Working With Thrive
Interested in working with us? We're always on the lookout for another great clinician and professional to join our team. Our benefits and pay are in the top 5% in New Mexico but what really makes us different is our approach to running an agency; we call it the therapist-centric model. We know that a happy therapist means a healthy business!
Thrive Counseling Service's Origin Story
Thrive Counseling was created by therapists, for therapists when two colleagues, Demian and Lindsey, met in 2012. We began discussing what had, and what had not, worked at all of the previous agencies we’d each experienced before we met. We knew that what didn’t work was the impersonal, therapy-factory style of the big agencies where therapists are treated like assembly-line workers. And, we knew that the small, chaotic and unorganized agencies where the owner’s unchecked personality impacted the agency as much as the written policies did, definitely didn’t work either.
​​The factors that created positive and successful work environments were clear: the therapist needed to be the center of attention; not productivity, bureaucracy or anyone's personality. This meant that the therapist needed to feel respected, cared for and listened to. They needed to be paid well, to have their physical and emotional health prioritized at work, and that they needed to have a strong sense of both autonomy and support, as well as an accepting professional community. These are the fundamental principles from which
Thrive operates.​​​​​​
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What you can expect from us:
Thrive Counseling is a locally owned and operated, mid size and highly efficient, but very personal, therapist-centric agency that focuses on the needs of our clinical staff. We will always be flexible with your schedule and we will always be understanding and ready to ​​
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​​​​Our agency runs more from a relational and collaborative structure than it does a hierarchical one, as we believe that the agency works for the therapist as much as the therapist works for the agency. Given that almost half of our agency is made up of therapists that were referred to us by our current employees, we're confident that we're on the right track!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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At Thrive Counseling Services you will find true flexibility. Your caseload is exactly that, yours. You choose where you work from, when you work and with whom you want to work. You can choose your sessions to be in-person (from either of our 2 offices), remote or a​
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​​​​​​​​​Thrive works for you! Thus, the agency will always have the clients to keep your schedule filled, handle all initial scheduling and all other specific client requests as well as the things that you don't want to deal with like billing, copays, etc. This is also why we are a fully digital agency (no physical paperwork whatsoever) with a good EMR/EHR.
Misc.: You are covered under our professional liability insurance at no cost to you, payday is every 2 weeks on a Friday, if a session gets denied by insurance we still pay you for it and we do not require a CYFD background check.
And lastly, we commit to never growing to more than 20 therapists (we currently have about 15) because we firmly believe that there is no way to keep the level of quality, therapist or client-focus once an agency gets much bigger than this. Our admin and managing director are always easily reached and are closely involved with the day-to-day activity of the agency and the needs of our therapists.
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listen about any other issues. We have an amazing administrative team that has taken years to find, develop and hone and whose sole job it is to allow you to focus on your clinical work and your overall well-being. Our intra-agency communication is simple and direct. We operate on the fundamental premise that happy employees make for happy clients,
who in turn, make for good business.
mixture of in-person and remote. And, we never expect our therapists to be available outside of their scheduled hours. Further, you don’t have to ask for permission to take extra time off and we don’t require doctor’s notes when you’re sick.
Our clientele are all self-referrals, we do not have any agreements with the state or city and we do not see court-mandated folks, so no DV or forced substance-use treatment. People that come to Thrive are almost 50/50 Medicaid and private insurance. We only accept clients that are appropriate for a low-acuity level of care.
