Position Overview
We’re hiring an established psychologist who can help us more effectively accomplish our mission as an organization. That mission is to create a thriving collective of healers that is inclusive, anti-oppressive, healing-informed and culturally rooted.
Our goal is to:

• Create an affirmative environment that is culturally-grounded.
• Provide therapy services to clients that have experienced trauma.
• Provide services that are relational and collaborative.
• Use somatic and other anti-oppressive approaches for mental health.
• Advocate for our clients and communities.

We are looking for candidates who are aligned with our values and are passionate about providing mental health services to individuals at intersecting identities.
And that is where you come in!
We are seeking a fully licensed psychologist or neuropsychologist to provide assessment services to clients in a private practice setting. This is a W-2, salaried position starting at $62,000. This position has a ramp up period of 90 days.
Who You’ll Work With
This position reports directly to Drs. Hurtado and Serrata. You’ll interact with our clinical and administrative team.
Who We Are
Prickly Pear Therapy & Training, led by Drs. Serrata and Hurtado, is a bilingual (Spanish/English) and bicultural mental health practice located in Austin, Texas.Their clinicians are experts in Latinx mental health and leading professionals in culturally grounded care. They work to facilitate healing through a collaborative approach centered in empowerment and hope.
Prickly Pear Therapy & Training consists of a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals, including Psychologists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Licensed Professional Counselors.
Our Mission
We are committed to creating a thriving organization that is inclusive, anti-oppressive, healing-informed and culturally rooted.
We believe in the collective ability of individuals, communities and organizations to draw on strengths, including cultural strengths, to rise above their current distress, to heal, and transform. We also believe that our communities can experience liberation from the histories and dynamics of oppression in all of its forms.
We work to facilitate healing from oppressive factors through a collaborative approach centered on empowerment. We strive to work with our clients, communities and organization partners on building lives and spaces that are balanced, aligned and thriving for the collective.Our values include a culturally-centered and anti-oppressive, collaborative, and relational approach to healing-informed and empowerment based-care for psychological trauma.
Our Values

• Collaborative and Relational
• Trauma-Informed
• Empowerment-Based
• Culturally-Centered & Anti-Oppressive

What’s on the Offer

• Genuine career development opportunities - within a growing organization
• Build and maintain a lifestyle rhythm that works – with working from home options, out and about or in our beautiful office space
• Mentorship and ongoing training
• Coverage of expenses related to credentialing process for insurance panels
• Coverage of professional liability insurance
• Bi-weekly clinical consultation group
• Access to our monthly diversity and equity seminar
• Monthly wellness and healing workshops
• Culturally-affirming, supportive team environment
• Comfortable office space (including group and assessment room)
• Steady stream of referrals
• Administrative support through a clinical assistant that can support in answering calls and schedules intake appointments as needed
• Free marketing via the Prickly Pear Therapy & Training website & social media platforms
• Paid EHR system
• HIPAA-compliant communication and telehealth access
• Marketing materials and use of the Prickly Pear brand
• Incentives for self-care

Duties and Responsibilities
Your main responsibility will be to provide therapy services to our clients.

More specifically, you will:

• Conduct in-person comprehensive neuropsychological, psychological and/or psychoeducational evaluations.
• Following evaluation, provide face-to-face feedback sessions (via telehealth or in-person) with the patient (or their legal guardian in the case of a minor).
• Compile a written report detailing the evaluation findings, diagnosis(es), and recommendations to be kept in the patient’s medical record and to be shared with the patient (or their legal guardian in the case of a minor) and referral source (in accordance with HIPAA Privacy and Security Plans).
• If desired, may provide educational therapy and/or counseling to clients, maintaining appropriate documentation in the client’s chart.
• Work with outside agencies, community programs, and educational programs as needed to assist in best client care (in accordance with HIPAA Privacy and Security Plans).
• Provide coaching to parents/caregivers, when needed, to assist them in advocating their child’s needs in school settings and beyond.
• Regular and reliable attendance and timely arrival to client sessions.
• Be properly licensed and abide by all laws, rules, regulations, and codes of ethics that are binding upon or applicable to the services performed for Prickly Pear Therapy & Training.
• Assist with marketing and promotion of the practice.
• Respond to patients’ requests for service or calls within 24 hours whether such requests are made in person, by phone, voicemail, etc. or through the Prickly Pear Therapy & Training website. Respond to such requests by meeting, evaluating, and providing services to such patients.
• Providers are not guaranteed a minimum number of patients or sessions per week. However, it is expected that Therapist will be available to hold 3 assessments per week, provided such sessions are available and referred/scheduled by Prickly Pear Therapy & Training.
• Attendance at monthly team meetings, monthly clinical consultation groups & other meetings as deemed necessary.
• Communicate with a client’s treatment team (i.e., PCP, psychiatrist, school, etc.) as necessary.
• Timely complete written records for each client including, but not limited to: intake notes, progress notes, treatment plans, termination notes, contract notes, assessment reports, and other forms or documents which may be needed or required from time-to-time by Prickly Pear Therapy & Training or third parties in conjunction with the treatment of the client within a timely fashion (by Friday of each week).
• Charge and collect payments from clients for services provided consistent with the policy and rate for such services as established by Prickly Pear Therapy & Training.
• Conduct and regulate counseling services in a professional manner so as to maintain and increase the goodwill and reputation of Prickly Pear Therapy & Training.
• Be respectful of and cooperative and collaborative with co-workers.
• Have the opportunity to participate in community events and Prickly Pear’s consultation support with culturally specific non-profit organizations.
  

Requirements
As we’re looking for an ideal fit, our next team member will likely possess:

• Doctoral Degree in counseling, psychology; and
• Active, unrestricted license (PhD, PsyD) in the State of Texas. Must be fully licensed.
• Bilingual in Spanish (not required)
• Therapists are not guaranteed a minimum number of assessments per week. However, it is expected that Therapist will be available to hold at least 3 assessments per week, provided such sessions are available and referred/scheduled by Prickly Pear Therapy & Training.
• Willingness to be an in-network provider with Prickly Pear Therapy & Training’s affiliated insurance panel(s)
• Characteristic and experiences you are looking for for the position
• Problem-solving unique challenges experienced by clients
• Have at least one niche market for assessment services (i.e., children, teens, adults, neurodiversity)
• Skilled in the use of software applications such as Microsoft Office, Google Drive, etc.
• Ability to work proactively and independently
• Critical thinking and attention to detail
• Highly organized
  

What Your Position may look like at Prickly Pear Therapy and Training.

• Conduct 3 assessments per week during our regular operating hours (Monday through Friday from 9:00-6:00 pm)
• Attend bi-weekly consultation and seminar group meetings
• Meet with other clinicians in the community to connect and market yourself
• Engage in group self-care activities once a month
• Being actively engaged in self-care and growth

This Position Is Not Right For You If You…

• Do not believe in anti-oppressive mental health practices
• Are not interested in upholding our team values
• Are unwilling to receive feedback or continue to grow as part of our team
• Are more interested in working by yourself than working as a team
• Are unable to be authentic and transparent in your work
• Are unable to be flexible to the needs of the team, service or clients

This Role Is Perfect For You If You…

• You are passionate about providing services to individuals that have experience trauma
• You want to engage in decolonized and anti-oppressive mental health practices
• You are looking for a career that will extend you – and not just a job
• Want to work usual hours with some added flexibility as needed
• Have a heart for learning
• Love celebrating each other, and collective wins.
• Are willing to jump in and help when someone needs
• Can manage high level autonomy effectively.

If you’ve read through this description and you think this may be the right fit for you - now it’s time to take action and apply!

Flexible work from home options available.