Therapist Jobs in New York
Therapist jobs in New York are among the most active in the country, with strong demand across community mental health centers, hospital systems, private group practices, and school-based programs from entry-level associate positions through licensed clinical directors. New York City, Buffalo, and Albany lead hiring volume, with major employers including NYC Health + Hospitals, Northwell Health, and the Jewish Board actively staffing therapist roles. The most in-demand specialties are behavioral health, trauma-informed care, and substance use counseling. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) Therapist in the Preventive Service Department is to implement the BSFT model with family with child(ren) between the ages of 6 to 17 years old who present with various behavioral problems, including school truancy, substance use, conduct problems, and delinquency. The Preventive Services Department provides child welfare services using Evidence Based models to ensure that families are able to provide safe environments for their children, keep children safe in their homes and reduce the need for foster care. Prevention is an essential part of the child welfare continuum and requires a commitment to the wellbeing of all members of a client family. All services are provided in a family’s home and community.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Therapist works with families to assess their needs, develop intervention plans, and deliver therapy sessions that are tailored to the family's unique circumstances. They collaborate with other service providers to ensure a comprehensive approach to the family's care. The therapist also plays a crucial role in monitoring the family's progress, adjusting treatment plans as necessary, and working towards successful case closure.
The Therapist is a key figure in helping families overcome challenges, strengthen relationships, and create a safe and nurturing environment for children within the child welfare system. The Therapist provides all services in a client’s home and community.
KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Provide Child Welfare Preventive Services exclusively or primarily within the client’s home and community
- Build and maintain a collaborative relationship with every family member that has or should have a relationship with the youth who has identified needs.
- Provide direct clinical treatment to the entire family using BSFT MODEL theory and techniques
- As the leader of the therapeutic relationship, take responsibility for family progress and outcomes
- Build and maintain a collaborative relationship with relevant community stakeholders (i.e., child protection services, probation officers, judges, schools, etc.) to ensure cooperation among service providers
- Integrate case management services with an assigned evidence base model to help families meet their basic needs to promote stability and reduce stress
- Transform negative interactions into positive and collaborative interactions
- Focus on family strengths (defined from an interactional perspective). These are the connection, concern and love that are behind a family member’s negative behaviors.
- Conduct assessments including review of referral information, identify and engage key participants, identify strengths and weaknesses and collaboratively develop goals.
- Videotape all family therapy sessions, with consent
- Conduct family therapy in a place and at the time that is most convenient to the family
- Maintain clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts that promote peer, supervisory, model expert and ACS review and feedback.
- Adhere to the fidelity of the model. Work within the model’s structure, regarding length of treatment, case contacts, interventions, supervision, and documentation.
- Entering documentation in the OCFS and ACS Database System (PROMIS and CNNX)
- Collaborate with child welfare and follow ACS guidelines for preventive services, in particular the safety and risk aspects.
- Participate in all BSFT MODEL training, supervision and consultation activities
- Manage the extensive travel requirements involved in serving families in their homes
- Work a hybrid schedule based on program needs
- Comfortable with group supervision and commitment to work on professional development goals to improve adherence
- Work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of families
- Outreach to generate referrals for program
- Work with a team to meet client, program, and division needs
- Additional tasks as assigned
CORE COMPETENCIES:
- Ability to connect at a human level with clients to engage and maintain them in therapy
- Ability to establish an effective and collaborative relationship with all family members, requiring the therapist to manage her/his own feelings about each family member.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills
- Willingness and ability to be strengths focused
- Ability to function in the context of high tension and anger in the family
- Ability to shift the family from content to process, from past and future discussions to interactions that occur in the present
- Appreciation, respect, and understanding for teamwork and organizational systems
- Ability to maintain high level of self-awareness
- Ability to observe the present - the interactions that occur in front of the therapist - as they occur.
- Ability to be comfortable with cultural differences; to relate in ways that are respectful, strength-focused, and culturally appropriate
- Ability to be family-centered, and to allow the family to interact. The therapist does not need to be the center of the therapy but rather places the family at the center of the therapy.
- Ability not to buy the family’s frame. Keep sufficient independence from the family to enable you to observe the family and come to your own conclusions based on what you see, rather than on what the family says.
EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED:
- Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy or a related subject area.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:
- Bilingual/Bicultural preferred
- Experience working in the client’s home.
