Clinical Director LMHC (4-Day Work Week, Fridays Off)
Job Description
Overview
Peaceful Psychotherapy is a fast-growing group practice focused on redefining how therapy is delivered—through creative tools, measurable progress, and a strong emphasis on developing excellent therapists.
We have grown 10x over the past 2 years, and are continuing to scale. We are hiring a Clinical Director to help bring structure, accountability, and clinical excellence to that growth.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a high-growth, execution-focused environment and is comfortable operating with speed, autonomy, and ownership.
This is a fractional leadership role with a 4-day work week (Fridays off). The structure is intentional and designed for someone who values impact, autonomy, and efficiency over a traditional 5-day schedule.
Role Structure
- Manage supervisors
- Manage 5 supervise clinicians (~20% of time)
- Upkeep Clinical Standards
- Build out new clinical systems
What You’ll Do
Manage Supervisors
- Directly manage a team of clinical supervisors
- Hold them accountable to performance, KPIs, and follow-through
- Conduct biweekly check-ins
Provide Supervision (Limited Scope)
- Supervise up to 5 clinicians
- ~20% of your time
Clinical Learning & Training
- Learn and implement clinical frameworks and approaches based on the direction of the practice (e.g. FIT, specific psychotherapy models, concepts from books)
- Quickly absorb assigned material and translate it into practical application within the practice
- Develop training materials, systems, and frameworks to roll out these approaches across clinicians
- Help operationalize new clinical philosophies into day-to-day therapist behavior and workflows
Own Metrics + Performance
- Monitor both supervisor and clinician KPIs
- Track retention, churn, documentation quality, outcomes
Drive Clinical Quality & Standards
- Continuously audit clinical work, systems, and supervisor performance
- Identify gaps, inefficiencies, and areas of risk
- Bring your own standards, frameworks, and expectations and elevate the practice to meet them
- Ensure compliance with insurance and NY regulations
Enforce Accountability
- Deliver direct feedback
- Run PIPs and ensure follow-through
Execute and Build
- Implement new systems and initiatives
- Train others and operationalize ideas
Requirements
- LMHC license in New York (required)
- Experience supervising clinicians
- Strong understanding of insurance/NYSED compliance
Who You Are
- You have experience in structured environments (corporate, healthcare systems, or similar) and are comfortable operating with standards, accountability, and performance expectations. You may also have experience in startup or high-growth settings and can move quickly in less structured environments.
- You are scrappy, highly autonomous, and take ownership. You identify problems, think critically, and execute without needing heavy direction.
- You are genuinely interested in therapy and clinical work. You read and engage with psychology or therapy-related material and think about how to improve clinical outcomes.
- You are organized and data-oriented. You are comfortable tracking performance, using metrics, and bringing structure to systems.
- You are direct in communication and comfortable holding others accountable.
Compensation Structure
- $60,000 (first 3 months)
- $82,000 (When Supervisor position begins)
Our Values
Commitment to Mastery — we expect continuous learning and meaningful improvement in clinical work
Authentic Workplace Care — we value genuine, respectful, and professional relationships across the team
Feedback-Driven — we use data, feedback, and performance metrics to guide decisions and improve outcomes