Licensed Resident in Counseling (LPC)

Elhardt Family Wellness, LLC · Lynchburg, VA

Job type: Full-time, W2 employee

Schedule: Hybrid (in-person and telehealth); flexible with required availability; 1 to 2 evenings per week; 12-month minimum commitment

Pay: $34 per completed clinical unit, plus 5 hours of paid training weekly at Virginia minimum wage

Supervision: Fully funded toward Virginia LPC licensure during your time with EFW (1-on-1 and group).

Breaking cycles. Healing hearts.

Elhardt Family Wellness is a trauma-informed practice serving foster, adoptive, and kinship families across the Lynchburg area. This is some of the most demanding and most meaningful work in the field, and we are looking for an emerging clinician who feels called to it.

Our Clinical Residency is built to make you a clinician, not just to help you log hours. As a Resident in Counseling, you will work toward LPC licensure inside a practice that treats supervision as teaching rather than oversight. You will move through a structured curriculum that includes our full course catalog and a guided reading sequence, and you will learn a clinical lens that trains you to ask a different first question. Not "what is wrong with this child," but "what happened, what is the behavior communicating, and who does this child believe they are."

We hold a high standard, and we hold you while you reach it.

Compensation structure

Your clinical work is compensated at $34 per completed clinical unit. This rate is inclusive of the direct clinical service and associated documentation, treatment planning, session preparation, and coordination for that unit. One clinical unit is defined as:

• One completed individual, family, or group therapy session of 45 to 60 minutes, or
• Two completed parent, collateral, or brief sessions of 20 to 30 minutes each delivered on the same clinical day, or
• Any other combination of direct clinical service totaling approximately 50 to 60 minutes of face-to-face contact, as approved in advance.

Training time is paid separately at Virginia minimum wage, at a rate of 5 hours weekly. A no-show stipend applies per EFW's Attendance Policy when the no-show policy is followed.

What you'll do

• Carry a gradually built caseload of 15 to 30 clinical units per week, reaching full caseload within roughly three months
• Provide individual, family, and caregiver-focused counseling to children and families navigating foster care, adoption, and complex trauma
• Apply trauma-informed, attachment-based, and TBRI-informed approaches in a higher-acuity setting
• Engage in parent coaching and caregiver-child relational work as a core part of the role
• Support crisis response, de-escalation, safety planning, and stabilization within complex family systems
• Complete clear, timely clinical documentation, bundled within the clinical unit rate
• Participate fully in weekly supervision, monthly specialized training, and ongoing consultation

What you'll receive

• Weekly individual supervision with a licensed LPC that counts toward Virginia licensure, with group supervision added once your caseload reaches 20 client contact hours per week
• Specialized monthly training in trauma, attachment, foster care system dynamics, and Reactive Attachment Disorder
• Ongoing clinical consultation during business hours
• Professional liability insurance, fully covered by EFW
• Referrals through EFW's partnerships with local agencies
• No-show stipend per EFW's Attendance Policy when the no-show policy is followed
• A clear path to remain with EFW as a fully licensed LPC at increased compensation after licensure

What we're looking for

• A master's degree in counseling (earned or at the end) and registration, or eligibility to register, as a Resident in Counseling with the Virginia Board of Counseling
• A genuine pull toward foster care, adoption, and complex trauma work
• Comfort with intensity, family systems, and clinical complexity
• Openness to feedback and a real commitment to clinical growth
• Respect for structure, clear boundaries, and professional responsibility
• Readiness to commit fully to a 12-month residency

This residency is likely not the right fit if you are seeking low-acuity, talk-therapy-only caseloads, prefer to avoid caregiver and family-based work, or would rather not work with foster and adoptive populations.

The commitment

This is a 12-month minimum residency, with the possibility of continuing beyond that by mutual agreement. A tiered repayment expectation applies if you exit early. Weekly availability is 15 to 25 clinical units plus 5 hours of paid training, including 1 to 2 evenings.

Your supervisors

You will train under Courtney Snyder Elhardt, MS, MA, LPC, founder of Elhardt Family Wellness, who provides specialized training and mentorship in foster care and adoption, and Tania Stolfa, LPC, who provides weekly individual supervision that counts toward Virginia licensure.

How to apply

Positions are limited, selective, and reviewed on a rolling basis. Submit your resume and a brief cover letter (3 to 5 paragraphs) describing your interest in this residency, your clinical background, and why EFW fits your professional development. Apply at elhardtfamilywellness.com/residency or through Indeed.

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Lynchburg, VA 24503

Pay: $45,000.00 - $52,000.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Lynchburg, VA 24503