- Experience working in a Child Welfare, JJI, or Adolescent Focused program.
- Experience and/or knowledge of Evidence-Based Models, Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused work. Experience of working within diverse communities.
- Direct practice with families
Computer Skills Required:
- Knowledge of Microsoft office required
- Knowledge and experience with the Connections system preferred
Work Environment / Physical Effort:
- To perform the essential functions of this job the candidate must be able to travel within New York City carrying equipment such as a notebook, forms, laptop, mobile hotspot and cell phone weighing up to approximately 10 pounds.
- Risks/hazards associated with the position are those which may be encountered travelling around New York City and interfacing with clients experiencing an acute mental health crisis or serious emotional disturbance.
- Position is currently hybrid but can become 100% in person based on program need.
If you join us, you’ll have these great benefits:
- Generous paid time off in addition to paid agency holidays and 15 sick days
- Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
- Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
- Free continuing education opportunities
- 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
- Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
- 27/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
- Life and disability insurance
Who we are:
The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.
More on Equal Opportunity:
We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) Therapist in the Preventive Service Department is to implement the BSFT model with family with child(ren) between the ages of 6 to 17 years old who present with various behavioral problems, including school truancy, substance use, conduct problems, and delinquency. The Preventive Services Department provides child welfare services using Evidence Based models to ensure that families are able to provide safe environments for their children, keep children safe in their homes and reduce the need for foster care. Prevention is an essential part of the child welfare continuum and requires a commitment to the wellbeing of all members of a client family. All services are provided in a family’s home and community.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Therapist works with families to assess their needs, develop intervention plans, and deliver therapy sessions that are tailored to the family's unique circumstances. They collaborate with other service providers to ensure a comprehensive approach to the family's care. The therapist also plays a crucial role in monitoring the family's progress, adjusting treatment plans as necessary, and working towards successful case closure.
The Therapist is a key figure in helping families overcome challenges, strengthen relationships, and create a safe and nurturing environment for children within the child welfare system. The Therapist provides all services in a client’s home and community.
KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Provide Child Welfare Preventive Services exclusively or primarily within the client’s home and community
- Build and maintain a collaborative relationship with every family member that has or should have a relationship with the youth who has identified needs.
- Provide direct clinical treatment to the entire family using BSFT MODEL theory and techniques
- As the leader of the therapeutic relationship, take responsibility for family progress and outcomes
- Build and maintain a collaborative relationship with relevant community stakeholders (i.e., child protection services, probation officers, judges, schools, etc.) to ensure cooperation among service providers
- Integrate case management services with an assigned evidence base model to help families meet their basic needs to promote stability and reduce stress
- Transform negative interactions into positive and collaborative interactions
- Focus on family strengths (defined from an interactional perspective). These are the connection, concern and love that are behind a family member’s negative behaviors.
- Conduct assessments including review of referral information, identify and engage key participants, identify strengths and weaknesses and collaboratively develop goals.
- Videotape all family therapy sessions, with consent
- Conduct family therapy in a place and at the time that is most convenient to the family
- Maintain clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts that promote peer, supervisory, model expert and ACS review and feedback.
- Adhere to the fidelity of the model. Work within the model’s structure, regarding length of treatment, case contacts, interventions, supervision, and documentation.
- Entering documentation in the OCFS and ACS Database System (PROMIS and CNNX)
- Collaborate with child welfare and follow ACS guidelines for preventive services, in particular the safety and risk aspects.
- Participate in all BSFT MODEL training, supervision and consultation activities
- Manage the extensive travel requirements involved in serving families in their homes
- Work a hybrid schedule based on program needs
- Comfortable with group supervision and commitment to work on professional development goals to improve adherence
- Work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of families
- Outreach to generate referrals for program
- Work with a team to meet client, program, and division needs
- Additional tasks as assigned
CORE COMPETENCIES:
- Ability to connect at a human level with clients to engage and maintain them in therapy
- Ability to establish an effective and collaborative relationship with all family members, requiring the therapist to manage her/his own feelings about each family member.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills
- Willingness and ability to be strengths focused
- Ability to function in the context of high tension and anger in the family
- Ability to shift the family from content to process, from past and future discussions to interactions that occur in the present
- Appreciation, respect, and understanding for teamwork and organizational systems
- Ability to maintain high level of self-awareness
- Ability to observe the present - the interactions that occur in front of the therapist - as they occur.
