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Bring your whole self. Help others do the same.

Carolinas Center is seeking a North Carolina–licensed therapist who wants to do thoughtful, relationship-centered work within a practice that values understanding, inclusion, and sustainability.

We are looking for a clinician who understands neurodiversity, approaches clients from a strengths-based and trauma-informed perspective, and believes therapy should help people build lives that work with who they are—not teach them to hide or suppress important parts of themselves.

  • We believe meaningful change begins with understanding. Many of our clients have spent years pushing harder, adapting to expectations, or trying to manage experiences that have never been fully understood. Our work helps people explore how they think, feel, process information, relate to others, and experience the world around them.

  • We approach therapy with curiosity, compassion, and respect for complexity. Rather than reducing people to symptoms or diagnoses, we seek to understand the full context of their experiences—including their strengths, relationships, identities, environments, nervous systems, and support needs.

  • Clinician well-being is not separate from good client care. We want our therapists to have the autonomy, practical support, and collaborative relationships they need to show up with care, clarity, and sustainability.

    We value therapists who bring their own perspective, personality, lived experience, and areas of interest to the work. What matters most is a commitment to thoughtful care, professional responsibility, authentic collaboration, and respect for the different ways people experience the world.

Who We Are

About the Position

This opportunity is designed for a clinician who wants to develop a meaningful caseload of individual therapy clients ages 12 and older.

Clients at our practice often seek support related to:

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Trauma and chronic stress

  • ADHD, autism, and AuDHD

  • High masking and burnout

  • Identity and self-understanding

  • Relationships and family dynamics

  • Emotional and sensory regulation

  • Life transitions

Caseloads build gradually, allowing time to establish strong clinical relationships and develop a sustainable rhythm. Clinicians who are interested in creating groups or focused programs that align with the practice’s values and services will also receive support in developing those offerings.

This is a hybrid role. Clinicians may provide both in-person and telehealth therapy, but the position is not available as a fully virtual role.

Neurodiversity-Affirming Care

An understanding of neurodiversity is essential for this position.

We do not expect every clinician to arrive with identical training or expertise. We do expect a genuine foundation in neurodiversity-affirming care, openness to continued learning, and the ability to approach differences without deficit-based or compliance-focused assumptions.

This includes an understanding of:

  • Masking and neurodivergent burnout

  • The effects of sensory processing on emotional and behavioral regulation

  • Executive-functioning differences

  • Identity-affirming work with neurodivergent clients

  • Helping clients create lives that work with their needs rather than against them

  • Supporting parents without blaming either the parent or child

  • Recognizing neurodivergence in high-masking adolescents and adults

Our goal is not simply to help clients function within expectations that may not fit them. We want to help people understand themselves, build on their strengths, access meaningful support, and create conditions in which they can flourish.

People-First Approach

Support That Lets You Focus on Clinical Work

Administrative work should not consume the energy you need for your clients. Our practice provides comprehensive support that includes:

  • A full-time practice administrator in the office each day

  • Client scheduling

  • Insurance-benefit verification

  • Billing and insurance-claim submission

  • A billing specialist who addresses claim-processing concerns

  • Credentialing and rostering with in-network insurance carriers

  • EHR and operational support

  • Clinical consultation and training opportunities

Clinical supervision may be available for associate-level clinicians. Availability, fit, and related terms will be discussed during the interview process.

A furnished office is available in Cornelius. Depending on your working schedule, the office may be shared with one other clinician, but you will have a consistent clinical space rather than moving between rooms from day to day.

What Sets Us Apart

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Flexibility Without a Fixed Quota

We recognize that sustainable clinical work does not look exactly the same for every therapist or during every season of life.

Clinicians have flexibility to determine their working days and hours based on their needs. We ask that therapists offer later appointments one day each week, with the final appointment scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Otherwise, there are no required start times, end times, or specific working days.

There is no required minimum number of scheduled hours or clients. This opportunity is intended for a clinician who wants to build toward a full-time caseload, but the compensation structure adjusts to the amount of clinical work completed rather than imposing a fixed productivity quota.

Proven Process, Flexible

Intuitive Compensation

Compensation is based on the average number of attended sessions per week during the prior month. Clinicians receive between 60% and 70% of collected fees, with the maximum split occurring when they average 15 or more sessions per week.

This structure allows clinicians to increase their earnings as their caseload grows while preserving flexibility when personal needs, time away, or changing circumstances affect their availability.

Clinicians may also choose to reserve up to two reduced-fee openings on their caseload. These sessions are offered at an established fee of $30–$50, and the clinician retains 100% of the amount collected.

This is a 1099 independent-contractor position and does not include employee benefits.

Who We Hope to Meet

You may be a good fit if you:

  • Hold an active North Carolina license as an LCMHC, LCSW, LMFT, psychologist, or associate-level clinician

  • Have experience providing individual therapy to adolescents, teens, or adults

  • Practice from a trauma-informed perspective

  • Understand and value neurodiversity-affirming care

  • Are self-directed, dependable, and comfortable working independently

  • Are comfortable practicing independently while valuing consultation, connection, and collaborative problem-solving

  • Communicate directly, respectfully, and professionally

  • Approach clinical complexity with curiosity rather than certainty

  • Are committed to gender-affirming and inclusive care

  • Want autonomy without professional isolation

Familiarity with polyvagal theory, somatic approaches, or nervous-system regulation is preferred. A sincere desire to learn is also valued, and practice-funded training opportunities may be available for interventions such as the Safe and Sound Protocol.

Carolinas Center is committed to cultivating a practice where clinicians and clients of diverse identities, backgrounds, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, and neurotypes are treated with dignity and respect.

We welcome applicants who share that commitment and who want to help create a clinical community in which people can be understood, connected, and fully themselves.

Ready to Learn More?

Please send your résumé and a brief cover letter to frontdesk@carolinascenter.com.

In your letter, please tell us about the clients you most enjoy working with and how your understanding of neurodiversity shapes your approach to therapy.

Applicants who appear to be a strong mutual fit will be invited to begin with a phone conversation, followed by an in-person interview.