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Job Description
Elhardt Family Wellness, LLC • Lynchburg, VA Job type: Full-time, W2 employee
Schedule:
Hybrid (in-person and telehealth); flexible with required availability; 1 to 2 evenings per week; 12-month minimum commitment
Pay:
$28 per completed session, plus 5 hours of paid training weekly at minimum wage
Supervision:
Fully funded toward Virginia LPC licensure during your time with EFW. Breaking cycles. Healing hearts. Elhardt Family Wellness is a trauma-informed practice serving foster, adoptive, and kinship families across the Lynchburg area. This is some of the most demanding and most meaningful work in the field, and we are looking for an emerging clinician who feels called to it. Our Clinical Residency is built to make you a clinician, not just to help you log hours. As a Resident in Counseling, you will work toward LPC licensure inside a practice that treats supervision as teaching rather than oversight. You will move through a structured curriculum that includes our full course catalog and a guided reading sequence, and you will learn a clinical lens that trains you to ask a different first question. Not "what is wrong with this child," but "what happened, what is the behavior communicating, and who does this child believe they are." We hold a high standard, and we hold you while you reach it. What you'll do Carry a gradually built caseload of 20 to 25 sessions per week, reaching full caseload within roughly three months Provide individual, family, and caregiver-focused counseling to children and families navigating foster care, adoption, and complex trauma Apply trauma-informed, attachment-based, and TBRI-informed approaches in a higher-acuity setting Engage in parent coaching and caregiver-child relational work as a core part of the role Support crisis response, de-escalation, safety planning, and stabilization within complex family systems Complete clear, timely clinical documentation Participate fully in weekly supervision, monthly specialized training, and ongoing consultation What you'll receive Weekly individual supervision with a licensed LPC that counts toward Virginia licensure, with group supervision added as your caseload grows Specialized monthly training in trauma, attachment, foster care system dynamics, and Reactive Attachment Disorder Ongoing clinical consultation during business hours Professional liability insurance, fully covered by EFW Referrals through EFW's partnerships with local agencies 50 percent compensation for no-shows when the no-show policy is followed A clear path to remain with EFW as a fully licensed LPC at increased compensation after licensure What we're looking for A master's degree in counseling (earned or at the end) and registration, or eligibility to register, as a Resident in Counseling with the Virginia Board of Counseling A genuine pull toward foster care, adoption, and complex trauma work Comfort with intensity, family systems, and clinical complexity Openness to feedback and a real commitment to clinical growth Respect for structure, clear boundaries, and professional responsibility Readiness to commit fully to a 12-month residency This residency is likely not the right fit if you are seeking low-acuity, talk-therapy-only caseloads, prefer to avoid caregiver and family-based work, or would rather not work with foster and adoptive populations. The commitment This is a 12-month minimum residency, with the possibility of continuing beyond that by mutual agreement. A tiered repayment expectation applies if you exit early. Weekly availability is 20 to 25 sessions plus 5 hours of paid training, including 1 to 2 evenings. Your supervisors You will train under Courtney Snyder Elhardt, MS, MA, LPC, founder of Elhardt Family Wellness, who provides specialized training and mentorship in the area of foster care and adoption, and Tania Stolfa, LPC, who provides weekly individual supervision counting toward Virginia licensure. How to apply Positions are limited, selective, and reviewed on a rolling basis. Submit your resume and a brief cover letter (3 to 5 paragraphs) describing your interest in this residency, your clinical background, and why EFW fits your professional development. Apply at elhardtfamilywellness.com/residency or through Indeed.
