Lakewood Outpatient Clinician; LPC, LCSW, LMFT, or LPCC

Full-Time | Hybrid | Lakewood, CO

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.

Kikta is hiring a full-time, W2 Outpatient Clinician providing hybrid in-person and telehealth services from our Lakewood office. This role is not remote. Onsite presence supports collaboration, consultation, and coordinated care.

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.

• Structured behavioral health organization with defined leadership and operational systems
• 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
• Clear productivity expectations without quota-driven culture
• Opportunity to work across a broad outpatient diagnostic spectrum
• Strong emphasis on evidence-based clinical practice
• Long-term employment stability within a growing organization
• Leadership accessibility and collaborative clinical culture

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. Leadership and clinical support remain accessible throughout the development process, promoting confidence, skill development, and ethical decision-making.

• Provide individual, family, and group therapy using evidence-based, trauma-informed approaches
• Deliver developmentally appropriate interventions for…