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About Kip

Online therapy to help you discover and strengthen your sense of self

Kip is a mental health provider based in NYC and serving clients in and around the city. We’re on a mission to ensure that everyone has a safe environment to seek mental health care and build a more fulfilling life.

Online therapy to help you discover and strengthen your sense of self
About Kip

Principles

Kip is a trailblazer in the mental health industry. Since 2013, we’ve been rethinking and redesigning therapy for the 21st century. Our work is shaped by three guiding principles:

Include

We provide care for individuals who have been excluded from traditional therapy, particularly members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Invest

We offer training and support for emerging therapists to improve quality of care and unlock new opportunities for diverse clinicians.

Innovate

We boldly push the field of psychotherapy forward, and evolve our own approach based on the latest best practices.

Meet our Clinic Director, AJ Rubin-DeSimone
Meet our Clinic Director, AJ Rubin-DeSimone

Meet our Clinic Director, AJ Rubin-DeSimone

“My passion for mental health care is deeply personal. Committing to therapy changed my life.”

Welcome to Kip Therapy! As Clinic Director, I hope you discover that Kip is your best option for therapy in NYC and the surrounding areas. But, really, our work is to discover more about you: What do you care about? Who do you hope to become? Therapy provides space to explore these questions and countless others.

My passion for mental health care is deeply personal. Committing to therapy changed my life, and I hope it will change yours too.

When I first relocated to New York City, my life was not manageable. I had recently begun my social and medical transition from female to male while reassessing years of struggles in my career path and interpersonal relationships. When I decided to open myself up to talk therapy, major breakthroughs happened. I had the confidence to leave the stressful world of retail management and launched a new career in healthcare instead. And finding a therapist who understood my experience as a trans person allowed me to focus on the real work at hand.

The person I am today—a leader, a father, and a husband—looks back on the decision to pursue therapy as one of my best.

When Kip was founded in 2013, it paved the way for psychotherapy to better meet the needs of a newer generation of clients. Kip continues to disrupt the profession by providing care for people who have been excluded by therapists, and by investing in practitioners from historically marginalized groups. This is most evident in our unique expertise working with LGTBQ+ populations, but it shapes every aspect of our work.

Because we are structured as a training practice, our staff is composed of clinicians at various stages of their careers, from graduate students to expert practitioners. This makes it easier to find a therapist who can guide your mental health journey and also fit into your budget. Whoever you decide to work with, that therapist will be constantly learning and growing their own skill set. We believe that when our therapists are supported, they can better support you.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out as you start your journey in therapy. From my own experience, I know it takes courage—and I know it’s worth it.

Sincerely, AJ

AJ

aj@kiptherapy.com

Online Therapy in NYC

We Live, Work, and Play in New York City.

Our team is spread across all five boroughs and the greater New York metro area. But you can skip the extra subway ride across town—online appointments are just a click away.

We Live, Work, and Play in New York City.

Meet The Team Behind The Mission

Kip’s leadership team is working to redefine what therapy is and can be. They have unique expertise in trauma-informed care, LGBTQ+ experiences, and personal identity.

AJ Rubin-DeSimone

AJ Rubin-DeSimone

Clinic Director
Ryan M. Kull

Ryan M. Kull

Director & Chief Supervisor
Laura Alexander

Laura Alexander

Supervisor
Tazin Banu

Tazin Banu

Supervisor & Senior Therapist
Catherine McCarthy

Catherine McCarthy

Supervisor & Senior Therapist
Daniella Nkurunziza

Daniella Nkurunziza

Supervisor & Senior Therapist
Chris Raabe

Chris Raabe

Supervisor & Senior Therapist
Peter Schmitt

Peter Schmitt

Supervisor
RJ Tabchnick

RJ Tabchnick

Operations Manager

Careers at Kip

Help Us Redefine Therapy

We believe investing in the next generation of therapists makes therapy better. That’s why we work hard to build a community of support for our therapists, including training and education opportunities. We’re always looking for diverse and talented individuals to join our team. Kip has career opportunities for grad students, post-grad fellows, experienced clinicians, and administrative staff. Don’t see an opening that fits your background? Email us anytime at info@kiptherapy.com.

