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Mental Health Therapist - Student Counseling Center - UTK

Position Number: 6576172
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Position Type: Counseling

Mental Health Therapist - Student Counseling Center - UTK
Knoxville, TN, United States

Job Identification: 5084
Job Category: Medical
Posting Date: 09/16/2025
Job Schedule: Full Time
Locations: 1800 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN, 37996, US (On-site)

Job Description
The Division of Student Life at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications for as Mental Health Therapist in the Student Counseling Center. Join a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians providing high quality, short-term therapy services at a thriving flagship University.

Start date may be immediately or through January 2025.

This exempt, year-round, full-time; non-tenure track staff position is part of the Student Counseling Center, the university's primary facility for personal counseling, psychotherapy, and mental health outreach and consultation services. The mission is to promote the psychological, educational, and social well-being of the students at the University of Tennessee and to help prepare them to be productive members of a global society. The Mental Health Therapist is a key member of the multi-disciplinary clinical team providing both clinical services and, as appropriate to experience level, supervision for the center's graduate student trainees.

Responsibilities
Performs all functions of a campus comprehensive counseling center team member in a multi-disciplinary setting. Mental Health Therapists provide individual and group therapy while also engaging with the campus community via outreach and consultation services with faculty, staff, students, and families around mental health concerns. Mental Health Therapists in the center may also provide training/supervision for graduate students in the center's training programs.

Approximately 65 percent of work load is direct clinical service via client care or clinical supervision, with the remainder focused on documentation, administration, meetings, outreach, or teaching training seminars. The Student Counseling Center staff's typical hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm, with occasional opportunities for outreach or campus support on evenings and weekends.

Qualifications
What We Require:

Education: Master's Degree and licensed or license-eligible in relevant mental health field-may be under supervision, fully licensed, or fully licensed with a supervisor credential.

Experience providing psychotherapeutic or counseling services including short-term individual, couple, and group counseling modalities.

Experience managing mental health crises including assessment of suicidal and homicidal risk.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

Ability to assess and intervene with students in emotional crisis
Ability to provide individual and group counseling/psychotherapy
Ability to provide clinical supervision of psychology students in training
Ability to provide outreach programming on topics related to college student mental health
Ability to provide consultation concerning college student mental health
Ability to fulfill job functions in a culturally competent manner

What We Prefer:

Experience: 2 or more years of post-graduate experience providing mental health services, independently licensed in a mental health field.

Sufficient number of years post-license to provide clinical supervision in relevant sub discipline.

LCSW, LCMHC-HSP, LMFT or license-eligible in Tennessee

Application Process: Please submit an application, vita/resume (with month and dates of employment/experience), cover letter, contacts for three professional references, and any additional materials via the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Human Resources, application website. https://hr.utk.edu/staff-positions/

Academic transcripts and examination results or licensure verification required prior to an official offer.

The University and Region: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is the state's flagship, land-grant university. We are a Research 1 university, housing 11 colleges and 900+ programs of study. With an enrollment of 30,000 students, our undergraduate and graduate programs are repeatedly ranked among top national programs. The city of Knoxville is a hidden gem with a beautiful and walkable downtown, a diverse music scene, active neighborhoods, unique restaurants, and a robust offering of outdoor and cultural activities. UT is located within easy driving distance to Asheville, Nashville, Atlanta, and the Great Smoky Mountains; and a day's drive to Memphis, Chicago and Washington D.C. Knoxville and the surrounding counties have a statistical area population of over 850,000 people. The Knoxville region houses many leading corporations, including Bush Brothers & Company, Discovery Inc., Tennessee Valley Authority, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

About Us
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees-the Volunteers-who uphold the university's tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service.

UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee's flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy's largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service.

UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices that attract and retain a diverse community and that support a culture where everyone matters and belongs.

The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as "Best Employer for New Graduates," "One of America's Best Large Employers," and "Best Workplace for Women," and has been designated as "Best Place for Working Parents" by Forbes Magazine.

Apply today and join the Tennessee Volunteer community!

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