Licensed Trauma Therapist — Independent Contractor (1099)
Estimated annual compensation based on percentage of payments collected; potential earnings of up to 70% of collected revenue as session thresholds are reached.
Meridian Behavioral Health is seeking a fully licensed mental health therapist or experienced intern to join our growing outpatient practice in Las Vegas, Nevada specializing in trauma, PTSD, complex trauma, anxiety, panic, and OCD.
Strong Patient Demand
Meridian receives more than 200 patient calls per month, along with approximately 60–100 website inquiries per month across our therapy and psychiatric services, creating meaningful opportunities to build a consistent caseload.
Position Overview
Meridian Behavioral Health is seeking a fully licensed mental health therapist or experienced intern to join our growing outpatient practice in Las Vegas, Nevada. Our practice specializes in treating trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, complex trauma, anxiety disorders, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Meridian also offers in-house psychiatric services, including psychiatric evaluations and medication management. Our growing multidisciplinary team allows therapists and psychiatric providers to coordinate care when clinically appropriate, authorized by the patient, and consistent with professional and privacy requirements.
The therapist will provide outpatient psychotherapy to adolescents and adults through telehealth and in-person appointments. The clinician will maintain professional and clinical autonomy while receiving comprehensive support with scheduling, credentialing coordination, billing, claim submission, and collections.
A minimum of one in-office day per week is preferred, but not required. Additional appointments may be provided by telehealth when clinically appropriate and permitted by payer requirements. Note: Our patients often are ONLY seeking in-person sessions.
Clinical Focus
- • Trauma and complex trauma
- • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- • Couples and marriage counseling
- • Family therapy & relational dynamics
- • Anxiety disorders & panic attacks
- • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- • Emotional dysregulation
- • Grief and loss
- • Relationship and attachment concerns
- • Stress-related and adjustment disorders
Preferred Clinical Approaches
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Brainspotting
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Somatic and body-based trauma therapies
- Attachment-focused approaches
- Nervous-system regulation and stabilization
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT)
- Other evidence-based trauma-informed modalities
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct diagnostic assessments and provide ongoing psychotherapy to adolescents, adults, couples, and families.
- Develop individualized, medically necessary treatment plans.
- Provide trauma-informed and evidence-based care within the therapist's training and scope.
- Assess patient readiness and stability before beginning trauma-processing interventions.
- Maintain accurate, timely, and audit-defensible clinical documentation within three calendar days of service.
- Complete progress notes, treatment-plan reviews, discharge summaries, and required outcome measures.
- Monitor risk and complete appropriate safety planning when clinically indicated.
- Coordinate care with in-house psychiatric providers when clinically appropriate and authorized by the patient.
- Follow Nevada laws, professional licensing standards, payer requirements, and ethical guidelines.
Minimum Qualifications
- Active, unrestricted Nevada license as an LCPC, LMFT, LCSW, or psychologist (or experienced clinical intern eligible for independent contractor status).
- Eligible to practice independently without clinical supervision (or approved supervisory agreement).
- Experience treating trauma, anxiety, panic symptoms, or related behavioral health conditions.
- Ability to complete and sign all clinical documentation accurately and compliantly within three calendar days of the date of service.
- Current professional liability insurance.
- Reliable internet connection and a private, professional telehealth environment.
- Ability to commute to Las Vegas, NV 89148 (Required) for preferred in-person office days.
Preferred Qualifications
- Training or certification in EMDR, Brainspotting, Internal Family Systems (IFS), or somatic trauma modalities (formal certification preferred, but demonstrated recognized training welcome).
- Experience treating post-traumatic stress disorder and complex trauma.
- Training or experience in couples and marriage counseling (Gottman, EFT) or family systems therapy is highly valued.
- Existing credentialing with Nevada Medicaid, Medicare, or commercial insurance plans.
- Willingness to provide at least one day of in-person services each week in our Las Vegas office.
- Interest in developing a consistent caseload of approximately 25–35 completed sessions per week.
Practice Support Provided
- ✓ Referral and intake scheduling support (200+ monthly calls, 60–100 monthly web inquiries)
- ✓ Insurance verification and billing support
- ✓ Claims submission and collections management
- ✓ Credentialing coordination with major payers
- ✓ Electronic health record (EHR) access
- ✓ Telehealth infrastructure
- ✓ Furnished, sound-insulated office suites at Fort Apache (89148) and Pahrump (89060)
- ✓ Clinical autonomy within the independent-contractor agreement
Benefits & Perks
- Flexible schedule (you determine your days and availability)
- Potential earnings of up to 70% of collected revenue
- No billing or claim management hassles
- Multidisciplinary collaboration with psychiatric nurse practitioners & physicians
- Beautiful furnished clinical suites
Current Payer Network Mix
Subject to payer credentialing approval: