Licensed EMDR or Brainspotting Therapist for Smyrna

Responsive recruiter Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing
• Training & development
• Vision insurance

About Ellie
Ellie Mental Health is a thriving, multi-clinic organization on a mission to end the stigma around mental health, close care gaps, and bring fresh innovation to the field. We remove unnecessary barriers so our clinicians can focus on what they do best—providing top-notch client care.

We minimize administrative load and maximize joy. Happy therapists = better outcomes. It’s that simple.

Now Hiring: Therapist – Smyrna, TN
We're seeking a unique, passionate, and authentic therapist or psychologist to join our vibrant Nashville West team! If you thrive in a fun, creative, flexible, and compassionate culture and share our mission to provide high-quality mental health care in Middle Tennessee, we’d love to meet you.

We’re especially interested in professionals experienced in EMDR or Brainspotting who can offer trauma-informed care. Ideal candidates are engaging, team-oriented, and excited to help clients heal and grow.

Who You Are:

• Fully licensed in Tennessee as an LPC, LCSW, LMFT, PsyD, or PhD (we will consider temporary licenses as well)
• Experienced working with children, teens, adults, couples, and/or families
• Skilled in trauma, substance use, or school-based therapy preferred
• Familiar with documentation, insurance billing, and community resources
• Credentialed or able to be credentialed with insurance panels
  
  

What You’ll Do:

• Provide mental health assessments, diagnoses, and personalized treatment plans
• Maintain clear, timely, and compliant clinical documentation
• Collaborate with a dynamic clinical team and engage in regular consultation
• Use creative interventions to help clients reach their goals
• Coordinate care with families, schools, and other providers
• Attend clinical meetings and ongoing training
• Maintain a minimum caseload of 27 sessions/week (for full-time)

Why Ellie?

• Flexible scheduling & hybrid work options
  
  
• Generous compensation & benefits
  
  
  • Paid time off, sick time, and holidays (yes, including your birthday!)
  • Paid CEU time + access to our exclusive Ellie CEU learning system
  • Paid administrative time
    
    
• Clinical support & supervision
  
  
  • Consultation, training, and licensure supervision (LCSW, LPC-MHSP, LMFT)*
    
    
• Creative freedom to develop your clinical interests and specialty programs
  
  
• Fun team culture with swag, team building, and genuine support
  
  

*Supervision availability may vary. 

Important to Know:
Ellie clinics are independently owned franchises. If hired, you’ll be employed by the Nashville West franchise owner—not Ellie Family Services, PLLP, or its affiliates. Employment terms are set by the local franchise.

Ellie Mental Health and its franchisees are proud to be Equal Opportunity Employers, committed to fostering diverse, inclusive workplaces. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.

Flexible work from home options available.

Compensation: $76,000.00 - $89,000.00 per year

Seeking creative & collaborative humans with a passion for changing mental health care in fun and meaningful ways.

Don’t meet EVERY requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Ellie Mental Health is devoted to purposefully building an inclusive and diverse workplace where all of our humans can be their authentic selves! (Authenticity is one of our core values, after all…) If you’re excited about the chance to be a change-maker with us, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with every single qualification of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. Our mental health jobs need dedicated individuals from every background who are willing to care for others. And who knows, you might just be the perfect candidate for another role!

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