Art Therapist

Sonora Behavioral Health

5 days ago

United StatesContractMental Health Therapy

✓ No Call✓ No Weekends

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Job Description

About the Role

Join Sonora Behavioral Health as a Art Therapist in United States. Overview Sonora is a leading behavioral health provider, operating a 140-bed inpatient hospital along with ECT and outpatient therapy services. Located in Tucson, Arizona, we are dedicated to serving children, adolescents, and adults across all stages of behavioral health needs.

Key Responsibilities

Plan, organize, direct and implement the art activities within the treatment program to facilitate patient progress with treatment goals.

Plan and implement a art program including but not limited to art therapy, leisure skills and activities, art education.

Facilitate and lead art therapy sessions to improve patient mental and physical well-being.

Requirements

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's Degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Recreational Therapy or related field required.

Master’s degree preferred.

Two or more years’ experience in recreation in a healthcare setting with knowledge of patient population served by the facility is required.

Ability to play one or more instrucment preferred.

Work Schedule

Full-time position.

No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Sonora Behavioral Health as a Art Therapist.

Key Skills

Art therapyPatient assessmentTreatment planningLeisure skills trainingArt educationMental health supportCrisis de-escalationFirst aidCPRPatient observationGroup facilitationBehavioral health care

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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Art Therapist at Sonora Behavioral Health a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Mental Health Therapy psychologist listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

This score reflects a generally positive work environment with some areas for improvement. Clinicians should evaluate scheduling and workload expectations carefully.

Mental Health Therapy — Psychologist Career Context

This Mental Health Therapy position at Sonora Behavioral Health is open to psychologist candidates.

Psychologists are seeing unprecedented demand driven by the mental health crisis, with telehealth dramatically expanding access and enabling fully remote practice.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in United States.

Why This Position Stands Out

No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Art therapy, Patient assessment, Treatment planning, Leisure skills training, Art education, Mental health support, Crisis de-escalation, First aid. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Mental Health Therapy role.

Core responsibilities: The Art Therapist will plan, direct, and implement art therapy programs tailored to individual patient treatment plans. They are responsible for facilitating sessions to improve patient mental and physical well-being while ensuring a safe and empathetic environment.

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