Marriage And Family Therapist

Benefits of working at Green Valley Therapy:

• Supportive, Flexible Work Environment
• Hybrid/Remote Working Options
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Matching
• Short Term Disability & Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off, Sick Leave, and 7 Paid Holidays
• 23-25 clients a week for full-time
• Supervision & Consultation provided
• Continuing Education Supports

Green Valley Therapy is looking for caring, compassionate individuals to join our clinical team. If you are a professional who works to deliver the highest quality of care to your clients

Marriage And Family Therapist

Green Valley Therapy is seeking Marriage and Family Therapists to provide therapeutic counseling services to couples, families, and individuals within the context of their relationships at our site locations in New Market, Frederick, and Boonsboro, MD. This role focuses on facilitating healing and growth through a systemic lens, addressing challenges such as communication difficulties, conflict resolution, relationship distress, infidelity recovery, family dynamics, and transitions across the relationship lifecycle.

The ideal candidate is skilled in systems thinking, passionate about relational work, and committed to helping couples and families create more secure, connected, and functional relationships through evidence-based therapeutic practices.

Marriage and Family Therapist Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Services

• Conduct comprehensive relational assessments to understand couple and family systems, interaction patterns, attachment dynamics, strengths, and areas for growth to formulate appropriate treatment plans.
• Provide couples therapy addressing communication patterns, conflict resolution, emotional connection, intimacy, trust rebuilding, affair recovery, and relationship satisfaction.
• Provide family therapy addressing family dynamics, boundaries, communication, parenting conflicts, blended family challenges, and systemic issues.
• Provide individual therapy within a relational/systemic context, helping individuals understand how their relational patterns impact their wellbeing and relationships.
• Implement evidence-based therapeutic interventions tailored to each couple's or family's unique circumstances, including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method, Narrative Therapy, Structural Family Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and other systemic approaches.
• Maintain a caseload of 22-25 client sessions per week, balancing couples sessions, family sessions, and individual sessions as needed.
• Navigate complex relational dynamics including high-conflict couples, betrayal trauma, communication breakdowns, and significant relationship distress.
• Adapt therapeutic approach based on relationship stage (dating, newlyweds, long-term partnerships, separation/divorce discernment), family structure, cultural context, and presenting concerns.
• Manage the unique challenges of multi-person sessions, including balancing multiple perspectives, maintaining therapeutic alliance with all parties, and addressing power imbalances.
• Conduct ongoing assessment of relationship safety and implement appropriate interventions when domestic violence, emotional abuse, or other safety concerns are present.

Collaboration and Coordination

• Collaborate with individual therapists, psychiatrists, physicians, social workers, and other professionals involved in clients' care to ensure comprehensive, coordinated treatment (with appropriate releases of information).
• Communicate effectively with referring providers about systemic dynamics and relational factors impacting individual client treatment.
• Participate in monthly virtual staff meetings to stay connected with team, practice updates, and collaborative problem-solving.
• Engage in monthly clinical supervision to enhance clinical skills, process complex relational cases, and receive support.
• Participate in monthly group supervision/case consultation with other clinicians for peer learning and case discussion.

Documentation & Record Keeping

• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential case records in accordance with Maryland state regulations, HIPAA, and Green Valley Therapy policy.
• Document sessions, progress notes, treatment plans, safety assessments, and any correspondence related to the client's care within 48 hours of client contact (72-hour deadline).
• Complete required assessments, treatment plan updates, and discharge summaries in a timely manner.

Professional Development

• Stay updated with the latest evidence-based practices and research in marriage and family therapy, attachment theory, couples therapy, and systemic interventions.
• Attend mandatory training sessions and pursue additional professional development opportunities.
• Maintain licensure requirements and continuing education credits.
• Seek ongoing training in specialized couples and family therapy modalities to deepen clinical competence.

Ethical Practice & Community Engagement

• Adhere to professional and ethical guidelines set forth by AAMFT (American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy) and other relevant professional standards.
• Navigate complex ethical considerations unique to relational work, including managing secrets, confidentiality in multi-person sessions, and conflicts of interest.
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries with all members of the couple or family system.
• Practice within scope of competence and seek consultation when appropriate, particularly around high-risk situations.
• Provide feedback and insights for practice marketing initiatives when requested.
• Participate in community outreach opportunities when available to promote mental health awareness and healthy relationships.

