Clinical Therapist for Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic

We are looking for a skilled psychotherapist, with experience and passion for severe mental illness, to become part of the EPIC-NOLA team as EPIC develops a hub-and-spoke model for coordinated specialty care services across the state of Louisiana. This therapist will provide behavioral health assessments, therapeutic services, crisis intervention, and/or other identified clinical services appropriate to stabilize and improve functioning of clients experiencing their first-episode of psychosis via telehealth for a new spoke first-episode psychosis clinic. Knowledge of the fundamentals of first-episode psychosis interventions Ability to provide telehealth services to individuals and to groups Ability to clinical services including behavioral health assessments, individual, family, and group therapy sessions Ability to conduct psycho-educational groups for clients or family members as deemed appropriate, as well as learn different group therapy modalities when appropriate Ability to provide of crisis intervention services to the client and/or family Ability to provision of consultation and support to service providers (i.e. school staff, case managers, etc.) Ability to develop individual educational/employment goals, defining steps and timelines towards reaching those goal s Ability to provide outreach to hospital emergency departments, psychiatric hospitals, developmental disabilities service providers, PCPs, behavioral health service providers, and Mobile Crisis service providers to inform them of FEP services Case Management services as required to link clients to needed services beyond those offered by the agency Ability to travel to neighboring communities

• Master's Degree in either counseling or social work • 2 years of clinical experience beyond graduate school

• Licensed in the State of Louisianan with an LCSW or LPC

• Experience in the mental health evaluation of adolescents and young adults • Experience with psychotic disorders • Interest in research

• Training in multiple areas of psychotherapy including but not limited to cognitive behavior therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, supportive therapy