Full Heart Family Therapy is hiring a Child & Adolescent Mental Health Therapist to provide in-person outpatient therapy at our Ankeny, Iowa office. You’ll work with school-age children and teens experiencing anxiety, emotional regulation difficulties, grief, trauma, family transitions, and school-related stress.

Full Heart provides administrative support with intake, referrals, and billing, along with clinical consultation and no-cost licensure supervision for eligible temporarily licensed clinicians.

• You’ll conduct intake assessments, develop treatment plans, and provide individual therapy tailored to each child’s developmental level.

• You’ll involve parents and caregivers as clinically appropriate, help them support their child between sessions, and coordinate with schools and other providers when appropriate and with consent.

• The role also includes timely clinical documentation, risk assessment, and safety planning.

• Ability to build rapport with children, adapt therapy to their developmental level, and engage caregivers in treatment.

• Strong communication and documentation skills, with sound judgment around confidentiality, safety concerns, and mandated reporting.

• Experience working with adolescents as well as elementary-age children is preferred.

• Training or experience in play-based therapy, expressive approaches, child-focused CBT, or other developmentally appropriate interventions is preferred.

• Experience supporting neurodivergent children, providing trauma-informed care, coaching caregivers, or collaborating with schools or pediatric providers is a plus.

• Master’s degree or higher in counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, or a related clinical field that meets Iowa licensure requirements.

• Active Iowa license before seeing clients. We welcome LMHCs, LMFTs, LISWs, clinicians with a temporary Iowa mental health counseling or marriage and family therapy license, and LMSWs practicing under required clinical supervision.

• Direct clinical experience providing therapy to elementary-age children. Supervised practicum or internship experience counts.

• Availability for recurring in-person appointments at our Ankeny office, including after-school hours.

Full Heart Family Therapy is an established mental health practice in Ankeny, Iowa, grounded in connection, respect, and thoughtful clinical care. We support individuals, couples, and families in their emotional, relational, and spiritual well-being while honoring each client’s values and beliefs.

We offer experienced clinicians a professional home where clinical autonomy and collaboration go together. With scheduling, billing, and credentialing support, along with regular clinical consultation, our therapists can focus on client care while pursuing their clinical interests. We welcome clinicians seeking a supportive team, flexibility, and a practice that respects the experience they bring.