Licensed Psychologist

Understanding Minds Psychological Services is seeking a licensed psychologist to grow our team. This position is ideal for the psychologist who desires a collaborative and supportive environment in which they can focus on providing excellent clinical care through therapy and/or assessment. Integrated administrative and leadership teams handle all operational, scheduling, billing, and compliance responsibilities. Opportunities to specialize, offer clinical supervision, and conduct non-clinical work can be designed collaboratively for those interested, but are not required.

About Understanding Minds Psychological Services

Understanding Minds Psychological Services is a locally owned and operated mental health office providing trusted, confidential, and comprehensive mental health services in-person in the St. Louis metro area and by telehealth. It is our belief that the mutual understanding that develops between our therapists and clients makes it possible for people to achieve their goals.

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WHO WE ARE:

Understanding Minds is a locally owned and operated practice committed to delivering ethical, compassionate, and collaborative mental health services to our community. With offices in South and West St. Louis County, we serve clients from the St. Louis metro area and surrounding counties as well as virtually throughout Missouri. We are currently on a path to becoming a 100% employee-owned practice.

CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST POSITION:

Understanding Minds Psychological Services is seeking a licensed psychologist to grow our team. This position is ideal for the psychologist who desires a collaborative and supportive environment in which they can focus on providing excellent clinical care through therapy and/or assessment. Integrated administrative and leadership teams handle all operational, scheduling, billing, and compliance responsibilities. Opportunities to specialize, offer clinical supervision, and conduct non-clinical work can be designed collaboratively for those interested, but are not required.

Role and responsibilities include:

• Individual therapy with children, adolescents, and/or adults, couples, or family therapy, depending on provider's clinical interests
• Comprehensive intake and follow-up assessments
• Timely and accurate documentation of sessions
• Stable, reliable, and consistent care to clients in accordance with ethical and professional principles
• Participation at weekly Treatment Team meetings (Tuesdays 12-1pm)
• Functioning as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team
• Opportunities to provide academic or psychological assessments if desired
• Opportunities to participate in and/or develop additional clinical programming if desired

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE HAS:

• Full licensure (Licensed Psychologist) in the state of Missouri
• Desire to maintain a consistent full-time caseload (27+ hours billed weekly)
• Desire to contribute to a collaborative and innovative approach to mental healthcare
• Interest in continued learning and long-term growth as part of a dynamic team
• Cultural competence, social responsibility, and commitment to providing ethical care
• Excellent time management, clinical boundaries, communication, and rapport building skills
• Ability to work a limited number of evening and weekend hours to meet client demand
• Special consideration may be given to candidates with 5+ years of post-licensure clinical experience, or who have interest or experience in the following areas: Child/adolescent therapy, ERP treatment for OCD, clinical supervision, psychological assessment

Understanding Minds is proud to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including Paid Time Off, as well as perks including malpractice coverage and consultation, funds for training, and prepaid CEU subscription. Learn more here.

WHAT SETS UNDERSTANDING MINDS APART?

We are a true team - not just a collective of therapists or shared office space. We collaborate, consult, problem-solve, socialize, mentor, and encourage. Teamwork is fostered through weekly Treatment Team meetings as well as in the halls, by email or Zoom, and over lunch. The ability to consult with highly skilled, multidisciplinary colleagues when we need it ensures:

• High-quality care for our clients
• Increased confidence in our clinical and ethical decision-making
• Continued learning and growth
• Benefits for both clients and therapists from exposure to an array of disciplines and theoretical approaches
• Built-in clinical coverage when providers are out sick, on vacation, or need to take leave

As a locally owned and operated business, our highest priority is to uphold the wellbeing of our team and community. We are committed to providing financial stability for our employees, which means staying free of corporate ownership, organizational debt, and high-risk profit-seeking. As a small business, we also take pride in our flexibility to grow in collaboration with team members and respond thoughtfully to feedback. In reflection of these values, Understanding Minds is currently on a path to becoming a 100% employee-owned practice, including future opportunities for profit-sharing.

Our administrative team provides comprehensive support, from marketing to therapist matching, scheduling, and billing. You never have to advertise yourself to build your caseload, schedule clients, field or fill cancellations, collect copays and fees, or deal with insurance companies. This creates space for therapists to focus on the parts of your work you value most - without the stress or numerous unpaid hours handling administrative tasks.

Full-time administrative coverage also means that both clients and therapists receive prompt, thoughtful responses to their needs. In addition to taking calls and emails in real time, our administrative staff respond to left messages the same or following day, allowing clients to feel taken care of from the first point of contact and reducing undue burden on providers.

Collaborative and tailored caseload-building combines the best of private practice and agency-based work. Our outpatient setting supports therapists to serve clients who reflect their clinical interests and strengths while still gaining diverse generalist experience. We encourage our staff to pursue specializations that they feel passionate about, without restricting them to specific programs or populations, and offer caseload stability by working to connect therapists with motivated clients who fit their interests and areas of expertise.

We invest in and develop our team members holistically, from day one, and beyond the industry norm. This means not only professional and financial support toward supervision, training, CEUs, and licensure renewal, but also dedicated professional development driven by and tailored to your clinical and professional strengths, goals, interests, and areas for growth.