- Ability to be comfortable with cultural differences; to relate in ways that are respectful, strength-focused, and culturally appropriate
- Ability to be family-centered, and to allow the family to interact. The therapist does not need to be the center of the therapy but rather places the family at the center of the therapy.
- Ability not to buy the family’s frame. Keep sufficient independence from the family to enable you to observe the family and come to your own conclusions based on what you see, rather than on what the family says.
EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED:
- Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy or a related subject area.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:
- Bilingual/Bicultural preferred
- Experience working in the client’s home.
- Experience working in a Child Welfare, JJI, or Adolescent Focused program.
- Experience and/or knowledge of Evidence-Based Models, Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused work. Experience of working within diverse communities.
- Direct practice with families
Computer Skills Required:
- Knowledge of Microsoft office required
- Knowledge and experience with the Connections system preferred
Work Environment / Physical Effort:
- To perform the essential functions of this job the candidate must be able to travel within New York City carrying equipment such as a notebook, forms, laptop, mobile hotspot and cell phone weighing up to approximately 10 pounds.
- Risks/hazards associated with the position are those which may be encountered travelling around New York City and interfacing with clients experiencing an acute mental health crisis or serious emotional disturbance.
- Position is currently hybrid but can become 100% in person based on program need.
If you join us, you’ll have these great benefits:
- Generous paid time off in addition to paid agency holidays and 15 sick days
- Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
- Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
- Free continuing education opportunities
- 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
- Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
- 27/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
- Life and disability insurance
Who we are:
The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.
More on Equal Opportunity:
We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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Therapist Job Market in New York
A snapshot from current New York openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Riverview, LLP98
- SPEAR Physical Therapy57
- FOX Rehabilitation54
- Trinity Health43
- Ivyrehab Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy & Speech-Language Pathology, Pllc31
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services562
- Agriculture & Farming99
- Education41
- Consulting & Professional Services30
- Non-Profit & Social Services29
What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in therapist jobs across New York.
- Active New York State license as an LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, or licensed psychologist
- Master's degree in social work, mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, or psychology
- Supervised clinical hours meeting New York State Office of the Professions post-degree requirements
- Experience conducting individual, group, or family therapy using evidence-based modalities
- Proficiency with electronic health records and clinical documentation in compliance standards
- Strong knowledge of New York Medicaid billing and managed care authorization processes
Therapist Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a therapist in New York?
Becoming a licensed therapist in New York requires a master's or doctoral degree in a qualifying field such as social work, mental health counseling, or marriage and family therapy, followed by supervised post-degree clinical hours and a passing score on the relevant licensure exam. The New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, oversees licensure for LCSWs, LMHCs, and LMFTs. Most candidates complete their supervised hours working at community mental health agencies or hospital systems before sitting for the exam.
Which companies hire therapists in New York?
Employers hiring therapists in New York right now include Riverview, LLP, SPEAR Physical Therapy, and FOX Rehabilitation, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. New York's large integrated health systems and expansive community behavioral health network mean therapist openings are distributed across both major urban centers and suburban counties throughout the state.
Which New York cities have the most therapist jobs?
New York, Brooklyn, and Rochester have the most therapist job openings in New York. New York City drives the largest share of demand given its dense concentration of hospital systems, community mental health centers, and private group practices, while Buffalo and Albany attract openings through regional health networks, state-funded behavioral health programs, and anchor academic medical institutions in each area.
Are there remote therapist jobs in New York?
Yes, and more than most clinical roles. About 3% of therapist openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, reflecting the widespread adoption of telehealth following New York's expanded reimbursement policies for remote mental health services. Outpatient therapy, EAP counseling, and care coordination roles are the most commonly offered in fully remote formats, while intensive outpatient and school-based positions typically remain on-site.
How can I get hired as a therapist in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a clinical internship or practicum placement at a New York community mental health agency, which often converts to a paid associate or pre-licensed clinician role after graduation. NYC Health + Hospitals and the Jewish Board both hire unlicensed clinicians accumulating supervised hours toward licensure. Roles titled clinical case manager, mental health counselor associate, or residential counselor serve as common lateral entry points, and candidates who have already passed Part One of their licensure exam hold a clear edge in competitive applicant pools.
Where can I find and apply to therapist jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to therapist jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current New York openings from employers actively hiring now. Find the roles that fit your license, specialty, and preferred location, then apply directly to each one.
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