Licensed Mental Health Provider (Substance Use Disorders)

What you’ll do:

• Deliver evidence-based psychotherapy for adults with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions, using interventions such as Motivational Interviewing (MI/MET), CBT for SUD, relapse prevention, and harm reduction strategies.
• Conduct comprehensive substance use assessments, evaluating symptom severity, readiness for change, recovery supports, co-occurring mental health conditions, and safety risks to inform individualized treatment planning.
• Develop person-centered treatment plans using an ASAM-informed framework, including recommendations for appropriate levels of care and referrals when clinically indicated.
• Support members across all stages of recovery—including those who are actively using substances, ambivalent about change, or returning to use—through compassionate, recovery-oriented care.
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary team members, including medication managers, Specialty Care Navigators, and Peer Recovery Specialists to coordinate comprehensive care.
• Monitor member progress using measurement-based care and data-driven clinical decision making to adjust treatment plans and improve outcomes.
• Provide mental health counseling sessions, including clinical risk assessments, safety planning, and crisis intervention when appropriate.
• Complete required internal training, assignments and attend Spring Health Clinical Team meetings.
• Follow Spring Health policies and maintain all confidentiality, compliance, and ethical standards.
• Review monthly projections, client metrics, and clinical outcomes to monitor quality client care.

What you are:

• You have an unrestricted license to practice psychotherapy with the state of: TX, CA, or PA. We are not able to accept applications from anyone requiring licensed supervision.
• 2+ years of post-licensed experience.
• You have the ability to work a full 40 hour work week.
• You're comfortable with technology and a virtual/ telehealth competent.
• You are able and eager to maintain an average caseload of 30 sessions per week.
• You have at least two years of experience providing psychotherapy to individuals with substance use disorders, with SUD treatment representing a meaningful portion of your clinical practice.
• You are trained in evidence-based approaches for SUD treatment, including Motivational Interviewing (MI/MET) and one or more interventions such as CBT for SUD, relapse prevention, contingency management, or other evidence-based addiction treatments.
• You are comfortable working with members across all stages of change, including individuals who are actively using substances, exploring harm reduction goals, or pursuing abstinence-based recovery.
• You are confident in assessing substance use severity, relapse risk, withdrawal risk, recovery support, and the need for higher levels of care.
• You understand the role of medications for substance use disorders (e.g., MAUD/MOUD) and enjoy collaborating with prescribing clinicians as part of an integrated care team.
• You are comfortable with providing safety planning and intervention during situations where a client might present with higher risks.
• You are committed to quality clinical care and want to expand your capabilities and increase your effectiveness by being informed of client progress or challenges.
• You like working independently but would also enjoy having the support of a team and opportunities for connections and collaboration with other providers and our master’s level clinical care navigators.

Nice to haves:

• Experience providing evidence-based interventions (Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure) to individuals with PTSD.
• Experience working within an integrated behavioral health, collaborative care, or multidisciplinary treatment model.
• Training or experience using the ASAM Criteria to inform treatment planning and level-of-care recommendations.
• Familiarity with measurement-based care tools used in addiction treatment (e.g., Brief Addiction Monitor).
• Willingness to be cross-licensed in other states; sponsored by Spring Health.
• Open to treating populations beyond adults such as children, adolescents, couples, or families.
• Openness to working nights and weekends.
• Experience working in a mental health tech/start up environment.