Staff Therapist, Liaison to Mandarin-Speaking Students

Location: Evanston, Illinois

Conduct intake assessments and provide short‑term therapy in individual and group settings with a specific focus on LGBTQ, Mandarin speaking, and other multilingual and international students; perform substance abuse and eating disorder assessment and treatment; provide empirically supportive treatment for anxiety, depression, and perfectionism; conduct psychological assessments, intakes, crisis intervention and management, triage, daytime walk‑in emergency service and assume after‑hours on‑call responsibilities for daytime and evening emergency services.

Consult with parents, physicians, faculty, academic deans, residence life staff and off‑campus counseling services. Participate in clinical supervision and training experiences for doctoral trainees. Conduct case management and consultation for trainees. Consult with psychiatrists in conjunction with prescribing and monitoring psychotropic medication for psychotherapy patients. Develop and implement outreach preventive programs and provide programs to students who may have English as a second language.

The salary range for the Staff Therapist position is $92,000–94,760 depending on experience, skills, and internal equity.

• PhD in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or related field of study
• Six months of experience as a Postdoctoral Staff Therapist or Counselor in a university setting.
• Must be able to provide clinical services in Mandarin.

Prior experience must include providing therapy in individual and group settings; participating in clinical supervision and training experiences for doctoral trainees; developing and implementing outreach preventive programs and providing programs to students who may have English as a second language; working with LGBTQ and international students; performing substance abuse and eating disorder assessment and treatment; providing empirically supportive treatment for anxiety, depression, and perfectionism.

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