Pre-Licensed Therapist (Remote New York)

About Equip 

Equip is the leading virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment program on a mission to ensure that everyone with an eating disorder can access treatment that works. Created by clinical experts in the field and people with lived experience, Equip builds upon evidence-based treatments to empower individuals to reach lasting recovery. All Equip patients receive a dedicated care team, including a therapist, dietitian, physician, and peer and family mentor. The company operates in all 50 states and is partnered with most major health insurance plans. Learn more about our strong outcomes and treatment approach at www.equip.health.

Founded in 2019, Equip has been a fully virtual company since its inception and is proud of the highly-engaged, passionate, and diverse Equisters that have created Equip’s culture.  Recognized by Time as one of the most influential companies of 2023, along with awards from Linkedin and Lattice, we are grateful to Equipsters for building a sustainable treatment program that has served thousands of patients and families.

About the Role

The Pre-Licensed Therapist will be responsible for working closely and effectively with a multidisciplinary care team - including nutrition, medical, psychiatry, and mentorship to deliver evidence-based modalities including FBT, CBT-AR, and CBT-E. You will deliver evidence-based treatment with quality documentation through your ongoing assessment of patient and family needs. Equip’s Pre-Licensed Therapists must obtain and maintain an active pre-licensure status in New York and other required states per business need and, with financial support from Equip, pursue additional state licensures as needed.

Working Hours

Equip allows Patient Scheduling, Monday - Friday, between 8am-8pm in the Patient's timezone.

• Ability to provide 30 hours a week of availability for direct patient care, including groups, new patients, and follow-up sessions.

• Ability to commit to a minimum of 16 hours of direct patient care after 2 pm in your patient population's time zone throughout the week.

• Ability to commit to working until 8 pm two evenings per week.

• Ability to attend mandatory meetings (i.e Group Supervision, Treatment Huddles, Labs/All Hands, Individual Supervision, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Obtain and maintain pre-licensure status in required states per business need, and are willing to obtain licensure in other states as requested by Equip (licensure costs will be covered by Equip).

• Provide evidence-based family, individual, and group therapy for eating disorders and comorbid diagnoses in a virtual clinic (i.e. telehealth) setting.

• Implement family-based treatment (FBT), enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-E), cognitive behavioral therapy for ARFID (CBT-AR), and other evidence-based treatments for patients across the lifespan with eating disorders and their loved ones.

• Maintain a patient caseload as assigned to assess, diagnose, and treat mental health conditions.

• Participate in continuous training, supervision, department meetings, and other administrative tasks as required.

• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary treatment team of medical providers, dietitians, patient mentors, and family mentors, along with outside providers.

• Utilize between-session messaging to support patients and communicate with the treatment team through Equip’s EMR in accordance with Equip’s policies and procedures.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Completion of Master’s degree or doctoral degree program in mental health field and be associate license-eligible or in process of obtaining associate license in New York (marriage and family therapy, social work, professional counseling, psychology, etc.).

• Willingness to support, with supervision, a caseload of patients of all ages, co-occurring conditions, backgrounds and cultures, and with varying degrees of acuity.