Employment

Join Our Team

We are focused on building a team which reflects our core values. These values include flexibility, curiosity, respect, and reciprocity. It’s important that team members feel confident and supported in their work. We value building a team with unique interests and specialty areas so that clinicians may serve in ways they feel most passionate about. We value services and modalities that are rooted in science and applied with respect to the subtle differences in client lives. 

We value teamwork, supportiveness, and encouragement. We value healthy boundaries and transparent communication. 

Summit is owend by co-owners Lindsay and Ben Taylor, both of whom are LPC-MHSP clinicians. In short, we have sought to create a private practice where we would like to work (and we do). We look forward welcoming new team members who reflect similar values and whom we may support in their work as a clinician.

Competitive Pay

You should be paid well for your professional skills.

PRofessional Support

We offer support in increasing specialty training and encourage our counselors to find a practice niche they are excited to work with.

flexibility

Your work should work alongside your life.

Current Openings

Listing current as of 01/29/2025. 

We are accepting applications for a full or part-time therapist position. Preference will be given to licensed providers or associate providers near full licensure. 

Licensed/Pre-Licensed Counselor

This is an outpatient counseling position. Responsibilities include routine outpatient counseling services to individuals (possible couples/families). This position is for a part time or full time employee.

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Our counseling team consists of a wonderful group of talented clinicians. We take pride in a positive, helpful, and engaged culture and are looking to add a new counselor to join our team who matches and contributes to this energy. 

We are interested in building a counseling practice which actively values quality clinical care and creating balance for employees. It’s important that our employees feel respected, confident, supported, and excited about their work. 

A good candidate is someone interested in working in a smaller team environment. Someone who has or is interested in developing a niche or working with specific populations. Someone who is creative and curious about the process of counseling. Someone who wants to learn and share with other talented and creative counselors.

Position Summary:

We are seeking a qualified licensed counselor/therapist/social worker to join our team and provide individual and/or group outpatient counseling services. Preferably this will be a full-time position, although part-time candidates may be considered. Pre-licensed candidates are welcome to apply though considerable preference will be given towards applicants with full licensure status.

The position has the option to be a fee-split model where you earn a percentage of revenue generated from sessions or salary position where you are paid a flat amount each pay period throughout the year.

This position will see most clients in the office from our downtown location. Some telehealth sessions can be expected. You can expect your caseload to grow gradually. This position also includes a brief paid onboarding period.

This therapist role will be a W2 employee position rather than a 1099 contractor position. As such, all mandatory federal and state taxes will be withheld automatically and you will be covered by Summit’s professional liability coverage.

What You’ll Do:

  • Providing standard counseling services to individuals, couples, or families in a private practice setting.
  • Formulating DSM-5 diagnoses.
  • Maintain a sense of curiosity and hopefulness about clients and the counseling profession.
  • Maintaining ethical and justice-oriented care to all clients, respecting cultural backgrounds, differences, and marginalization.
  • Maintaining timely documentation utilizing Therapynotes electronic health records system.
  • Maintaining Tennessee Licensure status.
  • Actively participating in our professional team and contributing to group meetings and consultations.
  • Actively participate in team meetings and contribute positively to the culture of Summit.
  • Actively express and pursue professional interests and specialty areas.
  • Providing quality, evidence-based counseling services to clients.
  • Demonstrating professionalism, motivation, and a genuine interest in the counseling experience for clients.

Who You Are:

  • Licensed (anticipating licensure in <6 months) to provide counseling services in the state of Tennessee.
  • You are curious, empathetic, confident enough to make decisions, and humble enough to seek and receive feedback from peers.
  • You are aware and sympathetic to cultural and social diversity and experiences.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of diagnostics, psychopharmacology, and supportive treatment approaches as applied to child and/or adult populations.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the identification and treatment of co-occurring mental health and/or substance abuse disorders.

You May Be Interested If You:

  • Seek the experience working with a group of motivated and highly talented providers.
  • Are interested in developing a specialty in regards to modality, clientele, or presenting concerns.
  • Desire to leave the community mental health grind to focus on providing effective therapy.
  • Hold a natural curiosity about people and strategies to help them.
  • Have a fondness for clients and a belief in their ability to improve.

Benefits:

  • Salary or fee-split pay depending on what fits your needs.
  • Flexible schedule.
  • Health insurance.
  • Paid time off.
  • Professional development assistance.
  • Clinical supervision for pre-licensed providers (LPC/MHSP track).

Deadline:

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Counselor Application
Scheduler/office manager

This role is the first point of contact for anyone calling Summit and is responsible for helping schedule clients and answer basic questions regarding services. Warmth, positivity, and organization are prioritized skills for this position.

Job Description

Summit Counseling is a counseling practice with multiple counselor. We values a focus on client service and providing an excellent counseling experience that exceeds client expectations. We prioritize a culture of genuinely valuing both our employees and our clients.

We are seeking a motivated, detail-oriented, and organized individual to become the first contact between clients and our group. This is a part-time position with flexible hours. You can work on your schedule and within normal business hours. This position is ideal for graduate students in a mental health related field. Students have the potential to move into a clinical role upon graduation.

General Overview of Position

This position can be a primarily remote position provided the candidate can devote specific undivided time to fulfilling responsibilities. The option to work in office is also available as well as hybrid work.

You might expect to spend around 10-20 hours per week on this position.

Opportunities to increase time and job duties may exist and will be re-evaluated at regularly scheduled evaluations.

A typical day would look like spending 3-5 hours returning calls and emails, scheduling clients, helping clients understand their on-boarding process, and other administrative tasks in the office.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

– Create a welcome, inclusive, friendly, and helpful experience for clients

– Help create a feeling of value, importance, and respect for clients

– Generally exceed the expectations of clients by authentically caring about their experience

This sets the tone for our culture and is the essential function of our office scheduler. All other tasks are a means to meeting these goals and are listed below. We are an inclusive and affirming practice.

Secondary Job Responsibilities:

– Answering and phone calls from clients

– Responding to emails

– Answering basic questions regarding our practice

– Taking messages and asking the appropriate person when you don’t know an answer

– Being a good and validating listener

– Being detail oriented as each counselor will rely on our scheduler’s accuracy and timeliness

– Become familiar with our scheduling software and Google GSuite software tools

– Rigidly adhere to all privacy laws established by HIPAA

– Maintain appropriate professional interactions with co-workers

– Generally enjoy and respect providing a good service to people

Physical Requirements:

  • Position could include constant sitting, standing and walking with frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, bending, stooping, turning and stretching.
  • Visual and hearing acuity essential


Educational/Professional Requirements:

  • Must hold a high school diploma or GED
  • Prior experience or study in healthcare and/or office management, is preferred
  • Prior experience or study in mental healthcare is highly preferred
  • Must have excellent communication skills
  • Must pass criminal background check
Scheduler Application

MASTER'S LEVEL STUDENT INTERNSHIP

This position is for students currently pursuing a Master’s degree in a counseling related field (Clinical Counseling, Marriage and Family, or Social Work). 

Student Intern Application