Careers

We currently have an opening for a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Therapist who specializes in working with children, adolescents, and families.

Optimum Joy strives to help children, families, and parents heal and grow through providing exceptional and specialized mental health services. Guiding children and parents through the challenges of life at home, school and with friends is a priority of this practice. Currently accepting applications from clinicians meeting the basic qualifications below:

Our ideal candidate possesses a background in working with children, adolescents, and families using an attachment-based and trauma-informed lens, flexibility working across levels of the systems (e.g., individual, couple, family, subsystems) and competence incorporating evidence-based treatment modalities (such as play therapy, art therapy, TF-CBT, PCIT, TBRI, Theraplay, etc) into their practice.  In person availability preferred. After-school and weekend availability preferred. Openness to coordinating with schools, psychologists, psychiatrists and other touch-points in family’s life.

Child Therapist

• Priority given to fully licensed clinicians (LCPC, LCSW, LMFT)
• Prior experience working with children and families in private practice, schools, residential, clinic, hospitals, and or community mental health required
• Two evenings of availability. The many of our clients cam come during the daytime hours, there are some who seek our services and are unable to come during regular business hours.
• Candidates should be proactive, self-assured, independent, flexible, attuned, highly attentive; engaging clients with solid clinical judgment and decision-making ability
• Has experience and clear interest in working with children, adolescents and families
• Interest in working in private practice setting and willingness to partner in building and maintaining a caseload
• Supportive, collaborative mindset towards Optimum Joy staff
• Priority given to clinicians seeking fuller caseload
• Willingness to educate community and build brand through some writing content and media engagement, etc.
• Interest and experience in working with multicultural issues
• Drive to be curious and continue learning
• Ability to manage time and administrative tasks such as note taking
• Preferences:
  • 2 years of experience.
  • In person availability would be preferred.
  • After-school and weekend availability preferred.

Submit an Application 

Optimum Joy exists to help men and women heal and grow through providing exceptional and specialized mental health services. Currently accepting applications from clinicians meeting the basic qualifications below:

Mental Health Therapist

• Priority given to fully licensed clinicians (LCPC, LCSW, LMFT)
• Two evenings of availability. The majority of our clients come during the daytime hours, but a few couples and working professionals seek our services and are unable to come during regular business hours.
• Candidates should be proactive, self-assured, independent, flexible, attuned, highly attentive; engaging clients with solid clinical judgement and decision-making ability
• Has experience and clear interest in working with specific populations (e.g. eating disorders, trauma, couples’ therapy, sexuality, etc.)
• Interest in working in private practice setting and willingness to partner in building caseload over time
• Supportive, collaborative mindset towards Optimum Joy staff
• Priority given to clinicians seeking fuller caseload
• Willingness to educate community and build brand through writing content and media engagement, etc.
• Interest and experience in working with multicultural issues
• Drive to be curious and continue learning
• Ability to manage time and administrative tasks such as note taking

Submit an Application

The 2024-2025 Cohort is closed. If you would like to apply for the 2025-2026 cohort, an application link is provided below. 

Optimum Joy exists to help men and women heal and grow through providing exceptional and specialized mental health services. Each year, we take on 4-6 clinical residents for one year as a cohort model to increase development among student peers.  We interview MA candidates in the January-February prior to a start date of summer or fall semester. It is recommended that students apply December/January to be included in the interview process. Our clinical residents are with our organization for the length of 3 semesters composed of any order of summer, fall and spring semesters. It is our strong preference that students do both practicum and internship with Optimum Joy because we have seen students be most successful in their learning through committing to both.

Clinical Residents will be rewarded a $1000.00 scholarship through out partner non-profit Resonate Joy. Additionally, all clinical fees collected through our clinical residents will be donated towards and help complete the mission of Resonate Joy.

