Associate and Supervision Services
At Divergent Worlds, we have associate positions that include supervision and private practice development for psychotherapy graduate students, associates, and psychological assistants. We also maintain positions for licensed therapists of all kinds to join us. We provide psychotherapy and supervision in California, and in-person in San Francisco, with remote and in-person clinical supervision and consultation across the Bay Area. All supervision is currently provided by me (Rachel, hi). I have experience working and supervising in private practice, community mental health, and LGBTQ focused agencies across San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley.
The practice holds open opportunities for associates to find and express who they are in private practice: grapple with the field, find what therapy means to them, deepen and expand skills and approaches, explore what it means to have a healing/therapy practice that also exists as a business, and include the lived experiences and needs of yourself and the folks you work with.
Private Practice Supervision for Pre-licensed Associates
I welcome associates on the path to licensure for a variety of psychotherapy licensure types: Psy.D., Ph.D., ASW, AMFT, and APC. In our practice, we can sign off on hours, provide support for developing a private practice when you are licensed, identify and support your therapy identities and styles, deepen clinical skill sets, and assist in creating a path to licensure that is as smooth as it could be.
I am grateful for the opportunities I had in supervision to learn about my own process as a therapist, and our practice evolved to support incoming therapists as they create a space for themselves as a therapist. I supervise from a relational, feminist, trauma-informed, liberation centered perspective, and welcome all therapeutic styles and methods that integrate well with those ideas.
Licensed Associate Positions
At Divergent Worlds, we have opportunities for aligned licensed therapists to join us. We can connect with you around building or re-energizing your practice, developing referrals, expanding your relationships with various communities, learning business and private practice skills, and connecting to like minded colleagues. As a member of our team, we offer referrals as they are available, support you as you generate your own, provide documentation and policies to get you started, and support as you build and expand your styles and approaches.
Benefits
At Divergent Worlds we embrace all of elements of a private practice environment: therapy relationships, business development, and the joys, privileges, and challenges of creating a healing and healthcare practice.
We approach supervision, therapy, and private practice from liberatory, neurodivergent affirming, anti-carceral, anti-oppressive spaces and support the ongoing learning and growing practice of creating a supportive space for both ourselves, our colleagues and peers, our clients, and our communities.
In therapy, we welcome queer, trans and gender expansive, non-monogamous, BDSM and kink practitioners, nerd subcultures, complex trauma, disabled, and neurodivergent folks, integrating a variety of trauma informed, human and client centered practices. Associates are welcome to create and include their own niches and clients as well, when they align.
Therapy Benefits
The opportunity to retain working with your current clients, if you are able
Support in identifying and supporting your niches and unique therapy styles and focus
Support in deepening your clinical skills
Support in integrating supportive practices into your work and therapy style
Encouragement in learning and practicing new ideas that inspire you
Opportunities to explore and deepen trauma work and modalities
Access to weekly individual and group supervision options
Opportunities to expand your practice and supervision options as you gain referrals
Flexible expectations and options for building and maintaining a client schedule that works for you
Access to our community of folks also working towards building unique and inclusive practices
Referrals of prospective clients, and support in developing your own referral network
Support in continuing to develop new referrals
Support in adapting your practice through pandemics, social movements, and your own life changes
Opportunities for independence and development as a provider
Private Practice Benefits
Flexible start and end date
An opportunity to earn an income as an employee
Support in developing and sustaining a private practice
Guidance in navigating the financial and business aspects of a private practice
Review of the regulations related to building and maintaining a practice, for licensed and pre-licensed therapists
Access to our forms and policies and opportunities to adjust them to reflect your own style
Assistance in navigating remote and in-office locations, including finding office space
Support in identifying and exploring your own visions for your practice
Flexibility regarding practice/office location
Support in incorporating additional therapeutic endeavors in your own private practice model (teaching, assessment, etc.)
Retirement plan with optional matching
Inclusion on our website
A practice flex spending plan to assist with expenses involved in launching your practice
Access to our billing support staff as you build your own models
As different licensing boards and local policies change, requirements and options will be adjusted to include your needs and goals as best as possible.
Our associate positions include a fee splitting model that starts with a 40% - 60% take home based on your practice size and goals. The fee model is flexible and can be adjusted based on the practice you imagine creating.
Want to Join Us?
Wherever you are at in your journey, I encourage you to reach out to inquire about available positions. Send an email with a short blurb about what you imagine for your private practice, and a resume or CV if you have one, to rachel@drrachelrobbins.com.
Agency and Practicum Supervision
I have experience with providing supervision for individual and group therapy. Additionally, I have conducted process groups for students as an introduction to providing therapy. I believe it is important to understand our own strengths, and to create a path in therapy work that feels authentic.
I have been an adjunct supervisor for graduate therapy students in training at The Pacific Center In Berkeley, CA. and Queer LifeSpace in San Francisco, CA. I am not currently working directly with any outside agencies.