Description

$70-85k/year Associate (AMFT, APCC, ACSW) or $90-105k/year Licensed (LMFT, LPCC, LCSW, PhD, or PsyD) | Petaluma, CA | Full-Time, 32-40 hours / week

About the Role: Provide individual, family, and group therapy for teens ages 12–17 in our Joint Commission-accredited IOP treatment program. You'll be embedded in the milieu alongside psychiatrists, nurses, and fellow clinicians—not isolated in an office. This is meaningful clinical work with adolescents facing mental health and substance use challenges.

You’ll also have opportunities to support clinical groups at our nearby residential treatment centers. This cross-continuum experience will broaden your clinical skills, deepen your understanding of adolescent treatment, and provide exposure to a higher level of care.

Why Join Us:

IOP treatment is one of the most immersive clinical training grounds for licensed clinicians - diverse caseloads, complex presentations, and daily experience with crisis intervention, family systems, and evidence-based modalities.
Build experience across both intensive outpatient and residential levels of care, strengthening your group facilitation, crisis intervention, and clinical assessment skills
Collaborative, team-based environment where you learn alongside experienced clinicians
Mission-driven work helping teens and families through crisis

What You'll Do:

Provide weekly individual, family, and group therapy using DBT, CBT, ACT, and trauma-focused modalities
Spend time in the milieu building rapport, modeling interventions, and shaping treatment in real time
Conduct biopsychosocial and risk assessments to guide treatment planning
Develop and maintain individualized treatment plans
Collaborate in daily and weekly multidisciplinary team meetings
Maintain timely, accurate clinical documentation
Provide crisis support as needed
Facilitate clinical groups at nearby residential treatment centers as needed, gaining experience across levels of care
Note: This is a full-time, in-person role

Requirements

What We're Looking For:

Must Have:

Master's or Doctorate in psychology, counseling, social work, or MFT
Active CA license (LMFT, LPCC, LCSW, PhD, or PsyD) or Active CA Associate number (AMFT, APCC, ACSW)
2+ years in intensive outpatient treatment, partial hospitalization, residential treatment, inpatient behavioral health, or high-acuity settings
Experience with adolescents in mental health or substance use treatment
Strong background in trauma-informed care and evidence-based modalities

Preferred:

3+ years in adolescent residential or psychiatric care
Training in EMDR, relapse prevention, or motivational interviewing
Experience with family systems work and co-occurring disorders

About Muir Wood: We provide trauma-informed, relationship-centered residential treatment for teens ages 12–17 struggling with mental health and substance use challenges. Our multidisciplinary team works together to help adolescents and families heal.

Muir Wood Teen Treatment is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All positions require a LiveScan background check.

Benefits:

Sick Pay
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Clinical supervision hours towards licensure
Pay increase upon full licensure

Compensation:

$36-$40/hr Associate (AMFT, ACSW, APCC)

$43-$55/hr Licensed (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, PhD, PsyD)

Muir Wood Adolescent & Family Services provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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IOP Therapist