Summer Start Dates: June 1- May 31

Fall Start Dates: August 1 – July 31

MA Level Clinical Experience Description

Practicum:
Optimum Joy agrees to take on advanced clinical interns in order for them to gain clinical experience. This experience will include:

• Direct Hours: Intakes, observation of at least one session either in-room or via HIPAA compliant video technology, individual/group sessions. During practicum our office works to build a caseload of 8 clinical session a week.
• Indirect Hours: Training, staff meetings, administrative work, blog writing, etc. Note writing will be left to your own time management and is due each week.
• Supervision: Individual supervision in accordance with practicum requirements 1 hours weekly, and 1 hour weekly of Peer supervision at “Intern Hour”, Live supervision will be offered for 12 weeks at the beginning of clinical experience
• Trainings: Once a month a staff member will lead a training for Clinical Residents during the Intern Hour time slot. A schedule of topics will be provided upon request. Practicum students will occasionally view sessions either in the counseling room with the Optimum Joy staff therapist, or via HIPAA compliant video technology. Depending on the assessment of the supervising clinician around the development and readiness of the student to see clients individually, the student will start seeing a caseload of clients during their practicum experience.
  During the practicum experience, the student intern agrees to read material required by Optimum Joy and complete Interaction Transcription Assignment.
• In total, the student intern agrees to spend between 10-15 hours a week in practicum in order to obtain clinical experience and meet program requirements.
• Evaluation will be done between Optimum Joy and the practicum student at the end of the practicum

Internship 1 & 2

Optimum Joy agrees to take on advanced clinical interns in order for them to gain clinical experience. This experience will include:

• Direct Hours: clinical interviews, individual, group, couples/marital, and family counseling, crisis intervention, and phone calls with clients. The bulk of direct hours come from counseling sessions. During internship our office works to build a caseload of 15 clinical session a week.
• Indirect Hours: Administrative and note writing, trainings, staff meetings, blog writing, staff retreat, etc. Note writing will be left to your own time management.
• Supervision: 1 hour weekly individual supervision, and 1 hour weekly of Peer supervision at “Intern Hour”, individual consultation with our entire staff is available upon request based on specific client needs
• Trainings: Once a month a staff member will lead a training for Clinical Interns during the Intern Hour time slot. A schedule of topics will be provided upon request.Internship students agree to begin seeing a caseload of 15 clinical hours weekly, as well as complete all necessary documentation to manage caseload. This means carrying a caseload of 15-20 clients, and learning case management and scheduling of caseload. Optimum Joy will provide student with enough clients, mixing the population between marginalized communities and private practice populations, in order to meet their direct hour program requirements.
• Clinical Residents agree to turn in 3 forms of content (bio video, written blog, etc.) The students will collaborate with clinical staff and support staff in order to determine topics of need and interest. This helps interns develop their clinical voice alongside their counseling skills.
• Student interns agree to attend all meetings which include: quarterly team meetings, 1-1 monthly therapist caseload coaching, and intake coordination meeting if applicable. Student interns also agree to regularly attend their individual supervision with their assigned supervisor.
  1 time mostly Clinical Residents will show 10-15 minutes of a session to their individual supervisor for feedback and development
• Students will also participate in regular evaluations with Optimum Joy supervisor and staff at the end of each semester. Additional collaborative evaluation will take place when a student records segments of their sessions via video or audio, seeking supervisors’ feedback and input on the process.
• In total, the student intern agrees to spend between 16-25 hours a week in internship in order to obtain clinical experience and meet program requirements.
• Clinical interviews, individual, group, couples/marital, and family counseling, intakes, crisis intervention, on-call coverage, and phone calls with clients all count towards direct hours.

Requirement Summary:

• Attend initial trainings and onboarding’s, as well as watch an example of a first counseling session provided by our office.
• Submit 3 pieces of media in collaboration with staff, starting with a Bio Video filmed in-office
• Commit two evenings, Thursdays mandatory, to seeing clients and doing live supervision.
• Completing Interaction Transcription Assignment.
• Maintain administrative structures in a timely and responsive manner.

Clinical Experience interviews will only be offered to applicants who complete all items in the application submission process.

The 2024-2025 Cohort is closed. If you would like to apply for the 2025-2026 cohort, an application link is provided. LINK: Submit an Application