Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Therapist

Colorado State University, United States

Updated: 1 day ago
Location: Fort Collins, COLORADO
Deadline: 14 Apr 2024

Posting Details
Posting Detail Information


Working Title Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Therapist
Position Location Fort Collins, CO
Work Location Position is fully in-office/in-person
Research Professional Position No
Posting Number 202400464AP
Position Type Admin Professional/ Research Professional
Classification Title Prof/Indiv Contrib III
Number of Vacancies 1
Work Hours/Week 40
Proposed Annual Salary Range $57,056-$83,661; Salary is commensurate with licensure, experience, and qualifications.
Employee Benefits
Colorado State University is not just a workplace; it’s a thriving community that’s transforming lives and improving the human condition through world-class teaching, research, and service. With a robust benefits package, collaborative atmosphere, commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion , and focus on work-life balance, CSU is where you can thrive, grow, and make a lasting impact.
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Desired Start Date
Position End Date (if temporary)
To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 11:59pm (MT) on 04/14/2024
Description of Work Unit
Counseling Services
Counseling Services at the CSU Health Network provides clinical services, outreach and consultation and training services. Our professional staff includes licensed psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, and licensed professional counselors, as well as graduate student staff from each of these disciplines. Our staff provides high quality mental health and substance use services that are easily accessible and support student success. We are dedicated to affirming respect, compassion, and acceptance for all, and we celebrate diversity with regard to all backgrounds and identities. Counseling Services supports the education and prevention mission of the CSU Health Network through presentations and training on mental health topics. Through outreach and consultation, we create collaborative relationships with offices serving students typically underrepresented in higher education and mental health services. Our training program provides post degree fellowship, internship, and practicum training to graduate students in psychology, social work, counseling, and student affairs. We recognize the importance of quality supervision and training in the education of future mental health professionals. For more information about CSU Health Network and Counseling Services, go to: http://health.colostate.edu/services/counseling-services/ .
CSU Health Network
The CSU Health Network (CSUHN) at Colorado State University provides a full range of cost-effective mental health and primary care medical services on campus, referral for community specialty care, and comprehensive health education and prevention services programming. Services such as physical therapy, dentistry, and optometry are available. The CSU Health Network is active in creating a healthy campus environment to support learning and success. For more information about the CSU Health Network at Colorado State University, see https://health.colostate.edu/
Why work at Colorado State University?
CSU was recently ranked first among Colorado-based educational employers and fifth among all in-state employers in Forbes magazine’s “America’s Best Employers by State!”
We are looking to add individuals to our team who have the following characteristics:
  • Confidence – they expect success in what they do
  • Compassion – they have genuine care and concern for others
  • Commitment to Inclusive Excellence – they engage principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in all they do, valuing a supportive community where everyone’s contributions are valued, and all voices are heard
  • Empowerment – they use their knowledge and skills to adjust, change, and improve daily tasks/work for themselves and others
  • Integrity – they are honest, and others trust them
  • Responsibility – they take ownership of decisions and actions


Our Investment in You
Colorado State University (CSU) is committed to providing employees with a strong and competitive benefits and well-being package that supports you, your health, and your family.
These CSU resources help with many aspects of your life – financial, physical, emotional, family, workplace wellness. These resources are part of our investment in you.
Employees are benefits eligible when working a minimum of 20 hours per week; benefits outlined below reflect full-time status of 40 hours per week; some benefits would be prorated for part-time status.
  • Attractive Monday-Friday work schedule
  • Inclusive leave programs and benefit options including:
  • Paid time off to include 24 vacation days, 15 sick days, 11 paid holidays, annually
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Parental Leave, work/life resources, and more
  • Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for your overall well-being
  • Discounted staff memberships in campus recreation center
  • Employee Study Privilege (prepaid courses up to 9-semester credits per year)
  • Tuition Scholarships (up to 50% for eligible family members)
  • No cost employee growth opportunity through CSU Talent development
  • After-school programs and summer camps for kids
  • Community Discounts
  • No cost MAX transit use with CSU identification

