Post-Master’s Associate

Job Description

About Headspace:

At Headspace, our mission is to create a world where everyone can be their best self. We provide members with stigma-free access to high-quality coaches, clinicians, and content. We’re coupling on-demand care and data science to reinvent how the world gets emotional and mental health support. Headspace members receive a personalized care plan and the right level of care based on their needs – from self-management tools and coaching to therapy and psychiatry. The Headspace proprietary app delivers clinically validated self-care content, along with chat access to coaches and video access to therapists and psychiatrists.

About the Post-Master’s Associate at Headspace:

Headspace is offering a one to two-year Post-Master’s Associate role for candidates interested in providing teletherapy services in a collaborative care environment. This position offers the opportunity to acquire skills in providing innovative care and effective service delivery to clients throughout the United States. You will learn about Headspace’s unique service delivery model, collaborate with mental health coaches, and leverage in-app content to help members gain skills and meet treatment goals.

The professional training program provides an immersive experience to hone skills in teletherapy and advance within the context of our measurement-based, collaborative care model. Associates gain experience collaborating with professionals across the organization and have opportunities to learn about the variety of functions within a digital health company. Headspace is committed to providing outstanding training, supervision, and mentorship to future therapists, with particular emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as aspects of anti-racist and culturally responsive care.

The telehealth clinical post-master’s associate training is a program designed to equip emerging therapists with advanced competencies in delivering evidence-based, culturally responsive, and measurement-based care within a digital health framework. Associates engage in intensive clinical work, honing their skills in teletherapy and remote assessment while receiving in-depth training on the latest digital tools and methodologies. Training supports associates in developing a generalist, adaptable, highly agile therapeutic skillset. The program emphasizes the integration of cultural considerations into treatment plans and learning to utilize real-time data to inform therapeutic progress and interventions.

The Headspace Training Institute’s Post-Master’s Associate Training Program is designed for those who have completed either a COAMFTE accredited program or a CSWE accredited program. Headspace Training Institute associates work closely with an LMFT-S, an LCSW-S, and a team of supervising psychologists to complete supervised clinical experience towards professional licensure. In addition to weekly clinical supervision, associates also participate in a weekly didactic seminar, a weekly case consultation group, and other meetings with the team at Headspace.

HTI Post-master’s Associate Training Program start date: August 18, 2025 (Post-master’s Associates must attend all onboarding and orientation meetings as scheduled.)

What you will do:

• Direct Care (~75%): Provide high-quality telehealth services in states throughout the country under the supervision of an LMFT-S, LCSW-S, or Supervising Psychologist who holds the appropriate licenses.

• Administrative (~25%): Participate in weekly supervision (including 2 hours of group supervision per week and 1 hour of individual supervision per week), attend assigned program meetings and training seminars, complete clinical documentation within the required time frame. Perform other duties as assigned.

What you will bring:

Required Skills:

• Completed all degree requirements by post-master’s associate training program start date (August 18, 2025)
• Completed master’s degree from either a COAMFTE accredited program or a CSWE accredited program by post-master’s associate training program start date (August 18, 2025)
• Master’s degree must be conferred by August 15, 2025
• For LCSW trainees, you must possess at least one of the following licenses: TX (must be LMSW), FL (RCSWI), or WA (LSWAIC). Trainees must reside in TX, FL, or WA states to qualify for hire.
• For LMFT trainees, you must possess at least one of the following licenses: CA (AMFT), WA (LMFTA), or TX (LMFT Associate).

Preferred Skills:

• Possess excellent oral and written communication skills
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills
• Possess the ability to work collaboratively across disciplines with other care providers
• Possess commitment to advancing their skills in culturally responsive and identity-affirming clinical practice
• Possess experience with and are passionate about telehealth and digital mental healthcare
• Are invested in their own growth and development as a clinician
• Are committed to measurement-based care and evidence-based approaches
• Are experienced with assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological concerns and disorders
• Possess the capacity to consistently devote 40 hours weekly to the full duration of the post-master’s associate program

Location: This role is remote in the US. Candidates must permanently reside in the US full-time.

Pay & Benefits: This is a full-time role, 40 hours a week, with no expectation for overtime. The pay for this role is $24.00/ hour, including benefits which will be shared by the recruiter.