Dual-Licensed Mental Health & Substance Use Therapist (LPCC/LADC)
NorthStar Regional
Locations: Otsego, Minnesota
Position Type: Full-Time | On-Site
Salary: $85,000–$105,000 annually, based on experience and qualifications
Reports To: Program Director
NorthStar Regional is looking for an exceptional Dual-Licensed Mental Health & Substance Use Therapist (LPCC/LADC) to join our clinical teams in Otsego, Minnesota. This position is designed for an experienced clinician who understands the complexity of treating mental health and substance use disorders together and can bring a high level of clinical judgment to clients with complex co-occurring needs.
At the heart of this role is the ability to provide skilled psychotherapy, respond effectively to behavioral health crises, and help clients understand the relationship between mental health, substance use, and recovery. The LPCC/LADC provides individual therapy, crisis assessment and intervention, and up to eight hours of therapeutic group programming per week while working within NorthStar Regional's integrated treatment environment.
This is an opportunity to practice beyond the structure of a traditional outpatient therapy role and have an active clinical presence throughout the client's treatment experience.
Why NorthStar Regional
At NorthStar Regional, clinicians are part of a treatment environment built around individualized care, clinical collaboration, and a full continuum of behavioral health services. Our programs are designed to meet clients where they are and provide the structure, expertise, and support needed to help them move forward in recovery.
Clinicians have the opportunity to work alongside professionals across substance use disorder treatment, mental health, medical care, nursing, and recovery services—bringing multiple perspectives together to support the needs of each client.
For an LPCC/LADC with sound clinical judgment, a commitment to client-centered care, and expertise in treating complex co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, NorthStar Regional provides an environment where your clinical work can make a meaningful difference.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive, client-centered treatment for individuals with mental health, substance use, and complex co-occurring disorders.
- Deliver individual psychotherapy, therapeutic group programming, and crisis assessment and intervention within the scope of LPCC/LADC practice.
- Complete clinical assessments and develop individualized treatment plans based on each client's presentation, strengths, needs, and treatment goals.
- Apply sound clinical judgment to evaluate client progress, changing clinical needs, risk, and appropriate treatment interventions.
- Provide integrated treatment that recognizes the relationship between mental health, substance use, behavioral patterns, and overall functioning.
- Participate in multidisciplinary treatment planning and clinical consultation to support coordinated care throughout the client's treatment experience.
- Maintain timely and accurate clinical documentation in accordance with professional, licensing, regulatory, payer, and organizational requirements.
Individual Therapy
- Provide individual, client-centered psychotherapy addressing each client's mental health, substance use, and co-occurring clinical needs.
- Assess and treat concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, emotional dysregulation, interpersonal difficulties, adjustment concerns, and other behavioral health conditions within the clinician's scope of practice.
- Utilize evidence-based and trauma-informed therapeutic approaches based on clinical presentation, treatment goals, and individual client needs.
- Help clients understand the relationship between mental health symptoms, substance use, life experiences, relationships, and behavioral patterns and how these factors influence treatment and recovery.
- Strengthen emotional regulation, coping strategies, behavioral change, and recovery skills that support long-term mental wellness and stability.
- Continually evaluate therapeutic progress and adapt interventions and treatment goals as clinical needs evolve.
Group Therapy
The LPCC/LADC will facilitate up to eight hours of therapeutic group programming per week.
- Facilitate client-centered therapeutic groups addressing co-occurring disorders, emotional regulation, anxiety and depression, trauma-informed recovery, relapse prevention, coping skills, stress management, grief and loss, healthy relationships and boundaries, and behavioral change.
- Create a clinically focused group environment that promotes engagement, self-reflection, peer connection, skill development, and application of therapeutic concepts.
- Utilize evidence-based therapeutic interventions appropriate to client needs, clinical presentation, and treatment goals.
- Adapt group interventions and content based on client acuity, treatment needs, and program population.
Crisis Assessment & Intervention
- Provide timely assessment and intervention for clients experiencing acute emotional, psychiatric, behavioral, or substance use-related concerns.
- Evaluate changes in mental status, emotional stability, behavior, functioning, and risk, including suicide and self-harm assessment when clinically indicated.
- Develop safety plans and provide crisis counseling, de-escalation, stabilization, and other appropriate therapeutic interventions.
- Determine when additional psychiatric, medical, emergency, or higher-level evaluation is clinically indicated and coordinate appropriate next steps.
- Provide clinical consultation during behavioral health crises and communicate recommendations to appropriate members of the treatment team.
- Establish appropriate follow-up to support continued stabilization, safety, and treatment engagement.
Multidisciplinary Treatment Team
- Serve as a clinical resource within the multidisciplinary treatment team, bringing expertise in both mental health and substance use disorder treatment to complex client care.
- Participate in clinical staffing, treatment planning, and case consultation for clients with complex behavioral health needs.
- Work closely with Program Directors, LADCs, medical providers, nursing, treatment coordination, behavioral health technicians, and other treatment professionals to coordinate care.
- Provide clinical consultation regarding mental health symptoms, behavioral concerns, risk, and factors affecting treatment engagement or progress.
- Promote an integrated approach in which mental health, substance use, medical, and recovery needs are addressed together throughout treatment
Find Your Fit at NorthStar Regional
Riverwood
- Located on 32 acres along the Mississippi River in Otsego, the campus was designed to create an environment where treatment, recovery, wellness, and connection can happen in one place
- Riverwood provides men's co-occurring residential treatment and intensive outpatient treatment with lodging, giving LADCs the opportunity to work with clients at different stages of recovery and be part of their progress throughout the treatment experience.
- The campus itself is an extension of that treatment environment. Riverwood includes an indoor fitness facility, walking trails, meditation areas, outdoor recreation, courtyards and gathering spaces, and direct access to the Mississippi River.
- For our clinical team, that means more opportunities to engage clients beyond the counseling office and to be part of a treatment community built around stability, connection, personal growth, and long-term recovery.
Required Qualifications
- Master's degree in counseling, psychology, clinical mental health counseling, or a related behavioral health discipline from an accredited institution.
- Current and unrestricted Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) license in Minnesota.
- Current and unrestricted Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC) license in Minnesota.
- Five or more years of behavioral health treatment experience preferred.
- Experience providing individual psychotherapy.
- Experience providing group therapy.
- Experience treating substance use disorders and mental health conditions.
- Demonstrated knowledge of co-occurring disorder treatment.
- Experience with crisis assessment, suicide risk assessment, safety planning, and behavioral health stabilization.
- Strong clinical documentation and interdisciplinary communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Five to ten years of clinical behavioral health experience.
- Experience working within residential or intensive substance use disorder treatment.
- Experience treating clients across multiple ASAM levels of care.
- Significant experience treating complex co-occurring disorders.
- Experience working with clients at risk of prematurely leaving substance use disorder treatment.
- Training or experience in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), trauma-informed care, or other evidence-based therapeutic approaches.
- Familiarity with Minnesota behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment requirements.
Pay: $85,000.00 - $105,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