Kip is seeking experienced, motivated, and detail-oriented clinical social worker to join our rapidly growing and vibrant clinic as senior clinical staff members. These senior clinicians will primarily be tasked with providing supervision, oversight, and training to members of our team who are at the graduate and postgraduate/pre-licensure levels. In addition to being a skilled clinician who is comfortable working in an integrated framework (e.g., psychodynamic, experiential), the applicant must have a track record that fits with Kip’s mission and initiatives around identity and inclusion and have a specific interest in and experience with working with LGBTQ+ clients.

Kip’s core mission is to provide rigorous and innovative training and education for mental health professionals. Our priority is on fostering a welcoming, supportive, and growth-enhancing experience for its clients and its clinical team. Kip nurtures a cohesive and collaborative working environment that is committed to learning,  growth, and mutual support. There is a significant growth opportunity at Kip for the motivated and hard-working person.

Kip enthusiastically invites applicants that reflect the diversity of our clients and our mission; LGBTQ+ and BIPOC people, women, people with disabilities, veterans, parents, and immigrants are encouraged to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer.

General Duties Include: 

  • Providing individual supervision to (approximately 10) social work fellows 
  • Providing individual, couples, and family sessions on a weekly basis
  • Leading and participating in our group supervision, supervisor training, seminars, and workshops
  • Participate in regular administrative and clinical team meetings 
  • Assist and/or lead in the development of educational and training programs for our staff and the mental health profession at large
  • Maintain up-to-date clinical records, evaluations of supervisees, treatment plans, schedules, and other general paperwork. 


Minimum Requirements:

  • A clinical social worker licensed in New York State with a minimum of 3 years of post-licensure experience.
  • Provide clinical supervision and support to approximately 10 clinicians.
  • Must be available to hold clinical hours during primetime spots (evenings and/or early mornings).
  • Able to maintain a minimum of 12-15 client sessions per week (including adolescents, adults, couples/partnerships, families, and groups).
  • Maintain up-to-date progress notes, correspondence regarding patient, treatment plans, and termination summaries within expected timeframes (note: all of our systems are online, seamless, and require little time).
  • Ability to comfortably lead didactic and experiential training and workshops, as well as develop curricula related to psychotherapy skills and knowledge development.
  • Experience in working with marginalized communities, specifically LGBTQ and BIPOC folks
  • Informed in and dedicated to anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed practice.
  • Excellent organizational, communication, writing, and interpersonal skills who is a strong team-player.
  • Proficiency with services on the Google platform (email, calendar, drive) as well as Zoom.  
  • Participate in regular administrative clinic meetings.
  • Other duties as assigned by the Director(s).


Strongly Preferred: 

  • Solid grasp of theoretical concepts, including but not limited to, psychoanalytic/psychodynamic perspectives. Specific postgraduate training and certification are a plus. 
  • Hard-working, motivated, self-directed, and innovative, eager to go above and beyond in helping advance and grow Kip’s mission to be a leader in psychotherapy training and emphasize identity and inclusion in its work. 
  • Help establish and grow our intern and post-graduate training programs through internal programming and networking with social work graduate schools. 

Salary commensurate with experience. Compensation includes health and commuter benefits and paid time off (vacation sick, personal, and family leave).

Currently Kip is working remotely, but plans to return to in-person on a hybrid/ad hoc basis. The candidate must be able to attend in person meetings (e.g., staff meetings and trainings) as the situation changes.

***Please send cover letter and resume to info@kiptherapy.com, including three professional references.

Professional Training & Development
Professional Training & Development

Professional Training & Development

Internships & Fellowships

Ready to launch your career in psychotherapy? Kip offers intensive internships and post-graduate fellowships to prepare you for advanced clinical practice.

Have a New York social work (MSW) or mental health counseling (MHC) degree? Join Kip’s clinical fellowship program to accrue hours for your New York State license and get training and guidance from senior therapists.

We partner with Columbia University, Hunter College, Fordham University, New York University, Smith College, City College, Northwestern University and other leading institutions to provide hands-on clinical experience and supervision. (Please contact your school’s placement office for more information.)