Windhorse staff members are second to none. They treat you not like a patient or client, but like a human being.
— Alejandro, Windhorse Alum
Windhorse is always seeking compassionate individuals to become part of our team. We seek individuals who have a strong sense of their own basic sanity, and confidence in the basic sanity and health of others. We encourage our staff to have a mindfulness or contemplative practice to help cultivate the capacity for being present, available, and attuned to those we support. Most members of our staff have a background that aligns well with Windhorse philosophy and approach. In particular, our organization seeks to find individuals that are willing to look beyond clinical diagnoses and treat clients with the dignity they deserve.
Employment Opportunities
Current Openings in Northampton, MA
Housemate
Windhorse Integrative Mental Health is seeking housemates. A housemate lives with a person experiencing significant emotional distress (i.e. depression, schizophrenia, trauma, etc.) and needing a high level of support and interaction in their recovery process. Windhorse uses a mindfulness-based philosophy in working with these individuals. Each household is fully supported by a clinical team. This is an excellent opportunity for a well-grounded person interested in supporting those seeking recovery and well-being. It is an opportunity for self-growth and work within the human services. Specific experience in this field is not required. Being engaged in a personal contemplative discipline (i.e. meditation, yoga, etc.) would be supportive to this job.
Benefits include a weekly stipend, rent and utilities are paid for, a monthly food allowance, the freedom to work up to 25 hours per week at another job, ongoing individual and group training and supervision.
We ask a minimum of a six month commitment. Please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected]
Current Openings in San Luis Obispo, CA
Clinical Team Leader
Inspiring and unique clinical opportunity in the field of mindfulness and relationship based psychiatric recovery. Windhorse Integrative Mental Health, a non-profit founded in 1993, is seeking a full-time Clinical Team Leader for our San Luis Obispo, California location. Windhorse is a semi-residential therapeutic community that uses a mindfulness and relationship-based philosophy in working with individuals experiencing health challenges such as psychosis, mood disorders and trauma.
Our multidisciplinary clinical teams, including our unique therapeutic housemate role, work together to offer an intensive level of individualized one-on-one client support, up to 40+ hours per week for full clinical teams. The clinical team leader role is a multi-faceted one, where they act as the team facilitator and lead, provide support to the team and family, as well as work directly with clients supporting healing in client homes and out and about in the community. Full-time caseload consists of only a few clients per clinician, allowing for extensive depth of healing and connection, as well as a balanced practice for clinicians.
If you have previously felt restrained by the traditional mental health service environment, have experience with community integrated treatment, and feel moved by the therapeutic community model and our unique Windhorse approach, we highly encourage you to apply!
Ideal Candidate:
– Strong clinical, case management, and leadership skills
– Warm and compassionate
– Thrives in a collaborative team environment; values therapeutic community
– Capacity for humor, playfulness, and lightheartedness
– Open to learning non-traditional therapeutic approaches
– Humble and curious—remains mindful while engaging in self-reflective practices
– Holds an affinity toward relationship-based healing
– Tends to be more flexible and versatile than highly anxious and rigid
– Well-resourced in self-care and strives to be personally grounded
– Values mutual learning and recovery
Please review our website (www.windhorseimh.org) to learn more about our philosophy and ensure alignment with the Windhorse approach.
Job Requirements:
– Licensed for clinical practice at the Master level (LCSW, LPC, LMFT) (may consider candidates who are approaching licensure)
– Ongoing personal mindfulness/contemplative practice
– Extensive experience and/or interest with adult psychosis, mood disorder and trauma (preferably in a community setting)
– Experience in conducting direct psychotherapy and case management
– Skilled in acute crisis management
– Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team environment
– Willing to abide by organization COVID protocols
Salary is based on experience and includes generous benefits such as medical, dental, IRA retirement, life/disability insurance, holiday, vacation, and sick paid time off.
If you would like to apply for this position, please email a resume and cover letter to: [email protected]
We look forward to hearing from you!
Housemate
Windhorse Integrative Mental Health is seeking housemates. A housemate lives with a person experiencing significant emotional distress (i.e. depression, schizophrenia, trauma, etc.) and needing a high level of support and interaction in their recovery process. Windhorse uses a mindfulness-based philosophy in working with these individuals. Each household is fully supported by a clinical team. This is an excellent opportunity for a well-grounded person interested in supporting those seeking recovery and well-being. It is an opportunity for self-growth and work within the human services. Specific experience in this field is not required. Being engaged in a personal contemplative discipline (i.e. meditation, yoga, etc.) would be supportive to this job.
Benefits include a weekly stipend, rent and utilities are paid for, a monthly food allowance, the freedom to work up to 25 hours per week at another job, ongoing individual and group training and supervision.
