Buena Vista Outpatient Clinician; LPC, LCSW, LMFT, or LPCC

Full-Time | Hybrid | Buena Vista, CO About Kikta Behavioral Health

Kikta Behavioral Health LLC is a behavioral health organization committed to high-quality, ethical, and sustainable mental health care. Services extend to children (5+), adolescents, and adults across Colorado. Kikta operates with a structured leadership team, operational infrastructure, compliance oversight, and defined clinical standards.

The Buena Vista location expands access to outpatient behavioral health services in Chaffee County and surrounding mountain communities. This office plays a critical role in increasing access to care in a region with limited behavioral health resources.

Kikta is hiring a full-time, W2 Buena Vista Outpatient Clinician providing hybrid in-person and telehealth services from our Buena Vista office. This role is not remote. Consistent onsite presence supports relationship building, community integration, and coordinated care in a rural service area.

Clinicians typically maintain 25–30 client sessions per week, allowing sustainable pacing, quality care, and protected documentation time.

Caseloads may include children (5+), adolescents, adults, and families based on clinician training, experience, and clinical preference.

Kikta uses a variable salary model connected to consistent productivity expectations.

• Clinicians meeting minimum productivity expectations earn $59,940 annually, including clinicians entering the field immediately after graduate school
• Most clinicians in their first year post-graduation earn approximately $68,000–$70,000 annually
• Fully licensed clinicians earn an average of approximately $78,000 annually

Compensation reflects licensure level, experience, and sustained caseload management. Earnings increase alongside professional development and panel growth.

• Opportunity to serve a mountain community with limited behavioral health access
• Meaningful clinical impact within a smaller population base
• Structured organizational support paired with local clinical autonomy
• Weekly individual supervision and weekly group supervision
• Ongoing case consultation and access to team members for professional development
• Administrative and compliance infrastructure supporting clinical focus
• Long-term employment stability within a growing organization
• Mountain lifestyle with access to outdoor recreation and close-knit community living

Kikta offers an environment where clinicians develop professionally, practice ethically, and build sustainable careers.

Kikta provides outpatient behavioral health services across a broad diagnostic spectrum. Clinicians are expected to competently assess and treat a full range of outpatient presentations while working within an organized, supportive clinical environment.

Kikta prioritizes evidence-based treatment approaches. Preferred clinical experience includes Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and other structured, research-supported interventions. Clinicians without formal training in these modalities receive support pursuing advanced education and skill development.

Common clinical presentations include:

• Major Depressive Disorder and other mood disorders
• Bipolar I and II
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and complex trauma
• ADHD and neurodevelopmental presentations
• Autism spectrum presentations
• Adjustment disorders
• Personality disorder features and attachment-related concerns
• Self-harm behaviors
• Suicidal ideation appropriate for outpatient level of care
• Family conflict, grief, and life transitions

Clients requiring higher levels of care are referred appropriately and coordinated with external providers when indicated.

Clinical complexity is viewed as an opportunity for professional growth. Kikta supports clinicians through weekly individual supervision, weekly group supervision, ongoing case consultation, and access to team members for professional development.

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