The Center of Hope for Behavioral Health's purpose is to enhance the well-being of students, adults, and families through comprehensive behavioral health care services in a supportive and inclusive environment. We commit to helping heal through our Core Values of Collaboration, Integrity, Respect, and Excellence. Thank you for your interest in joining our team.

At the Center of Hope for Behavioral Health, we believe that healing is possible for everyone. Our mission is simple yet profound: to walk alongside individuals and families as they face life’s most difficult challenges, offering not just clinical care, but dignity, compassion, and hope.

We are a nonprofit committed to making mental health care accessible to all. Whether through therapy, housing support, or community programs, we meet people where they are and help them build toward a healthier, more hopeful future. Our work extends across Davidson County, serving children, adults, and families in need of mental health and substance use treatment, housing stability, and supportive services. We are more than a treatment center.....we are a place of belonging and renewal.

What sets us apart is our heart. Every member of our team contributes to a mission larger than themselves: restoring lives, rebuilding families, and strengthening our community.

When you join the Center, you join a movement of healers and advocates who believe that compassion changes lives. Here, your skills will not only make a difference in the lives of those we serve, but your work will also carry lasting impact.....for our community, for our future, and for hope itself.

Clinical Therapist – Serve With Compassion, Grow With Purpose

Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of underserved individuals and families? We are seeking Clinical Therapists who are committed to walking alongside clients through their challenges while growing their own clinical skills in a supportive and mission-driven environment.

This is a unique opportunity to choose your schedule, diversify your clinical experience, and provide care that truly impacts those who need it most.

Benefits & Opportunities

• Direct impact on underserved populations.
• Flexibility to set your own hours and pace.
• Fill open spots in your current private practice without the administrative burden
• Fully remote or Hybrid work schedule of your choice

Responsibilities

• Conduct clinical assessments and evaluations.
• Develop and contribute to individualized treatment plans.
• Provide individual and/or group therapy sessions.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with clients from diverse backgrounds effectively
• Maintain a caseload to support a minimum of 15 completed client sessions per week (minimum availability of 20 hours per week) 
• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling, Social Work, or related field from a CACREP Accredited Program 
• Must be independently licensed to practice in the state of Tennessee
• Strong knowledge of therapeutic interventions and treatment modalities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to establish rapport and build therapeutic relationships with clients
• Empathy and compassion for individuals with behavioral health concerns
• Knowledge of and adherence to legal and ethical guidelines in mental health practice
• Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment
• Minimum of two (2) years of clinical experience with children and/or adolescents with mental health issues (trauma, anxiety, transitional issues, identity, depression, etc.)

Why Join Us?

As a Clinical Therapist with our Center, you will have the flexibility to design your schedule while still being part of a supportive, mission-driven team. We believe in empowering therapists as much as we empower clients—providing opportunities for growth, meaningful impact, and professional development.

This is more than a contract position—it’s a calling to use your skills where they are needed most.

Center of Hope for Behavioral Health is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As required by Tennessee Code Annotated § 63-1-149, a background check and state abuse registry check are required for this position.

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