Details
Posted: 12-May-22
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Required Education: Master’s
Employment Type:
Full-time
Organization Type:
Higher Education Institution
St. Catherine University and our Counseling Department invite applications for a full-time Mental Health Therapist position. Services will be delivered primarily in-person (on site) and, occasionally virtually (online).
Our Counseling Center provides counseling services to students from a variety of cultural and faith backgrounds, enabling them to achieve their academic and life goals. St. Catherine University is proud to be designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI) where approximately 40% of our students self-identify as diverse. We provide counseling services to students coping with emotional, social, behavioral, and identity-related difficulties common to the college population and we are deeply committed to creating a welcoming, emotionally safe space in which students can be seen and valued in their entirety, including their intersecting identities and unique cultural backgrounds. The Mental Health Therapist will:
- Deliver individual and group psychotherapy, conduct psychological assessments, create treatment plans, facilitate psycho-educational workshops, and support students in crisis.
- Refer students to other resources on campus as helpful.
- Keep professional records and collateral clinical service.
- Consult with various university constituencies regarding issues of student mental health and deliver outreach in the form of presentations and workshops on psycho-educational topics.
- Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of departmental goals and programs including the development of effective dynamics among team members.
We have staff who are able to provide licensure supervision to individuals pursuing an LP in the state of Minnesota.
St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a comprehensive Catholic university and home to one of the nation’s largest colleges for women, with associate and graduate programs for all genders. Founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1905, the University integrates liberal arts and professional education within the Catholic traditions of intellectual inquiry and social teaching. Committed to excellence and opportunity, St. Catherine
enrolls students in certificate, associate, baccalaureate, master, and doctoral programs in traditional day and evening/weekend/online formats.
Minimum qualifications:
- Master’s degree in counseling psychology or a counseling-related field
- Two (2) years of post-master’s full-time experience conducting individual mental health counseling.
- Experience providing mental health crisis intervention.
- Experience providing culturally proficient clinical services to diverse and underrepresented and historically marginalized clients.
- Licensure (or license-eligibility) in Minnesota as a psychologist, counselor, social worker, or marriage and family therapist
We seek creative, adaptable staff who enjoy working in a university climate that promotes cultural diversity, multicultural understanding, and cultural fluency. Consistent with the university’s commitment to women, diversity and social justice, preference will be given to candidates who manifest these themes in their experience and service.
