<div class="content-intro"><p style="line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/ascend-healthcare">Ascend Healthcare</a> is committed to providing fully integrated, quality psychiatric and behavioral health services in a compassionate, convenient, and affordable manner. We work with external partners to provide services to patients across the country through integrated psychiatric medication management, substance use disorder treatment, counseling services, peer support and care coordination for seamless patient care. We believe in a “no wrong door” treatment model which finds ways to say “yes” to any patient referral rather than a multitude of exclusionary criteria found elsewhere. This approach reflects our values of improved patient and clinician experience, better outcomes, and lower costs.</p></div><h3>The Ascend Story</h3><p>Founded to transform mental health care access, <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/ascend-healthcare">Ascend Healthcare</a> delivers integrated psychiatric and behavioral health solutions with a commitment to equity, compassion, and operational excellence.We partner directly with health centers to build fully integrated, sustainable behavioral health programs—bringing deep clinical expertise, operational support, and long-term stability.</p><h3>Our work environment fosters:</h3><ul><li>Collaboration and teamwork</li><li>Patient-First Mindset</li><li>Work from home opportunities</li><li>Career Growth and Professional Development Training</li></ul><h3>Why Ascend?</h3><p>You’ll be joining a team delivering innovative, compassionate care to communities that need it most. At Ascend, your work drives real impact—and your career grows alongside it. We believe in a “no wrong door” treatment model that finds ways to say “yes” to any patient referral rather than a multitude of exclusionary criteria found elsewhere.</p><h3>Position Summary:</h3><p>We are looking for a<strong> Bilingual Licensed Therapist or Counselor (LPC, LCSW, LMFT)</strong> to provide counseling and therapy treatment to our patients. Services will be provided remotely, through <strong>telemedicine</strong>, to patients of our Community Health Center partners throughout Arizona. We are a "say yes" first clinical provider and look to treat patients where they are and guide them along their journey to recovery and stabilization.</p><p>*Clinician must be active or willing to obtain an Arizona License in addition to holding an active license in state of primary residence</p><p>*Clinician must be bilingual (English/ Spanish)</p><hr><h3>Key Areas of Ownership:</h3><ul><li>Provides patient care modalities of evidence-based practices to best meet the clinical needs of the patients. Examples include; CBT, DBT, Solution-Focused Therapy, Psychoeducation (Symptom Recognition), Trauma Therapy, Addiction Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Bereavement/Grief Counseling, etc.</li><li>These specific treatment modalities will be implemented in both