Jobs in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Contract Mental Health Therapist (Remote and In-Person)

Location: Sharjah

City: Sharjah

Our mission: to eliminate every barrier to mental health.

Spring Health is the leading comprehensive mental health benefit for employers. We help employees understand their mental health issues and connect with best-in-class providers to get the right treatment at the right time.

From early detection to full recovery, Spring Health is the only clinically validated solution in the market proven to be more effective than traditional mental healthcare. By combining the latest technology with vetted providers, we help engage 1 in 3 employees, reduce recovery times, and lower healthcare costs. We are an award-winning, passionate, and mission-driven team with the support of leaders in psychiatry.

We are seeking qualified, part-time internationally licensed psychotherapists to join our provider network and deliver care with a tech-enabled, AI/machine-learning platform that puts patient outcomes first.

What You'll Do

• Provide counseling to clients with benefits ranging from short-term goal-focused EAP, to employer health plans allowing as many sessions as medically necessary.
• Treat adults who have completed brief, evidence-based online screenings identifying their symptoms and areas of concern.
• Preferably, also be open to treating additional populations such as children, adolescents, couples, or families.
• Maintain a calendar displaying your availability and complete session documentation in a timely manner within our scheduling system.
• Use evidence-based treatment modalities and interventions that are tailored to your client’s needs.
• Collaborate with our dedicated provider support team, our licensed clinical care navigation team, and our administrative care support team whenever you need assistance.
• Provide culturally competent and empathetic care, upholding our values of diversity and inclusion for all races, ethnicities, and genders.

Who you are

• You have an unrestricted license to practice counseling (as a Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, etc.) in the UAE. We are not able to accept applications from anyone requiring licensed supervision.
• Bilingual: Arabic & English preferred
• Post-graduate experience with at least 3 years of post-licensed experience.
• You're comfortable with technology and are telehealth competent.
• You have training and experience in evidence-based modalities of care such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, CPT.
• You are comfortable with providing safety planning and intervention during situations where a client might present with higher risks.
• You are committed to quality clinical care and want to expand your capabilities and increase your effectiveness by being informed of client progress or challenges.
• You like working independently, but would also enjoy having the support of a team and opportunities for connections and collaboration with other providers and our master’s level clinical care navigators.

Please be aware that your own office space will be required to see Spring Health members in person.

Why you'll like working with Spring Health

• You’ll set your own schedule to fit your professional and personal needs.
• Work from anywhere, as long as you have a confidential, private location with stable internet.
• No need to spend time marketing your practice, checking insurance eligibility, collecting fees, or submitting claims---we take care of the administrative work so that you can focus on clinical care.
• Grow your ability to provide effective care through feedback from evidence-based measures that help you identify what is working with your clients.
• Join a dynamic community where you will be supported, your work appreciated, and you’ll have the opportunity to help us shape the future of mental health care!

In addition to finding people who are truly excellent at what they do, we take our values at Spring Health seriously:

Members Come First We are genuine member advocates.

Move Fast to Change Lives We build with urgency and intention.

Take Ownership We extend trust and hold ourselves accountable.

Embrace Diverse Teams & Perspectives We find strength in the diversity of cultural backgrounds, ideas, and experiences.

Science Will Win We will achieve impact by innovation and evidence based frameworks.

Candor with Care We are open, honest and empathetic.

Spring Health is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable legal requirements. Spring Health is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.