Job Description

Founded by a trauma therapist and EMDR Clinician (not a VC-backed company), Evergreen Counseling is the first boutique, trauma-informed therapy center in the country.

At Evergreen, we center our clients, providing exceptional, professional, warm and humanistic care. Each staff member is trauma-informed and possesses advanced training in trauma treatment modalities so that we can serve clients presenting with single incident traumas, or early relational traumas (sometimes called developmental trauma).

At Evergreen, we also center our staff, providing the most comprehensive benefits package of any therapy center in the Bay Area (more on that below), allowing fully licensed clinicians to build schedules that work for them (assuming 25 clients a week are seen), providing ongoing training, consultation, and advanced education opportunities, all the while surrounding the clinical team with exceptionally responsive leadership and administrative support to help you in your role as therapist.

Our Benefits

Evergreen Counseling provides a competitive compensation package that ranges between $70,000 and $80,000 and includes not only fees earned from clinical sessions and administrative time but also the following benefits to support your physical, mental, emotional, and financial wellness, now and in the future:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family.
• 401K plan with 4% match.
• Paid sick time.
• Long term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• 529 savings plan.
• Ongoing trainings, workshops, and guest presenters on salient clinical topics.
• Enjoyable, diverse, motivated, and rewarding clients.
• Weekly supervision with a highly seasoned therapist and skilled supervisor.
• Monthly peer consult groups led by our Clinical Director.
• One month of (unpaid) time off per year.

Key Responsibilities

We are currently seeking a couples counselor who is a trauma-informed clinician and is equipped to skillfully work with relational trauma (often called attachment trauma or developmental trauma) when one or both partners in a couple presents with this.

As a trauma-informed therapist at Evergreen Counseling, you will largely work with moderate to high functioning client who may have relational trauma in their background.

This position should be willing and able to carry a caseload of 25 clients per week and should be able to sensitively work with clients who present with a range of sexual, gender, and identity preferences.

This role will, like all roles at the center, embody the values of Evergreen Counseling: professional excellence, warmth, clinical rigor, and this role will join the rest of the team as we strive to create an inclusive environment for all of Evergreen’s clients.

In addition to providing high quality clinical care to your caseload, on an ongoing basis you will complete the (relatively minimal but rigorously sound) documentation we require (treatment plans, SOAP notes, charting, discharge notes, etc.), conduct any necessary consult calls with prospective new clients assigned to your caseload, and get in touch with lateral providers when and if needed. Additionally, you will have supervision from a seasoned and senior supervision and fellow clinician at the center (1 hour or two hours a week depending on your caseload and you will have the opportunity (but are not required to participate in) monthly peer support groups and/or access Evergreen Counseling’s clinical leadership team at any point for consultation and support.

Evergreen Counseling is committed to ensuring our clinicians have the time and support to care for themselves and develop their skills as we serve our clients.

Skills & Experience

• You have an active, unrestricted AMFT credential to practice in California.
• You consider yourself to be trauma-informed and equipped to work well with couples where clients have relational trauma (sometimes called attachment or developmental trauma histories).
• You’re willing and able to hold 25 client sessions weekly across the following days and times:
  • Thursday: 3pm-8pm (online)
  • Friday: 8am-3pm (in-person)
  • Saturday: 8am-4pm (in-person)
  • Sunday: 8am-4pm (in-person)
• You have a private, confidential and sound-proofed home office with reliable internet connection during times you have to work from home (such as for consultation calls, etc).
• You are willing to see adolescents (13-19), adults (20+), couples and families.
• You are trauma-informed, neurodiverse-informed, and LGBTQIA+ affirmative.
• You are compassionate, warm, personable, hard-working, and reliable.
• You’re willing and able to commit to a full-time role at Evergreen Counseling for at least 3 years.

To apply, please email kirsten@evergreencounseling.com with the following:

1. Cover letter

2. Resume

3. Your responses to the following supplemental questions:

• What drew you to apply for this position? Why this group practice versus another group practice? Give examples of what you have to offer a group practice.
• Regarding working from home, do you have a private, confidential, quiet and professional looking home office or space in your home to conduct client sessions (without mess or other distractions in the background)?
• Please give examples of when you have worked with people with relational trauma/developmental trauma/early attachment trauma. Please share what populations you served and what trauma-informed skills you used.
• What (if any) is your advanced training? Please be specific about any certifications you possess.
• What are the primary “tools in your toolbox” when it comes to supporting clients who present with trauma histories? Give examples of how you employed each tool.
• Are you able and willing to commit to working at Evergreen Counseling for at least three years?
• How many more hours do you have until licensing?
• Have you finished your child/family/couple hours?
• Are you available for the hours we’ve specified? If not, what hours are you not available for and what hours would you prefer? (Note: we are only a little flexible on this.)
• We serve adolescents (13-19), adults (20+), couples and families. Which population you had the most experience with, which population have you had the least experience with? Which do you prefer most, which do you prefer least?
• What are your long-term career goals? Where do you see yourself in four-five years?
• If hired, when are you able to begin this position full-time or even on a partial basis (eg: starting at Evergreen and working some hours and building up while you leave your current position)?
• Is there anything else you would like our hiring team to know about you that doesn’t stand out on your resume that makes you a wonderful candidate for this position?