The Center For Relationships is a relational science-based, and community-focused counseling and education center based in Austin, Texas. We have a deliberately diverse staff team that provides counseling support and education in many different areas of expertise. Our collaborative treatment team stays dedicated to co-creating a safe, respectful atmosphere of trust necessary for growth, connection, and transformation.
TCFR welcomes all and promotes cultural awareness and inclusivity for our clients and therapists alike!
We regularly review applications for:
fully licensed, lpc, lmft, LMSW or lcsw* - W-2 position / Remote & In-Person
LPC-Associates, LMSW-Associates or LMFT-Associates** - W-2 Position / Remote & In-Person
*Fully licensed LPC/LMFT/LMSW/LCSW must hold a current license in the state of Texas
**LPC/LMFT/LMSW/LCSW Associates must hold provisional license in the state of Texas and must be under clinical supervision with a board-approved supervisor
Part-time and full-time administrative support specialists
*We regularly consider and accept applications in roles of administrative support, social media marketing, business management and more
HOW TO APPLY:
1. Review the Job Description
2. Send a cover letter, resume, and 3 professional references to jobs@thecenter4relationships.com
with the subject line ”Application for [Position of Interest] - [Full Name]”
Training Program & Model
The mission of the Training and Education Program at The Center for Relationships is to train and educate counselors from pre practicum through advanced practitioner levels on the skills and abilities necessary to be effective counselors. We are dedicated to the exploration of diversity and equity on personal, relational, and professional levels. The Center offers integrated and flexible training across multiple models of individual, couples, family, and group counseling with an inclusive, multicultural, and affirming lens throughout all aspects of each program.
The basis of the program for pre graduate students and post graduate interns is a practitioner/apprenticeship model of training. The core elements of this model entail mentoring and a developmental supervision approach to prepare all associates and trainees for professional practice as entry-level counselors with excellent and cutting-edge skills. The primary emphasis of training is on the practice of counseling and the primary means of this training is through the apprenticeship (mentoring) approach.
Trainees learn through real life practical experiences under the close supervision of knowledgeable senior staff. As a team our goal is to model solid professional practice, while also demonstrating sensitivity, dedication and intentional commitment to the professional and personal growth of all associates in training.
An important component of our training program is the intersection between the personal and professional incorporating a strong emphasis on self-exploration and reflection. We believe that the self and identity development of the counselor has a critical role to play in clinical effectiveness and that growth in all aspects of professional functioning is related to our ability to reflect on ourselves, our interpersonal and personal dynamics, and the relational cultural history from which these dynamics emerge.
We understand that trainees join our team with diverse strengths and growth edges with respect to clinical skills, understanding of theoretical orientations, outreach experience, sensitivity to diversity issues, and communication skills. We train all associates on basic and foundational skills and techniques while also individualizing parts of the training program, supervision, or practice areas to the interests and needs of each associate.
The Mandala Training Model
Loosely translated to mean “circle,” a mandala is far more than a simple shape. It represents wholeness, and can be seen as a model for the organizational structure of life itself–a cosmic diagram that reminds us of our relation to the infinite, the world that extends both beyond and within our bodies and minds. The Mandala Project
We have developed a training program called the Mandala model of training that encompasses all aspects of health and wellbeing both of the therapist as well as the client. A holistic perspective on wellness does not separate the body, mind, and spirit into separate realms to be addressed with different techniques. It sees therapy as a science and an art that utilizes a multi-disciplinary foundation of knowledge and skills and a multi-dimensional view of the therapeutic relationship as the basis for the helping professions.
In the Mandala model of training, we abide by the following principles:
The self of the therapist is just as important to the healing process as the theories and techniques learned in graduate study.
Diversity is not just about accepting or tolerating differences but celebrating differences from a non-problematizing and affirming point of view as a source of strength and value.
Valuing mindfulness and non-traditional healing practices are equally valuable and integral to the well-being of a person or relationship as medical or psychotherapy treatment practices (especially western empirically based models of disease and health).
The therapeutic relationship is more important to the healing process than theories and techniques. This means the therapist has to work on themselves as an instrument of healing in addition to receiving appropriate training.
All therapeutic encounters are sacred contracts and experiences and must be undertaken with great care to promote empowerment of the clients, professional ethics, and integrity of thought and action.
An emerging professional is a healer in training and embraces the role of learner and apprentice with humility and openness to feedback, new information, and skill development from multiple sources including clients.