For more detail about these and other Health and Welfare benefits and Commitment to Campus programs, visit our CSU Well-Being Hub at https://hr.colostate.edu/well-being-hub/ and our Benefits programs for Administrative Professional employees: https://hr.colostate.edu/current-employees/benefits/afap/ .
Retirement Programs
While employees of CSU do not contribute to Social Security, the University and the state of Colorado offer competitive retirement plans. As a condition of employment and required by Colorado law, employees are required to participate in either the University’s Defined Contribution Plan (DCP) or the Public Employee’s Retirement Plan (PERA) of Colorado. Each plan offers a generous employer match between 10% – 21%. For more information, visit: https://hr.colostate.edu/current-employees/benefits/afap/retirement/ .

Top Public Research University
Colorado State University is one of the nation’s top public research universities and an institution on the rise. In the last decade, CSU has:
  • Produced record enrollment
  • Built on all-time highs in student diversity and student success
  • Delivered groundbreaking research driven by a highly productive faculty
  • Revitalized campus through a transformational building campaign
  • Shaped an unrivaled learning environment where nine of 10 recent graduates say they would choose CSU again and rate their education as excellent

Campus Culture and Principles of Community
Colorado State University has a campus culture that is driven by a desire always to do better and a vision to be the best place to learn, work, and discover. Our Principles of Community – Inclusion, Integrity, Respect, Service, and Social Justice – reflect our core values and support CSU’s mission and vision of access, research, teaching, service, and engagement. Each member of our community has a responsibility to uphold these principles when engaging with one another and acting on behalf of the University. For more information visit: https://hr.colostate.edu/prospective-employees/our-people/ .
Tobacco and Smoke-Free
Colorado State University is a tobacco and smoke-free campus. For the health of our university community, the use of smoking, vaping or tobacco products is prohibited on CSU grounds or in buildings.
Live in Fort Collins
Fort Collins has been home to CSU since the University’s inception in 1870. It is a vibrant, friendly city of 161,000 tucked against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Northern Colorado, 60 miles from Denver. The strong local economy is noted particularly for a broad range of outdoor activities and a thriving arts and entertainment industry.
Position Summary
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Therapist position provides mental health services for Colorado State University students. Responsibilities include: participation on Post-Hospitalization Support (iTEAM), providing clinical services, graduate training, and outreach programming.
The CSU Health Network’s iTEAM is a unique outpatient program for university students who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis. The iTEAM utilizes a DBT-informed treatment model that includes a multi-disciplinary staffing team, individual therapy informed by DBT, DBT-informed skills group, and a DBT consultation group. The DBT Therapist will also have the opportunity to consolidate traditional clinical skills in the areas of individual and group therapy, crisis intervention (both daytime and after hours), triage, and initial consultations (intakes).
The DBT Therapist reports directly to the Director of Specialty Counseling Services.
Required Job Qualifications
Education and Licensure
  • Completed terminal degree prior to start date
  • Licensed in Colorado as a Professional Counselor (LPC), Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Licensed Psychologist, within two years of start date
Preferred Job Qualifications
Experience
  • Licensed in Colorado as a Professional Counselor (LPC), Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Licensed Psychologist prior to start date (or within 90 days of start date if transferring license from another state)
  • Experience working on a DBT-informed or DBT-adherent team
  • Experience working on a multidisciplinary team, preferably including psychiatry providers, primary care providers, and mental health providers
  • Experience working in a university counseling center setting
  • Experience working with clients mandated to treatment


Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced team oriented setting
  • Professional commitment to serving high acuity (e.g., high risk, psychosis) clients as demonstrated through active clinical participation, intentional professional development, reading articles/research, and/or participating in other opportunities for further learning
  • Clinical experience with crisis management and risk assessment
  • Demonstrated commitment to social justice and experience with the treatment of individuals with marginalized identities (including use of language that affirms dignity of individuals facing Severe and Persistent Mental Illness)
  • Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to analyze policies, programs, and initiatives to make recommendations for quality improvement.
  • A personal or professional commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through increasing self-awareness, active planning, and purposeful effort
Diversity Statement
Reflecting departmental and institutional values, candidates are expected to have the ability to advance the Department’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Essential Duties


