Region: United Kingdom Type of Job: Part time Salary: £38000 GBP/Year Expire: 01 November 2026
Are you a qualified Family and Systemic Psychotherapist, registered with AFT or UKCP's Systemic College, seeking to bring your unique skills in working with relationships and complex dynamics to a remote setting? Mentalzon offers a platform for specialists like you to connect directly with families, couples, and individuals seeking systemic therapy online. Embrace the autonomy of managing your own practice while leveraging technology to make a difference from anywhere in the UK.
Mentalzon.com facilitates meaningful connections between clients and highly qualified mental health professionals. We provide the infrastructure and visibility for therapists to build and sustain their independent remote practices, ensuring clients can access specialised support like systemic psychotherapy easily and directly.
Deliver Remote Systemic Psychotherapy: Provide expert online therapeutic sessions for families, couples, individuals, and relevant relational networks, grounded in systemic theory and practice.
Conduct Systemic Assessments & Formulations: Utilise systemic frameworks to understand presenting issues within relational contexts, developing collaborative formulations and treatment plans.
Facilitate Systemic Interventions: Employ a range of systemic techniques and conversations to promote understanding, change, and healthier relational patterns. Manage sessions involving multiple participants effectively online.
Maintain Professional & Ethical Standards: Keep accurate, confidential clinical records compliant with GDPR and adhere rigorously to the ethical codes of the Association for Family Therapy (AFT) and/or UKCP.
Direct Client Management: Liaise directly with clients regarding scheduling, therapeutic agreements, fees, and managing the therapeutic frame online.
Engage in Specialist Supervision: Participate actively in regular clinical supervision with an AFT-registered/accredited systemic supervisor.
Optional In-Person Work: If desired and appropriately set up with insurance and premises, offer face-to-face systemic sessions arranged via the platform.
Qualification: Master's Degree (MSc) or equivalent Postgraduate Diploma (Level 7) in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy from an Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT)-accredited training programme.
Professional Registration: Current registration as a qualified Family and Systemic Psychotherapist with the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT), OR current registration with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) within the College of Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy (CPPFCS). This is mandatory for eligibility.
Experience: Significant post-qualification experience providing systemic psychotherapy across diverse client groups (families, couples, individuals), including completion of extensive supervised clinical practice as required for AFT/UKCP registration.
Specialist Supervision: Confirmed arrangement for ongoing clinical supervision with an AFT-registered or accredited systemic supervisor.
Insurance: Must hold valid professional indemnity insurance specifically covering systemic psychotherapy practice (including work with couples/families) in the UK.
Right to Work: Entitlement to work on a self-employed basis in the UK.
Technical Competence: Proficiency with secure video conferencing platforms suitable for multi-participant sessions, reliable internet, and a private, confidential workspace.
Systemic Skills: Strong ability in systemic assessment, formulation, intervention, managing complex relational dynamics, reflexivity, and working effectively with conflict and multiple perspectives.
AFT Approved Supervisor status.
Accreditation or advanced training in specific systemic models (e.g., Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Dialogical Practice, Attachment-Based Family Therapy).
Experience working within specific settings (e.g., CAMHS, AMHS, Social Care, Third Sector).
Experience in delivering systemic therapy online.
Unmatched Flexibility: You determine your working hours, caseload size, and schedule.
Practice Autonomy: Full control over your clinical work, client communication, and practice management.
Location Freedom (UK): Practice remotely from anywhere in the UK with appropriate facilities.
Direct Income: Set your professional fees commensurate with your specialist training and experience. Receive payments directly from clients. (Note: Rates for qualified Family and Systemic Psychotherapists often range from £60 - £120+ per hour, reflecting the specialism).
