California-Licensed Therapist, Sonia Care — Remote Part-Time Contract
Remote$150/hrContractPosted 2mo ago
About the role
Remote part-time contract clinical role providing teletherapy for Sonia Care, an AI-assisted mental health platform in California. combines licensed therapy with optional Sonia AI support; initial intake 60 minutes, followed by bi-monthly 45-minute sessions, with focus on safeguarding clinical standards and AI-assisted care.
Responsibilities
- Conduct remote intake assessments and follow-up therapy sessions with adults (18+) physically located in California.
- Determine whether Sonia Care remains clinically appropriate throughout the care relationship.
- Establish and update treatment goals using your independent professional judgment.
- Review concise Sonia interval summaries before appointments when available and correct material inaccuracies.
- Complete timely, clinically appropriate documentation after each visit.
- Assess and respond to safety concerns, including escalation, referral, transfer, or discharge when a different level of care is needed.
- Follow applicable California licensure, telehealth, consent, privacy, mandated-reporting, and professional standards.
- Participate in paid platform and workflow onboarding before receiving clients.
- Optionally share feedback about clinical workflow and product usability, separately from direct clinical care.
Qualifications
- Active, unrestricted California license as an LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, or Licensed Psychologist.
- Authorization to practice independently without clinical supervision.
- Doctoral-level clinicians: at least one year of independent clinical practice; three or more years strongly preferred.
- Master’s-level clinicians: at least three years of independent clinical practice.
- Experience providing individual psychotherapy to adults, including through telehealth.
- Strong assessment, risk-management, and documentation skills.
- Professional liability insurance meeting the affiliated practice’s requirements.
- A private, professional setting for remote sessions.
- Reliable internet and comfort learning secure digital tools.
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Willingness to complete credentialing, license verification, background screening, and required onboarding.
Skills
Required:Clinical psychotherapy (adults, telehealth)Assessment and risk managementClinical documentation
Benefits
- Client referrals: Focus on care rather than client acquisition.
- Flexible participation: Start with an agreed caseload and availability.
- Administrative support: Sonia coordinates technology, member experience, and core operational workflows.
- Purpose-built technology: Tools designed to support HIPAA-compliant clinical workflows.
- Clinical autonomy: The licensed clinician’s judgment governs the care they provide.
- Paid onboarding: Required platform and workflow training is compensated.
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Sonia
AI Therapy
Our goal is to build a safe AI therapist clinically as effective as the 99th percentile human therapist and to make mental health support accessible to anyone. Founded by a team of MIT researchers who published 9 papers on AI at conferences like NeurIPS.