Job Duty Category Direct Service
Duty/Responsibility
  • Provides iTEAM intake and assessment services
  • Provides iTEAM individual counseling/psychotherapy
  • Participates on iTEAM through weekly staffing meetings, clinical treatment, training, and consultation
  • Provides on-call screening/triage services within a University Counseling Center setting
  • Provides individual psychotherapy
  • Facilitates interpersonal process, theme, mental health management, supports and or/psycho-educational group
  • Responds to campus crises
  • Provides outreach, liaison, and consultation services consistent with the mission of Counseling Services
  • Provides clinical supervision of assigned graduate trainees in accordance with training policies and procedures
  • Provides clinical supervision/oversight of other unlicensed staff
  • Other duties as assigned
Percentage Of Time 70%
Job Duty Category Professional & Administrative Responsibilities
Duty/Responsibility
  • Demonstrates a commitment to serving diverse populations and underrepresented students
  • Maintain accurate and timely documentation for all clinical interactions and consultations
  • Attends staff meetings
  • Continued professional development in areas of clinical skill, supervision and diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice
  • Serve on internal and external committees
  • Follow agency policies and procedures consistent with state mental health statutes, ethical guidelines, best practices, and HIPAA
  • Other responsibilities as assigned
Percentage Of Time 30%

Application Details


Special Instructions to Applicants
CSU is committed to full inclusion of qualified individuals. Applicants needing assistance to submit application materials may contact Serena Henson at [email protected].
Complete applications must include:
  • A cover letter addressing Required Job Qualifications, Preferred Job Qualifications and Essential Job Duties
  • Resume


For full consideration, complete applications must be received by 11:59 pm Mountain Time on Sunday, April 14, 2024.
References will not be contacted without prior notification of candidates.
Application materials will be held in confidence by the Search Committee through semifinalist interviews. Confidentiality of application materials detaches at the point where a candidate accepts participation in a finalist interview. At that time, redacted application materials are shared with campus stakeholders when invited to participate and give feedback to the Search Committee.
Conditions of Employment Pre-employment Criminal Background Check (required for new hires), Essential Services Designation - Ability and willingness to respond to campus crises after hours., Special Requirements/Other - Health Network follows CDC guidelines for Employee Health in a healthcare setting, including proof of vaccinations. Employees must show proof of compliance/willingness to comply by start date.
Search Contact Serena Henson, [email protected]
EEO Statement
Colorado State University is committed to providing an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based on race, age, creed, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or pregnancy in its employment, programs, services and activities, and admissions, and, in certain circumstances, marriage to a co-worker. The University will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Colorado State University is an equal opportunity and equal access institution and affirmative action employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce and complies with all Federal and Colorado State laws, regulations, and executive orders regarding non-discrimination and affirmative action. The Office of Equal Opportunity is located in 101 Student Services.
The Title IX Coordinator is the Director of the Office of Title IX Programs and Gender Equity, 123 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0160, (970) 491-1715, [email protected] .
The Section 504 and ADA Coordinator is the Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, 101 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0160, (970) 491-5836, [email protected] .
The Coordinator for any other forms of misconduct prohibited by the University’s Policy on Discrimination and Harassment is the Vice President for Equity, Equal Opportunity and Title IX, 101 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, Co. 80523-0160, (970) 491-5836, [email protected] .
Any person may report sex discrimination under Title IX to the Office of Civil Rights, Department of Education .
Background Check Policy Statement
Colorado State University strives to provide a safe study, work, and living environment for its faculty, staff, volunteers and students. To support this environment and comply with applicable laws and regulations, CSU conducts background checks for the finalist before a final offer. The type of background check conducted varies by position and can include, but is not limited to, criminal history, sex offender registry, motor vehicle history, financial history, and/or education verification. Background checks will also be conducted when required by law or contract and when, in the discretion of the University, it is reasonable and prudent to do so.

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