Queer Trauma Therapist (LPC/LCPC/LSW/LCSW)

Job Description

Job Description

For those who have graduated and are working toward full LCPC/LCSW licensure, Velvet & Vine offers a place to grow your practice with support and affirmation. We know that provisionally licensed clinicians are often caught in systems that undervalue them.

If you are fully licensed and seeking not just a workplace but a team dedicated to queer liberation, Velvet & Vine may be your next home. Here, you can bring your whole self and your clinical specializations, whether that is somatic work, queer couples therapy, trauma-focused modalities, or sex therapy. We celebrate both lived experience and clinical expertise, knowing that healing grows from both.

Belonging: Build a practice that reflects your gifts, while being held in community.

Sustainability: Caseloads designed to prevent burnout, not cause it.

Supervision & Collaboration: For provisionally licensed clinicians, regular individual and group supervision, with affirming licensed supervisors. For fully licensed clinicians, regular consultation and space to work together.

Support: Space to navigate the challenges of clinical work without masking or minimizing who you are.

Frameworks: A shared commitment to, and ongoing training and consultation in, queer liberation, trauma-informed care, neurodivergent affirmation, and evidence-based, measurement-informed practice.

Professional Development: Clinicians receive training and certification in complex trauma, trauma integration, polyvagal theory, and EMDR to expand clinical skills.

Workload Expectations: Clinicians carry a caseload of 28–30 weekly scheduled sessions , with an average of 22+ kept, late cancelled, or no-show sessions per week . Progress notes must be completed within 24 hours of each session , and SMART treatment plans updated at least every 90 days .

Professional Marketing: Develop and carry out a personal and organizational marketing plan centered on your clinical areas of interest and professional development in coordination and collaboration with the Clinical Director

Client Care & Communication: Discuss financial issues and insurance coverage with clients transparently and compassionately as part of the therapeutic and administrative process

Care Coordination: Collaborate with primary care providers, psychiatrists, and other community supports to ensure holistic and integrated care for clients

PAY STRUCTURE

We believe transparency is a form of care. Pay, benefits, and expectations are named openly, so there are no hidden rules or unspoken assumptions.

Compensation is a flat fee paid per session that is kept or billed as a late cancellation or no show. The flat fee is compensation for all clinical and administrative work and responsibilities.

Annual compensation range is $52,800 – $73,900. This range depends upon licensure status, years at the practice, years fully licensed, and the number of sessions kept or billed as a late cancellation or no show. Compensation range provided assumes an average of 22 kept, late cancelled, or no show sessions per week , and the range does not include compensation for paid leave and paid sick leave (see Benefits below).

Provisionally Licensed Fees

QMHP: $50

LPC/LSW: $55

LPC/LSW + 1 Year of Work: $58

Fully Licensed Fees

LCPC/LCSW: $60

LCPC/LCSW for 1+ Years : $63

LCPC/LCSW for 3+ Years : $65

LCPC/LCSW for 5+ Years : $68

LCPC/LCSW for 7+ Years : $70

BENEFITS

Paid Leave: 40 hours per year paid at $20 per hour ($800 per year)

Paid Sick Leave: 80 hours per year paid at $20 per hour ($1,600 per year)

Unpaid Leave: 40 hours per year

Signing Bonus: Available for clinicians with caseloads of 20+ clients

Language Fluency Bonus: $250 every 3 months for Cantonese, Mandarin & Spanish

Healthcare Stipend: 20% of your monthly medical insurance premium, up to $200 per month

Certification Bonus: $250 every three months for holding in-demand certifications

Certifications & Trainings: Certified Complex Trauma Professional (CCTP) certification, EMDR training, polyvagal-theory training, and more

Continuing Education: Access to unlimited CEU database via GoodTherapy

Directories: GoodTherapy, Psychology Today, and TherapyDen directory listings

AI Progress Notes: Access to HIPAA-compliant AI system for progress notes to reduce documentation burden

Wiley Treatment Planners: Access to built-in Wiley treatment planners for easier SMART treatment planning

Networking & Event Bonus: $250 every three months for demonstrated commitment to and attendance at networking and marketing events outside of regular working hours

Schedule: Flexible schedule that centers evening and/or weekend time created with your direct input and feedback

Measurement Database: Access to NovoPsych for evidence-based, measurement-informed inventories

Hybrid & Remote Work: Ability to work both in-person or remotely

Community & Social Events: Regular events to foster community and social engagement