Qualifications and Skills:

Required

• Master's degree or higher in Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, or a related field.
• State licensure as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C), Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), or equivalent in Maryland with demonstrated training and experience in couples and family therapy.
• Demonstrated experience providing therapy to couples and families in a clinical setting.
• Strong foundation in family systems theory and ability to conceptualize cases from a systemic/relational perspective.
• Familiarity with evidence-based therapeutic modalities effective for couples and families, such as: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method, Structural Family Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), or Imago Relationship Therapy.
• Proficiency in attachment theory and understanding of how attachment patterns show up in couple and family dynamics.
• Strong understanding of relationship stages, couple development, family lifecycle, and how transitions impact relational systems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to track multiple perspectives simultaneously and maintain balance in multi-person sessions.
• Ability to manage high-conflict dynamics, regulate intense emotions in session, and create safety for vulnerable conversations.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage the complexity of relational work.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Comfortable with hybrid in-office and telehealth service delivery.
• Must attend monthly virtual staff meetings and supervision.
• Must be able to work independently with minimal oversight while recognizing when to consult with clinical leadership, especially around safety concerns or ethical dilemmas.

Preferred

• Specialized training or certification in couples therapy modalities (EFT, Gottman Method, PACT, Imago, or others).
• Training in discernment counseling or divorce/separation work.
• Experience with specific populations (LGBTQ+ couples, intercultural/interracial couples, non-monogamous relationships, blended families, etc.).
• Training in affair recovery and betrayal trauma treatment.
• Bilingual or multilingual skills.
• Experience providing psychoeducation workshops or group programs for couples or families.

This position is good for you if you would describe yourself as:

• Passionate about relational work, finding deep meaning in helping couples and families heal, reconnect, and build healthier patterns of interaction.
• Skilled in systems thinking, able to see beyond individual pathology and understand how relational patterns, family dynamics, and systemic factors contribute to distress.
• Comfortable managing multiple perspectives, able to track each person's experience while holding the bigger picture of the relationship system.
• Confident navigating emotional intensity, able to stay grounded when couples or families are in conflict, expressing strong emotions, or in significant distress.
• Patient and hopeful, able to stay engaged with couples and families through difficult periods when progress feels slow or relationships feel stuck.
• Skilled in creating safety and balance, able to ensure all voices are heard while managing power dynamics and preventing one person from dominating sessions.
• A continuous learner who is excited about evidence-based couples and family therapy approaches and eager to deepen your specialized skills through training and supervision.
• Self-aware and reflective, regularly examining your own relational patterns, triggers, biases, and how your personal history impacts your clinical work with couples and families.
• A team player who actively participates in staff meetings, case consultations, and contributes to the growth of Green Valley Therapy.
• Coachable and growth-oriented, able to receive feedback from supervisors and colleagues with openness, applying it to strengthen your clinical work with complex relational dynamics.
• Confident in your clinical judgment regarding relationship safety, when to see couples together vs. individually, and when to consult with leadership about ethical dilemmas or high-risk situations.
• Flexible and adaptive, able to shift between couples work, family sessions, and individual sessions within a relational context based on clinical needs.
• Comfortable with complexity and ambiguity, able to hold uncertainty about whether a couple should stay together while helping them explore their relationship honestly.

This position is not right for you if you are:

• Someone who prefers working exclusively with individuals and finds multi-person sessions draining or overwhelming rather than energizing.
• Someone who struggles to remain neutral and balanced when working with couples or families in high conflict.
• Someone who becomes easily overwhelmed by intense emotions or finds it difficult to regulate their own reactions when clients are in distress or anger.
• Someone who does not demonstrate a collaborative mindset or engage effectively as part of a team. (Examples may include consistently missing staff meetings, case consultations, or team activities.)
• Someone who is unwilling to contribute to team efforts and take on tasks to support the team, as collaboration and teamwork are highly valued.
• Someone who struggles to receive feedback about themselves or their performance and trends toward defensiveness and resistance to change.
• Someone who prefers individual-focused treatment models and finds it challenging to conceptualize cases systemically or relationally.
• Someone who is uncomfortable with the ethical complexity of relational work, including managing secrets, confidentiality challenges, or navigating requests to "take sides."
• Someone who has rigid beliefs about what relationships "should" look like and struggles to honor diverse relationship structures, cultural practices, or non-traditional family systems.
• Someone who plans to start their own private practice in the near future. While we fully support entrepreneurial goals, Green Valley Therapy invests significant time and resources in our team members, providing flexibility, autonomy, and the opportunity to be creative in their roles. The ideal candidate is committed to dedicating their time and energy to the growth and success of the whole team.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit for extended periods during therapy sessions.
• Ability to manage the physical and emotional demands of facilitating multi-person sessions with high emotional intensity.
• Ability to use standard office equipment, including computers, phones, and photocopiers.
• Ability to work in both in-office and telehealth settings.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications.
• Retirement savings plan with employer matching.
• Paid time off.
• Health, vision, and dental insurance.
• Short-term disability.
• Professional development opportunities and continuing education support, including specialized couples and family therapy training.
• Clinical supervision and consultation.
• Supportive work environment and collaborative team culture.