The Freedom of a Private Practice, with the Community of a Group Practice
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The Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (IAP) is opening its doors to clinicians who are interested in being part of a community dedicated to the growth of the field of psychotherapy. Clinicians at IAP are dedicated to keeping up to date on effective treatments, sharing different approaches/techniques, and evolving treatment approaches in order to create better outcomes for clients. IAP is a group practice of clinicians, most of whom have been teaching and practicing for many years, who come together to develop therapeutic skill, discuss cases, teach, find mutual support, and collaborate on writing and research. Research has found that therapists that are working as part of a group practice have better treatment outcomes due to collaborative learning, discussion, and innovation. To be part of IAP, apply today!
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see group practice clients in our office, yours, or anywhere via telehealth |
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The Freedom of Private Practice, with the Community of Group Practice
Because IAP started with experienced trainers who were already established in their private practice, we decided to keep our own private practice offices, and create this hybrid group practice where you could see group practice and private practice clients all in the same day in your private practice office (or online). This was very novel back in 2009, but more common since the pandemic. We were able to have the freedom of a private practice and the community of a group practice, where we could discuss cases and keep each other up to date on the field of psychotherapy and best practices. Since this is a business to business contractor relationship, we do not require our clinicians to sign a non-compete clause, or to have to leave their practice to come to ours. Some are transitioning out of full-time positions at hospitals, community clinics, schools or other settings while they launch their private practice alongside joining the group practice. Many of our clinicians also have private practices, but found it isolating and joined IAP for the community of clinical excellence. |
Nearly half of our clinicians have been with IAP for 4+ years, and several over 10 years |
We have various ways to be involved:
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Our Speciality Centers are grounded in evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), and Family Systems. Some clinicians specialize in one approach and others use them all. To learn about our integrative approaches, you can listen to an interview with our director, Dr. Keith Sutton, on Shrink Rap Radio.
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The Institute has six specialty centers, each with evidence-based theoretical grounding:
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IAP only has licensed, experienced clinicians, so if you're not licensed yet, you can join our associated nonprofit!
Our nonprofit partner, Bay Area Community Counseling (BACC), is where clients in financial need can see clinicians in training, early career clinicians, and clinicians developing their abilities in treating specific issues. BACC offers a clinical associateship for those who are at the postdoc stage in their clinical career. IAP also offers nonclinical internships (NCIs) to undergraduates and recent graduates, wanting to learn more about the field of psychotherapy. NCIs help with various projects, can attend workshops for free and sit in on case consultation. Do you know someone, some group, or a foundation that would like to support therapy for those in need? You can donate today or pass on the donation information at BACC's website here. |
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Clinicians who join IAP are contractors and can either see clients in the IAP offices in San Francisco, Marin, the East Bay, on the Peninsula, in the South Bay, or in their own offices or hybrid via remote therapy. The entire group meets on the second Monday of each month from 12-2pm via Zoom, and Clinicians who are newer to our practice (first 1-3 years) join the weekly consultation from 12-2pm on Mondays.
Group Practice Consultation Meetings
Postmodern Culturally Competent Framework The clinicians at IAP come from a wide variety of backgrounds, identities and lived experiences. Our approach to clients is in a postmodern framework of cultural relativism, non-pathologizing, collaboration approach with our clients, awareness of therapist's identities, intersectionalities and their relationship to power and privilege, transparency, social justice, cultural humility and anti-racism practices. |
offices in San Francisco, Marin, the East Bay, the Peninsula, in the South Bay, or in their own offices or hybrid |
Income and Benefits of Being Part of IAP
Our clinicians can see as little as 10 clients, or as many clients as they want. Clinicians earn between $120 and $254 per session, and some earn $120,000 per year just seeing 10 clients a week, while others seeing 20 per week can earn $265,000 per year. IAP clinicians can attend workshops and trainings for free, participate in our consultation groups, and receive individual consultation from our director, Dr. Keith Sutton, depending on how many clients they are seeing. IAP also has a profit sharing program, where clinicians involved in building the practice benefit from its success! Lastly, we also get to connect with our community through events like meeting up for dinner and other events.
Our clinicians can see as little as 10 clients, or as many clients as they want. Clinicians earn between $120 and $254 per session, and some earn $120,000 per year just seeing 10 clients a week, while others seeing 20 per week can earn $265,000 per year. IAP clinicians can attend workshops and trainings for free, participate in our consultation groups, and receive individual consultation from our director, Dr. Keith Sutton, depending on how many clients they are seeing. IAP also has a profit sharing program, where clinicians involved in building the practice benefit from its success! Lastly, we also get to connect with our community through events like meeting up for dinner and other events.
If you're interested in becoming involved in a community of clinical excellence that is dedicated to each individual's growth, and are interested in working within the theoretical approaches our centers are grounded in, you may be a great fit for our organization!
To become a part of IAP's group practice, please email a cover letter and resume to [email protected]
Process for applying and joining:
Please include your interest in working with IAP and particularly, the Bay Area Center for ADHD, which is the main center we're currently hiring for. As a clinician at the Center for ADHD, you would also be able to see clients from other centers too. We are seeking clinicians who
Hiring Process
If it looks like you're a good match, you'll be asked to schedule a 15 min phone interview with our director. If it seems like both would like to move forward, our director will schedule a Zoom interview, where you will discuss an adult case and child/adolescent case you've worked with. Dr. Sutton will discuss how he might work with those clients, and you can both see if the approach is a good fit. If hired, the next steps would be completing the onboarding paperwork, joining the weekly consultation group on Mondays, and going through 21 hours of training (a 6-hour course on our Integrative CBT approach, 6-hour course on our Integrative Family Therapy model, and 9 hours of training treating ADHD). Once the training is complete, the clinician will be referred one adult and one child/adolescent client through IAP. The work with these clients will be evaluated during the weekly consultation meetings, and after 6-10 sessions, we'll decide the best way to move forward. We may decide the contractor's expertise has been established and they can have as many referrals as they'd like, or we may decide the person needs more support in developing the skills needed to provide treatment that is in line with the approaches that IAP uses. It is a lengthy process, but it in ensures that we have great clinicians as part of our clinical community!
Please include your interest in working with IAP and particularly, the Bay Area Center for ADHD, which is the main center we're currently hiring for. As a clinician at the Center for ADHD, you would also be able to see clients from other centers too. We are seeking clinicians who
- have experience with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and can work practically with clients
- clinicians that can work systemically with clients
- work with adults, as well as either children, adolescents and/or young adults and their families.
- available to see clients in person in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as online
Hiring Process
If it looks like you're a good match, you'll be asked to schedule a 15 min phone interview with our director. If it seems like both would like to move forward, our director will schedule a Zoom interview, where you will discuss an adult case and child/adolescent case you've worked with. Dr. Sutton will discuss how he might work with those clients, and you can both see if the approach is a good fit. If hired, the next steps would be completing the onboarding paperwork, joining the weekly consultation group on Mondays, and going through 21 hours of training (a 6-hour course on our Integrative CBT approach, 6-hour course on our Integrative Family Therapy model, and 9 hours of training treating ADHD). Once the training is complete, the clinician will be referred one adult and one child/adolescent client through IAP. The work with these clients will be evaluated during the weekly consultation meetings, and after 6-10 sessions, we'll decide the best way to move forward. We may decide the contractor's expertise has been established and they can have as many referrals as they'd like, or we may decide the person needs more support in developing the skills needed to provide treatment that is in line with the approaches that IAP uses. It is a lengthy process, but it in ensures that we have great clinicians as part of our clinical community!
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