Generalist Counselor Therapist

Student and Campus Life (SCL) inspires transformation in all Cornell students on their journey of individual, academic and personal evolution. Our division is comprised of leading student affairs experts who support our campus on pressing student life matters including public service, health, wellness, social justice, residential living, food services, sports, recreation, career services, and student activities and organizations including sorority and fraternity life. We provide support and services to roughly 25,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on multiple campuses in the U.S. and abroad.

Cornell Health's more than 200 employees collaborate to provide integrated and culturally-sensitive mental health, medical, health promotion, public health, student accommodations, and occupational medicine care and services. Dually focused on holistic health of Cornell students and well-being of the larger campus community, the unit supports readiness to learn, to participate fully in the Cornell experience, and to achieve academic, work, and life success. Cornell Health is nationally recognized for innovation and leadership, and is committed to an ongoing journey toward integrated, cost-effective, and community-based services and campus health initiatives.

Cornell Health's Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) offers confidential counseling services, designed to help students with mental health concerns that may be affecting their quality of life and ability to learn. Our providers include psychologists, social workers, and mental health counselors from diverse cultural and clinical backgrounds. CAPS providers value students in all of their individuality, and are committed to welcoming all people with respect and sensitivity. Our providers regularly collaborate with Cornell Health's diverse array of healthcare providers as an integrated service that support both the mind and the body.

Counselor Therapists at Cornell Health's Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) serve as members of a multidisciplinary service team with primary responsibility for the mental health of Cornell University's undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Responsibilities include but are not limited to short-term individual counseling, crisis intervention, group work, referral and outreach services. Counselor Therapists serve as a resource for mental health education and prevention strategies across campus, and may consult with faculty, staff, and parents regarding student mental health issues.

Please Note: This is a full-time, 12-month fixed-term position. Extension of the term appointment is contingent upon funding, successful performance, and business need. There is no visa sponsorship for this position.

Success Factors

• Shares Cornell Health's commitment to providing timely mental health access to students
• Is a team player who enjoys working collaboratively with professionals from different healthcare disciplines
• Keeps current on best practices for providing mental health care in a campus community
• Integrates values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging throughout their work with students and colleagues

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Mental Health Counseling, or PhD/PsyD in Clinical/Counseling Psychology.
• Licensed or license-eligible in NYS as a Mental Health Counselor, Clinical Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist, or Psychologist. Uniquely qualified candidates without licensure, but en route to licensure, will be considered. Must obtain NYS license or have licensure in process within one year of initial hire date.
• Three years clinical experience in diverse clinical settings.
• Documented competence in working with computers/technology, word processing, database, email, record keeping and electronic calendaring software.
• Experience in college health or working with college-aged individuals using a brief, solution-focused counseling model
• Expertise in common clinical issues prevalent in college mental health including but not limited to suicidality, substance use, and trauma
• Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and wellbeing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in multidisciplinary care for clients presenting with disordered eating and eating disorders
• Proficiency in providing mental health treatment in other languages in addition to English.
• Experience working in an integrated ambulatory health care environment

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