Associate Marriage & Family Therapist
- Shelby Stone Therapy
- Associate MFT
- Santa Monica, CA
- 05/23/2025
- $20.00 - $50.00 hourly
- Part-Time
- W-2
- Hybrid
Job Description
PRIVATE PRACTICE ASSOCIATESHIP
Shelby Stone Therapy is seeking a Registered Associate Marriage & Family Therapist to join a growing private practice. This is a unique opportunity for a pre-licensed associate looking to establish/expand their private practice, cultivate their skills as a clinician, increase referrals, develop marketing and entrepreneurial skills, and build valuable professional connections. Shelby Stone Therapy offers dynamic training for associates looking to gain experience and expertise in working with children, teens, and adults while building their own private practice.
Candidates should have some experience and a strong interest in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, and working with anxiety disorders, children, and teens. EMDR Therapy/ Brainspotting Therapy training and interest in trauma work is also preferred. Shelby Stone Therapy believes in integrative approaches and tailoring treatment to individual clients; therefore, an emphasis is placed on experience and training in more than one clinical approach as a necessity to becoming a well-rounded and effective clinician.
What Shelby Stone Therapy brings to associates:
- Orientation to the practice (approx. 4 hours)
- Clinical supervision: 1x-2x/week (depending on number of client hours/week)
- Creative freedom to develop and promote your specialty services
- Mentoring toward practice-building
- Opportunities for self promotion (including business cards and profile on our website)
- Introductions to close colleagues
- Networking/educational/training events: attending together and separately
- Supervisor’s professional communities: LA-CAMFT, CAMFT, EMDR, Brainspotting
- Private practice community within the 26th Street building
- Training in virtual Telehealth, Telehealth for children/adolescents, EMDR/Brainspotting Telehealth, EMDR/Brainspotting therapy for anxiety, OCD treatment, and Safe Conversations work, Interpersonal Neurobiology
- Training in EHR note taking
- Access to Telehealth software and HIPAA Compliant EHR system
- Use of private offices in Santa Monica for developing your private practice and Telehealth platform
- Job Types: Part-time, Internship
- Pay: $20.00 - $50.00 per hour
- Supplemental Pay: Percentage of clinical earnings (to be negotiated based on clinical experience and licensure status)
Key Responsibilities
What is asked of associates:
- Provide clinical services to clients in need of mental health treatment and stabilization for various mental health diagnoses under the direct supervision of LMFT
- 15 hours of “client blocks” including one evening and one weekend block
- Full attendance and participation in all private-practice activities (e.g. clinical supervision, newsletter)
- Maintain confidential patient files/records and information in a timely manner
- Comply with CAMFT Ethical Standards and state laws pertaining to the delivery of mental health services
- Immersion in networking/marketing/practice-building activities
- Attending/volunteering/participating in professional organizations
- Contributions to blog
Skills & Experience
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology, or a related field (must be completed by start date)
- Registered MFT Associate number
- 1,000+ hours toward licensure
- Willingness to commit to a minimum of one year
- Clinical experience with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness practices, and treating anxiety disorders in children and teens
- Additional trainings in EMDR, Brainspotting, IFS, or Somatic Therapy preferred
- Interest in EMDR Therapy, Mindfulness, CBT, and working with children, adolescents, adults, anxiety disorders, and trauma
- Self-motivated, responsible, punctual, passionate about growing as a clinician, open to learning, and able to take direction
- Ethical, creative, empathetic, sense of humor, self-reflective, and eager to help clients achieve their goals and reach their potential