Psychotherapist / Psychologist — Personality Disorders & Complex Trauma

The Kimberly Center NYC, a specialty psychotherapy practice in Greenwich Village, is seeking a thoughtful and clinically sophisticated part-time psychologist or psychotherapist to join our growing treatment team.

We specialize in the treatment of personality disorders, complex trauma, dissociation, self-harm, chronic relational difficulties, and other complex clinical presentations. We provide individual, group, family, and intensive outpatient treatment to adults and young adults who often require a more intensive and coordinated approach than traditional once-weekly psychotherapy.

Our clinical approach is integrative and relationship-focused, drawing particularly from Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), Schema Therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and contemporary approaches to trauma treatment.

We are looking for a clinician who is genuinely interested in working with complex patients and who wants to deepen their expertise in the treatment of personality pathology and trauma.

OUR TREATMENT MODEL

A central feature of The Kimberly Center is our treatment-team approach.

Many of our patients receive multiple components of treatment, which may include individual psychotherapy, group therapy, family work, psychiatric care, and intensive outpatient services. Clinicians collaborate closely around treatment planning, clinical developments, risk management, and the therapeutic process.

We therefore seek someone who values collaboration and is interested not simply in maintaining an independent caseload, but in becoming an active member of a clinical team.

THE POSITION

This is a part-time, fee-for-service position with the opportunity to develop a substantial caseload and expand the role over time.

Compensation is based on collected clinical fees at a 40% clinician / 60% practice split, with no guaranteed minimum. Actual earnings depend on caseload volume and collected fees.

The Kimberly Center provides referrals, administrative support, clinical supervision and consultation, and opportunities to participate in the broader clinical life of the practice.

Responsibilities may include:

• Providing individual psychotherapy to adults and young adults with personality disorders, complex trauma, dissociation, self-harm, and related difficulties
• Working collaboratively with other Kimberly Center clinicians as part of an integrated treatment team
• Treating patients participating in our intensive outpatient programming
• Providing psychotherapy more than once weekly when clinically indicated
• Leading or co-leading psychotherapy and/or skills groups
• Participating in treatment planning and clinical consultation
• Collaborating around risk assessment and management when clinically necessary
• Maintaining timely and concise clinical documentation
• Managing your clinical schedule in coordination with administrative staff
• Developing a growing caseload within the practice

QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants must:

• Hold an appropriate New York State professional license or limited permit to provide psychotherapy
• Have meaningful clinical experience treating trauma, personality disorders, or other complex clinical presentations
• Be comfortable working with patients experiencing affective instability, interpersonal conflict, treatment ruptures, self-harm, and suicidality
• Demonstrate strong clinical judgment and an interest in intensive psychotherapy
• Be psychologically minded and interested in understanding personality structure, relational patterns, and the therapeutic relationship
• Be comfortable discussing clinical process and countertransference in supervision and consultation
• Be interested in working collaboratively within a treatment-team model
• Be organized, reliable, independent, and collegial
• Be available to provide at least some in-person treatment at our Greenwich Village office

PREFERRED CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Training or clinical experience in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) is particularly desirable.

We also strongly value training or experience in one or more of the following:

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT)
• Schema Therapy
• Psychodynamic or psychoanalytic psychotherapy
• Trauma-focused psychotherapy
• Group psychotherapy
• Intensive outpatient or other higher-acuity treatment settings
• Treatment of self-harm and suicidality
• Treatment of borderline and other personality disorders

Formal expertise in every modality is not expected. We are particularly interested in applicants who have a strong foundation in the treatment of complex patients and a genuine interest in continued clinical development.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Referrals appropriate to your clinical interests and level of experience
• Weekly clinical supervision with the Clinical Director
• Ongoing consultation around complex cases
• Regular clinical didactics on personality disorders, trauma, TFP, DBT, and other specialized approaches
• Participation in a collaborative treatment-team environment
• Administrative and scheduling support
• Opportunities to participate in individual, group, family, and intensive outpatient treatment
• Opportunities to deepen expertise in the treatment of personality pathology and complex trauma
• A collegial environment centered on serious clinical work, continued learning, and thoughtful psychotherapy
• The opportunity to grow professionally as part of an expanding specialty practice

ABOUT THE KIMBERLY CENTER NYC

The Kimberly Center NYC is a private-pay specialty psychotherapy practice located in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.

Our work focuses on patients with personality disorders, complex trauma, dissociation, self-harm, and persistent relational and emotional difficulties. We emphasize intensive, relationship-based psychotherapy and coordinated treatment for individuals whose difficulties often require more than traditional once-weekly outpatient care.

Our goal is to provide sophisticated treatment for complex patients while creating a clinical environment in which clinicians can collaborate, continue developing professionally, and do meaningful psychotherapy.

HOW TO APPLY

Please email the following to Genalyn Babas at [email protected]:

• A current CV
• A brief statement introducing yourself and describing your clinical background, your interest in working with personality disorders and/or complex trauma, and your professional interests
• Your current availability, including availability for in-person clinical work in Greenwich Village
• Three clinical references, preferably including at least one current or former clinical supervisor who can speak directly to your psychotherapy work, clinical judgment, and ability to work with complex patients

Please specifically indicate any training or clinical experience in TFP, DBT, MBT, Schema Therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, trauma treatment, group psychotherapy, intensive outpatient treatment, and the treatment of self-harm or suicidality.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Work Location: In person