Trauma Therapist

At Bonfire Healing, we aim to be a collective of trauma healing providers with the mission to promote health equity through increasing access to evidence-based trauma treatment for clients who need to utilize insurance benefits. Cost is one of the biggest barriers to mental health care, particularly in marginalized groups, and there is a growing gap between clinicians trained in evidenced based trauma treatment modalities and those able to offer affordable care.  We are insurance based to help fill this gap while providing needed support to clinicians in this field.

We are seeking compassionate and dedicated trauma therapists to provide evidence-based outpatient telehealth treatment to clients with history of trauma, including complex developmental trauma.

As a collective, we are aware that clinicians have different employment needs and offer both W2 positions and billing/services options for those in their own private practice but want support.  This aligns with our goal to provide a collaborative professional environment to support both trauma clinicians and the clients we serve.  If you are not interested in a W2 position, but are interested in trauma therapy support please reach out for information on offerings including supervision and billing. 

Employee W2 Positions:  For clinicians who want the support of a group practice with competitive hourly wages, paid administrative time, included supervision and consultation, opportunities for growth, liability insurance, paid training stipend, paid time off, tax benefits, and health and dental benefits for full time employees

• $45-$65 per clinical (billable) hour. Rate is determined by licensure and years of experience
• $25 per administrative (non-billable) hour
• Paid time off: at 2 hours of vacation time and 1 hour of sick time per 40 hours worked and 10 paid holidays off a year (can be rotated depending on what you celebrate). Combines to 5 ½ weeks per year if working average of 40 hours per week.
• Health & Dental Benefits (practice pays 50%)

Job Overview
In this specialized role, you will provide direct therapeutic services to individuals, groups, and/or couples who have experienced acute, chronic, or complex trauma. You will work within a trauma-informed framework, prioritizing client safety, therapeutic rapport, empowerment, and choice while receiving clinical supervision and/or clinical consultation from specialists in trauma recovery. 

Key Responsibilities

• Trauma-Focused Therapy: Deliver evidence-based treatment using modalities such as IFS, EMDR, DBT, or Somatic Experiencing.
• Trauma-Focused Groups: Provide group therapy using modalities such as DBT, IFS, and Mindfulness/Somatic Experiencing.
• Safety Planning: Conduct comprehensive risk assessments and develop collaborative safety plans for clients experiencing flashbacks, dissociation, or crisis.
• Biopsychosocial Assessments: Perform intakes with a specific lens on developmental trauma, attachment styles, and the impact of systemic oppression.
• Psychoeducation: Educate clients on the neurobiology of trauma and effective coping mechanisms for emotional regulation and safe communication and connection.
• Clinical Records: Maintain documentation in accordance with HIPAA and state regulations, ensuring a high level of confidentiality.
• Participation in consultation: Clinical case consultation, development of skills, and sharing training learnings within weekly consultation groups.

Qualifications & Skills;

• Education:Master’s or Doctoral degree in Counseling, Social Work, or Psychology
• Licensure: Active license or associate-level license; LMHC, LMFT, LISCW or LMHCA, LMFTA.
• Clinical Focus: Demonstrable strong clinical interest and/or previous training in trauma treatment modalities and working with clients with complex trauma histories.
• Assessment Proficiency: Ability to utilize or interest in learning trauma-specific screening tools (PCL-5, ACEs, DES).
• Skills: High degree of cultural humility, interpersonal compassion, able to provide consistency, choice, and context to clients, interest in your own work and healing, and the ability to manage secondary traumatic stress.
• Interest in Health Equity:  Preference for candidates with an interest in promoting health equity within the mental health field.
• Experience: Preference for candidates with experience in specialized areas such as domestic violence, sexual assault recovery, addiction recovery, eating disorder recovery, chronic illnesses, or childhood abuse.

Benefits

• Specialized Supervision and Consultation: Weekly clinical supervision with a focus on the assessment and treatment of trauma and co-occurring conditions.  Weekly group consultation with specific focus on implementing trauma treatment modalities including EMDR, IFS, DBT, and Somatic Experiencing. Can include certification hours for EMDR through EMDRIA.
• Training Stipend: Annual budget for advanced trauma trainings and certifications
• Focus on clinician sustainability: Your time is valuable, and this work is important and fulfilling; it is also complicated and requires support, training, and time off.  
• Focus on appropriate client fit so clinical work can be long term and rewarding.  
• Prioritization of collaborative team environment with a shame free approach to learning to help every clinician feels supported and part of the group.
• Flexibility for you to design a schedule that works for your life and correlates with client need.
• Paid time off at 2 hours per 40 hours worked, plus the required 1 hour of sick time per 40 hours worked, and 10 paid holidays off a year (can be rotated depending on what you celebrate). Combines to 5 ½ weeks per year if working average of 40 hours per week.  
• Health Insurance  Practice pays 50% of monthly cost

• Health Equity in hiring: We are committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage applications from clinicians across the global majority, those who identify as LGBTQ+, people of all body sizes, adult ages, and abilities, women, and immigrants.

Things to Consider

• Hours not guaranteed: There is high demand for these services so generally open spots on your schedule will fill up quickly though we aren’t able to guarantee you a set client load. Full time is considered 25-30 clients per week.
• Telehealth Practice: To pay as high a wage as possible, we are a telehealth only practice. We provide HIPPA complaint telehealth platforms and electronic health records. You will need: Access to a private, confidential space for telehealth sessions, reliable high-speed internet connection, computer with camera , cell phone or tablet capable of installing HIPPA phone app, and moderate tech proficiency with the ability to troubleshoot issues independently.