, as a W2 employee with benefits. We've been training postdocs since 2018 and have celebrated the completion of 10 postdocs trained at Balanced Awakening!

We enjoy training residents who are passionate about working with women and expanding their skill set in psychotherapy. We are particularly interested if you have training - or would like to pursue training in:

• Imago Relationship Therapy

• Somatic Experiencing

• Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy

• EMDR

• Brainspotting

• Breathwork

• Postpartum/perinatal mental health

• Any healing modalities that add a body or spiritual dimension to psychotherapy

A few highlights of our Postdoc program:

• This is a 2,000 hour postdoctoral residency intended to give you the hour minimum for licensure in most states. Although our aim is to qualify you for licensure in the state of IL, we'd like to ensure that you have future professional mobility.

• You'll have weekly individual supervision with Postdoc Training Director

• You'll have weekly group supervision with Postdoc Training Director

• You'll be eligible for a $2,000 training stipend to fund educational experiences for the year including workshops, trainings, books, online or in person courses, etc to advance clinical skills and further develop your professional identity and capacities as a psychotherapist.

• Join us for our monthly Inspired Healing virtual meeting to be introduced to different healing modalities within or complementary to psychotherapy.

• The position is full time (35-40 hours/week) with full benefits package including group sponsored health insurance (BCBS PPO), 401k with an automatic contribution on your behalf, life insurance, short and long-term disability insurance (short term could be used for maternity leave), dental insurance, and vision insurance.

Post-Masters Clinical Fellowship, LCPC track

We currently have one position open for a Fellow pursing an LCPC. We’d consider any applicant who is a good fit, with particular preference given to anyone identifying as a Black Therapist. Supervision will provided by Jaleesa Pirtle, LCPC and we’d love to be able to highlight you on our Black Therapists Chicago page.

Spend two years doing psychotherapy with clients that you love and do a deep dive to become an expert in a clinical area of your choosing on your way to LCPC licensure! Our Fellowship position is similar to our Postdoctoral Residency, but for those who have a Masters in Counseling and are working towards the credential of LCPC. Fellows build a full time caseload (~25 client hours/week) and have about 15 hours of post-masters training, documentation, coordination of client care, supervision meetings, and training education opportunities, as a W2 employee with benefits.

A few highlights of our Fellowship position:

• This is a 2-year fellowship aimed at providing the 3,000 supervised clinical hours for the LCPC credential with a focus on deepening skills as a psychotherapist.

• You'll have weekly individual supervision with Jaleesa Pirtle, LCPC

• You'll have monthly group supervision with Dr. Hannah Yang

• You'll choose an area of clinical interest to do a “deep dive” and become an expert! You’ll have at least $2,000 paid towards your training in this area. You can choose to focus on an area where there are training opportunities “in house” like Imago Relationship Therapy or choose a path of outside training in something like EMDR, brainspotting, or David Elliott breathwork.

• Join us for our monthly Inspired Healing virtual meeting to be introduced to different healing modalities within or complementary to psychotherapy.

• The position is full time (35-40 hours/week) W2 on a compensation model based on percentage of revenue generated, and with full benefits package including group sponsored health insurance (BCBS PPO), 401k with an automatic contribution on your behalf, life insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, dental insurance, and vision insurance.

Post-MSW Clinical Fellowship

Our positions for 2023-2025 are currently filled! In early 2025, we will begin accepting applications for a new 2025-2027 cohort.

Spend two years doing psychotherapy with clients that you love and do a deep dive to become an expert in a clinical area of your choosing on your way to LCSW licensure! Our Fellowship position is similar to our Postdoctoral Residency, but for those who have a Masters of Social Work and are working towards the credential of LCSW. Fellows build a full time caseload (~25 client hours/week) and have about 15 hours of post-MSW training, documentation, coordination of client care, supervision meetings, and training education opportunities, as a W2 employee with benefits.

A few highlights of our Fellowship position:

• This is a 2-year fellowship aimed at providing the 3,000 supervised clinical hours for the LCSW credential with a focus on deepening skills as a psychotherapist.

• You'll have weekly individual supervision with Andrea Espinosa, LCSW

• You'll have monthly group supervision with Dr. Hannah Yang

• You'll choose an area of clinical interest to do a “deep dive” and become an expert! You’ll have at least $2,000 paid towards your training in this area. You can choose to focus on an area where there are training opportunities “in house” like Imago Relationship Therapy or choose a path of outside training in something like EMDR, brainspotting, or David Elliott breathwork.

• Join us for our monthly Inspired Healing virtual meeting to be introduced to different healing modalities within or complementary to psychotherapy.

• The position is full time (35-40 hours/week) W2 on a compensation model based on percentage of revenue generated, and with full benefits package including group sponsored health insurance (BCBS PPO), 401k with an automatic contribution on your behalf, life insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, dental insurance, and vision insurance.