We ask a minimum of a six month commitment. Please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected]
Current Openings in Portland, OR
Clinical Team Leader
Inspiring and unique clinical opportunity in the field of mindfulness and relationship based psychiatric recovery. Windhorse Integrative Mental Health, a non-profit founded in 1993, is seeking a full-time Clinical Team Leader for our San Luis Obispo, California location. Windhorse is a semi-residential therapeutic community that uses a mindfulness and relationship-based philosophy in working with individuals experiencing health challenges such as psychosis, mood disorders and trauma.
Our multidisciplinary clinical teams, including our unique therapeutic housemate role, work together to offer an intensive level of individualized one-on-one client support, up to 40+ hours per week for full clinical teams. The clinical team leader role is a multi-faceted one, where they act as the team facilitator and lead, provide support to the team and family, as well as work directly with clients supporting healing in client homes and out and about in the community. Full-time caseload consists of only a few clients per clinician, allowing for extensive depth of healing and connection, as well as a balanced practice for clinicians.
If you have previously felt restrained by the traditional mental health service environment, have experience with community integrated treatment, and feel moved by the therapeutic community model and our unique Windhorse approach, we highly encourage you to apply!
Ideal Candidate:
– Strong clinical, case management, and leadership skills
– Warm and compassionate
– Thrives in a collaborative team environment; values therapeutic community
– Capacity for humor, playfulness, and lightheartedness
– Open to learning non-traditional therapeutic approaches
– Humble and curious—remains mindful while engaging in self-reflective practices
– Holds an affinity toward relationship-based healing
– Tends to be more flexible and versatile than highly anxious and rigid
– Well-resourced in self-care and strives to be personally grounded
– Values mutual learning and recovery
Please review our website (www.windhorseimh.org) to learn more about our philosophy and ensure alignment with the Windhorse approach.
Job Requirements:
– Licensed for clinical practice at the Master level (LCSW, LPC, LMFT) (may consider candidates who are approaching licensure)
– Ongoing personal mindfulness/contemplative practice
– Extensive experience and/or interest with adult psychosis, mood disorder and trauma (preferably in a community setting)
– Experience in conducting direct psychotherapy and case management
– Skilled in acute crisis management
– Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team environment
– Willing to abide by organization COVID protocols
Salary is based on experience and includes generous benefits such as medical, dental, IRA retirement, life/disability insurance, holiday, vacation, and sick paid time off.
If you would like to apply for this position, please email a resume and cover letter to: [email protected]
We look forward to hearing from you!
Housemate
Hours: Live-in roommate
Compensation: Rent, utilities and food paid along with bi-weekly stipend and paid time off
Job Description:
A housemate’s role is to cohabitate in a two-bedroom apartment with a client and share one meal together per day. Housemates may be in school or have up to 25 hours of work outside the home per week. A generous level of support and training is offered for this position—it is a great opportunity for those who feel an affinity toward psychology, counseling or social work and would like to gain direct experience in the field.
Ideal Candidate:
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Warm and compassionate
- Thrives in a collaborative team environment
- Capacity for humor, playfulness, and lightheartedness
- Open to the notion that each of us is learning, growing, and healing
- Leads a balanced and healthy lifestyle—personally well-resourced and grounded
- Familiar with mental health challenges/recovery in a personal, familial, or professional capacity
- Engages in ongoing personal mindfulness/contemplative practice
We ask a minimum of 6-months commitment to this position.
If you would like to apply for any of these positions please email a resume and cover letter to: [email protected]
We look forward to hearing from you!
Volunteer Opportunities
Board Member
Windhorse Integrative Mental Health (WIMH) is looking for people with a contemplative practice, some experience with people in extreme mindstates, and/or business acumen to join our board of directors!
Windhorse IMH is celebrating our 30th year as an alternative to residential treatment. Windhorse uses mindfulness-informed clinical teams and therapeutic households to support our clients’ recovery journey. Extreme, life-disrupting mind states are often paired with isolation, but recovery is best discovered in relationship. By cultivating genuine and compassionate connection, we invite our clients to relax into who they are authentically — beneath turmoil and distress — reconnecting at their own pace with others and the world around them.
To support our mission, we are expanding our board with three key objectives: to offset board retirements, contribute to our next generation strategic plan and to enhance governance and transition planning. Windhorse IMH is well managed with a proven executive team. We have a strong balance sheet and have recently completed significant capital investment in residential facilities for each of our three locations. (Northampton, MA; San Luis Obispo, CA; Portland, OR)
A primary responsibility of the Board of Directors is to participate in policy or planning meetings held every six to eight weeks. Meetings typically last about 90 minutes. We expect the board to be an active one and to ensure that the organization has the leadership and oversight to fulfill it’s mission.
As you consider this opportunity please review our website and address questions or interest to Victoria Yoshen at 413-586-0207 ext 102 or [email protected]