Position Summary

Conscious Healing is seeking a Counselor/Therapist to provide behavioral health and substance use disorder counseling services within Conscious Healing’s trauma-first treatment model. This role supports participant care through individual counseling, group counseling, family support when clinically appropriate, treatment planning, timely clinical documentation, interdisciplinary coordination, and consistent engagement in supervision and professional development.

The Counselor/Therapist will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to help participants stabilize, build insight, strengthen emotional regulation, reduce relapse risk, and move toward long-term recovery.

Experience & Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, addiction counseling, or another qualifying behavioral health field from an accredited program preferred or required based on credential.
• Current Virginia credential or registration in good standing as one of the following:
  • CSAC
  • Resident in Counseling
  • LCSW
  • LPC
  • LMFT
  • LSATP
• Must remain in ongoing compliance with all applicable Virginia Board requirements, supervision requirements, credentialing standards, and ethical obligations.
• Prior experience in behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment, case coordination, treatment planning, or group facilitation preferred.
• Knowledge of trauma-first care, participant rights, confidentiality, ethical practice, DBHDS standards, payer requirements, and clinical documentation expectations.
• Strong communication, documentation, organization, participant engagement, and professional judgment skills.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to pass required background checks and screenings.
• All required licenses, registrations, supervision records, trainings, screenings, and competency documentation must remain current, verifiable, and in good standing at all times.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide counseling services, including individual, group, and family interventions as assigned and clinically appropriate.
• Deliver trauma-first, clinically appropriate interventions that support stabilization, insight, emotional regulation, relapse prevention, and recovery progress.
• Facilitate therapeutic groups for participants in PHP, IOP, OP, and related recovery programming.
• Maintain an assigned caseload and provide participant support based on level of care, diagnosis, assessed needs, and treatment goals.
• Complete treatment plans, treatment plan reviews, progress notes, discharge summaries, and related clinical documentation within required timeframes.
• Document services with accuracy, medical necessity, timeliness, and alignment with Board, payer, DBHDS, and internal Conscious Healing standards.
• Monitor attendance, engagement, relapse risk, safety concerns, emotional stability, and barriers to care.
• Follow up on participant concerns and escalate clinical, safety, compliance, or risk-related issues appropriately.
• Participate fully in required supervision sessions, case consultation, skill development, and corrective coaching processes when applicable.
• Coordinate with supervisors, counselors, case managers, peers, medical providers, admissions staff, and leadership to support integrated participant care.
• Participate in case staffing, treatment team meetings, interdisciplinary communication, and discharge planning.
• Collaborate with family members, referral sources, probation/parole officers, medical providers, and external providers as authorized and clinically appropriate.
• Support crisis response, mandated reporting, safety planning, and serious incident follow-up as directed.
• Promote trauma-first care, participant rights, confidentiality, ethical conduct, and professional boundaries in all interactions.
• Maintain compliance with HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, DBHDS expectations, payer requirements, and Conscious Healing policies.
• Participate in staff meetings, trainings, supervision, professional development, and quality improvement activities.
• Represent Conscious Healing with professionalism, compassion, accountability, and clinical integrity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in PHP, IOP, OP, residential, recovery housing, community behavioral health, or substance use disorder treatment.
• Experience facilitating substance use disorder groups, relapse prevention groups, trauma-informed groups, or psychoeducational groups.
• Experience completing treatment plans, ASAM-informed documentation, progress notes, discharge planning, and clinical reviews.
• Familiarity with Medicaid, commercial insurance, DBHDS, ASAM, and behavioral health documentation standards.
• Experience working with co-occurring substance use, trauma, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, family conflict, and justice-involved participants.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is someone who:

• Believes in trauma-first, recovery-focused care.
• Can balance compassion with accountability.
• Understands that clinical documentation is part of quality care.
• Works well in a structured team environment.
• Is teachable, dependable, ethical, and emotionally grounded.
• Can engage participants while maintaining strong professional boundaries.
• Is comfortable providing both individual and group services.
• Communicates concerns early and clearly.
• Wants to be part of building a strong, clinically sound treatment program.

Work Environment

This position is based in an outpatient substance use disorder treatment setting serving participants in PHP, IOP, OP, and related recovery programming. The role may involve working with participants who are early in recovery, experiencing emotional distress, managing relapse risk, or navigating significant life instability. Strong boundaries, clinical judgment, emotional regulation, and trauma-informed communication are essential.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Conscious Healing is an equal opportunity employer. We value clinical excellence, lived and professional experience, ethical practice, and the belief that people can recover, rebuild, and live purposeful lives.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume and a brief statement about your counseling experience, current Virginia credential or registration status, and interest in working within a trauma-first substance use disorder treatment program to hr@conscioushealingva.com.  Include “Counselor/Therapist” in the subject line.