NY Licensed DBT Therapist - DBT Master’s or Doctoral - Telehealth - Full-Time

Overview

This role provides Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) services to adult clients via live video. The program blends individual DBT and DBT skills groups with between-session digital psychoeducation and customizable skill-building tools. Clients also have 24/7 access to a team of licensed clinicians trained in DBT skills coaching.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual DBT therapy via live video to adult clients.
• Facilitate DBT skills groups via live video.
• Assign DBT-relevant digital lessons, videos, and assessments between sessions to support learning and monitor outcomes.
• Deliver culturally responsive care that accounts for the impact of cultural backgrounds on each client’s experience.
• Participate in ongoing clinical support structures, including:
  • Weekly consultation team meetings
  • One-on-one consultation meetings with an expert DBT team lead
  • Co-leading DBT skills groups with other DBT providers
  • Robust trainings to strengthen clinical skills
• Support clients with high-risk presentations, including suicidal ideation and/or self-injury, with clinical teamwork available if a crisis arises.

Requirements

• Unrestricted, active New York license (able to work independently without supervision from a licensed supervisor) without current or pending disciplinary action.
• Any New York LMFT/LCSW licenses must have diagnostic privilege.
• Formal didactic training in DBT required (e.g., in-house training with consultation team, tape review, 1:1 supervision; Behavioral Tech; DBT Foundational Training; DBT Intensive Training).
• One year minimum experience providing comprehensive DBT, including:
  • Individual DBT therapy with clients through Stage 1 of treatment
  • Facilitating skills groups using Linehan materials
  • Participation on a consultation team
  • Skills coaching
• DBT-LBC certification preferred but not required.
• Experience, comfort, and passion working with high-risk behaviors, including suicidal ideation and/or self-injury.
• Willingness to obtain cross-licensing in additional states as needed to support program growth.
• Computer and live video tools literacy (e.g., Zoom, Google Meets, DoxyMe, Skype, etc.).
• Experience providing telehealth therapy services in a virtual environment (video and teletherapy) preferred but not required.

Preferred Qualifications

• DBT-LBC certification.
• Prior telehealth experience in a virtual environment (video and teletherapy).

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified in the provided description.

Location

• Remote work in the US.
• New York licensure required.