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CLINICAL LEAD & THERAPIST

Walk With Me Counseling Center is seeking an experienced, independently licensed Illinois therapist to join our growing virtual group practice as a part-time Clinical Lead & Therapist.

This is an opportunity for a strong clinician who enjoys providing therapy and is ready to step into a meaningful, focused leadership role. You will maintain a part-time therapy caseload while providing clinical consultation, documentation oversight, and quality support to a small team of therapists.

This is not a full Clinical Director position. The role is intentionally focused on clinical care and clinical quality. You will not be responsible for billing, scheduling, intake, marketing, or day-to-day practice operations.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Therapy

• Provide virtual psychotherapy to adult clients in Illinois.

• Complete timely, accurate, and clinically appropriate documentation.

• Develop and update treatment plans based on client needs, progress, and medical necessity.

• Maintain clinically appropriate diagnoses and reassess diagnoses as additional information becomes available throughout treatment.

• Build a part-time caseload gradually based on referrals, availability, client fit, and scheduling needs.

Clinical Leadership

• Provide approximately one hour of weekly clinical consultation to therapists, including support with case conceptualization, treatment planning, interventions, complex cases, ethical concerns, and risk or safety concerns.

• Provide required documentation signatures for provisionally licensed therapists.

• Conduct a weekly random sample review of progress notes and treatment plans to assess clinical quality, medical necessity, and alignment among diagnosis, treatment goals, interventions, and documented progress.

• Review diagnoses and diagnostic codes as part of the weekly quality review and identify when diagnostic reassessment is clinically indicated.

• Provide clear, constructive feedback when documentation or clinical concerns are identified and follow up when needed.

• Serve as a clinical resource for complex, higher-risk, or ethically challenging cases.

• Escalate significant clinical, ethical, or safety concerns to practice leadership when appropriate.

Providing required signatures is separate from conducting an in-depth clinical quality review. The Clinical Lead is not expected to perform an in-depth review of every document before signing it.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Current, unrestricted Illinois LCPC, LCSW, or LMFT license required.

• Minimum of 3 years of post-graduate psychotherapy experience required.

• Experience providing psychotherapy to adults.

• Strong clinical judgment and case conceptualization skills.

• Strong knowledge of diagnosis, treatment planning, clinical documentation, medical necessity, ethics, and risk assessment.

• Ability to provide thoughtful, direct, and supportive clinical feedback.

• Strong communication, organization, and follow-through.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fully virtual practice.

• Clinical leadership, supervision, consultation, or documentation review experience strongly preferred.

SCHEDULE & COMPENSATION

• Part-time W-2 position.

• Fully virtual.

• Approximately 2 to 3 paid Clinical Lead hours per week initially.

• Clinical Lead responsibilities are compensated at $50 per hour.

• Therapy services are compensated at $80 per completed therapy session.

• Caseloads are built gradually based on referrals, client fit, and therapist availability. A specific caseload volume is not guaranteed upon hire.

• Compensation is paid biweekly.

ABOUT WALK WITH ME COUNSELING CENTER

Walk With Me Counseling Center is a virtual Illinois group counseling practice providing culturally responsive, compassionate mental health care to adults.

We believe excellent client care and clinician well-being belong together. We value clinical excellence, collaboration, professional growth, and sustainable work.

We are building a practice where therapists have the support they need to provide excellent care without sacrificing their own well-being. We are looking for a Clinical Lead who shares that commitment and wants to help strengthen the clinical foundation of a growing practice.

If you are an experienced Illinois clinician who enjoys both direct clinical work and supporting the growth of other therapists, we would love to hear from you.

Learn more about Walk With Me Counseling Center at www.walkwithmecounseling.com.

Walk With Me Counseling Center is a virtual group counseling practice serving adults throughout Illinois. We provide culturally responsive, compassionate mental health care for anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship concerns, emotional regulation, life transitions, and other challenges affecting emotional well-being.
We are committed to clinical excellence, ethical care, collaboration, professional growth, and sustainable work. We believe exceptional client care begins with supported clinicians. Our goal is to create an environment where therapists are valued, have opportunities to grow professionally, and have the support and autonomy they need to do meaningful clinical work without sacrificing their own well-being.
Learn more at www.walkwithmecounseling.com.