Virtual IOP Therapist - New York

About NOCD

NOCD is the #1 telehealth provider for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD is one of the most severe, prevalent, and misunderstood mental health conditions. NOCD creates access to online therapy for people with OCD through our telehealth platform. In the NOCD app, Members can quickly access and schedule live, face-to-face video therapy sessions with our national network of licensed Therapists that specialize in Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) - considered the "gold standard" in OCD treatment.

At NOCD , we help people reclaim their lives with clinically proven OCD treatment, by removing barriers to OCD care, and reducing the stigma associated with OCD. We’re changing the world and need other like-minded individuals to accelerate and expand our efforts.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled clinician with advanced expertise in ERP and ACT to provide intensive, evidence-based virtual care for individuals with high-acuity OCD. A strong therapist candidate for a virtual OCD Intensive Treatment Service is a clinician with advanced training in CBT, ERP, ACT, HRT, and PE. This role requires exceptional clinical judgment, strong crisis-management skills, and the ability to deliver structured individual and group therapy in a fast-paced higher level of care setting. The ideal candidate demonstrates steady clinical presence, clear directive intervention, excellent documentation, and the capacity to support complex presentations. Reliability, strong boundaries, and effective collaboration across a multidisciplinary, virtual team are essential.This clinician is skilled in delivering clear, directive interventions while maintaining warmth, transparency, and collaborative communication with both members and their families. They excel in virtual care delivery, adapt seamlessly across time zones, and can confidently hold boundaries, manage crises appropriately, and document to a high standard. Ideal candidates bring experience treating complex presentations (including co-occurring PTSD and body-focused repetitive behaviors) even if formal program tracks for those conditions are not yet active. Above all, they show strong clinical presence, reliability, and the ability to motivate members through intensive, evidence-based work while contributing to a cohesive, high-functioning clinical team.

Key Responsibilities:

- Conduct evaluations virtually for internal and external candidates for Intensive

- Treat high-acuity OCD as the primary presentation, including common co-occurring conditions (depression, anxiety, trauma, body-focused repetitive behaviors), using CBT, ERP, ACT, HRT, Motivational interviewing and PE.

- Demonstrates knowledge of the variety of ways clients express stress reactions both behaviorally (e.g., avoidance, aggression, passivity) and psychologically/emotionally (e.g., hyperarousal, avoidance, intrusive memories)

- Provide individual and group therapy in a virtual setting with a team approach to clinical and administrative functions.

- Provide ongoing case management, ensuring continuity between members, clinicians, external providers, community agencies, and support systems.

- Ongoing assessment of safety concerns and risk, escalating per protocol

- Support Members’ engagement and treatment adherence through check-ins, motivational strategies, and consistent communication.

- Session-level clinical adjustments and exposure hierarchy changes

- Group redirection and in-the-moment management of treatment-interfering behavior

- Initial risk assessment and safety planning within protocol

- Routine coordination with outside providers and community agencies

- Aftercare and discharge planning within program guidelines

- Maintaining assigned caseload for members individual and family therapy while members are in program

- Develop treatment plans, assist in aftercare and discharge planning.

- Maintain strategic relationships with community therapists a