Lyra Onsite Therapist (1099 Contractor) (Brownsville, TX) - Spanish speaking
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Job Description
About Lyra
Lyra Clinical Associates P.C. partners with Lyra Health, the leading provider of mental health solutions for employers supporting more than 20 million people globally.
The company has delivered 13 million sessions of mental health care, published more than 20 peer-reviewed studies, and delivered unmatched outcomes in terms of access, clinical effectiveness and cost efficiency.
Extensive peer-reviewed research confirms Lyra’s transformative care model helps people recover twice as fast and results in a 26% annual reduction in overall healthcare claims costs.
Lyra is transforming access to life-changing mental health care through Lyra Empower, the only fully integrated, AI-powered platform combining the highest-quality care and technology solutions.
About This Opportunity
About This Onsite Opportunity:
Scope of Support: This opportunity requires a generalist scope of practice, as it involves supporting employees through a wide variety of conditions, which could be related to work or personal challenges.
Customer Environment: This Customer is a dynamic organization, and their specific support needs will likely evolve during the contract term. As such, new requests for additional services may arise as the Customer’s needs change
Scope of Services
Scope of Services
- Contracted at 8 hours per week
- Requested schedule: Weekly on Wednesdays
- Requested start date: As soon as possible
- Provide short-term, evidence-based treatment (from a private, on-site office (remove if virtual-only))
- Conduct manager and clinical consultations
- Support urgent or same-day assessments as needed and when available
- Conscientious adherence to confidentiality issues, and the ability to act in compliance with local laws, regulations, and appropriate industry guidelines
- Comply with professional standards and workplace safety
- Coordinate and effectively communicate with Lyra team members and the employer's key contact
Develop and facilitate brief psychoeducational trainings or “lunch and learns” to employees (in collaboration with the employer and Lyra)
Participate in customer-sponsored events such as tabling events, customer-driven Lyra marketing opportunities, or customer-sponsored initiatives
Leverage the Lyra platform as the standardized tool for care documentation and schedule management to ensure program consistency
Professional Qualifications
Master’s degree from a clinical track (e. g., MSW, MFT, MC, MMHC) or Doctorate degree in clinical psychology from an accredited college or university
Job Description
Unrestricted license (i. e., able to work independently, without supervision from a licensed supervisor) without current, past, or pending disciplinary action
- Skilled in exclusively providing evidence-based treatments (e. g., CBT, DBT, Exposure therapy)
- Experience with Engineers, technicians, manufacturing personnel, construction, IT, food services, facilities, operations, and their dependents (spouses and children).
- Previous experience delivering trainings, teaching, or public speaking
- Full-time resident of the United States
- Experience working with both adults and minors
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience providing mental health clinical consultation
- Previous EAP experience
- Experience developing content for presentations
Qualities for Success
- Demonstrates adaptability and a willingness to evolve with the unique and changing needs of our Customers
- Demonstrates a high degree of flexibility and adaptability to meet the diverse needs of the member population, ensuring equitable access and effective support
- Eager to learn and develop competencies in delivering new innovative behavior change approaches via technology
Comfort and demonstrated experience with technology tools used to create efficiencies in workflows and track client progress
Demonstrates multicultural competencies and the ability to operate from an individual frame of reference across geographies, diverse groups, and cultures
- Excellent interpersonal skills (communication and listening)
- Grounded in cultural humility with a deep commitment to culturally responsive care and DEIB
- Independent, open-minded, non-judgmental, compassionate, flexible, good humor
- Passionate about mental health
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or any other category protected by law.
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Key Responsibilities
The therapist will provide short-term, evidence-based mental health treatment and conduct clinical consultations at an on-site office. They will also facilitate psychoeducational trainings and participate in customer-sponsored events to support employee well-being.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's or Doctorate degree in a clinical field and possess an unrestricted professional license. Previous experience with diverse populations and a strong background in evidence-based therapeutic modalities are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Counselor Career Context
Lyra Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 77/100, 195 active listings.
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 22% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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