About Lyra
Lyra is transforming mental health care through technology with a human touch to help people feel emotionally healthy at work and at home. We work with industry leaders, such as Morgan Stanley, Uber, Amgen, and other Fortune 500 companies, to improve access to effective, high-quality mental health care for their employees and their families. With our innovative digital care platform and global provider network, 10 million people can receive the best care and feel better, faster. Founded by David Ebersman, former CFO of Facebook and Genentech, Lyra has raised more than $900 million in funding to support our mission of improving access to high quality mental healthcare.
About the Role
Lyra’s Mental Health Coaches are part of our innovative video and text based coaching program called Lyra Care Coaching. This program blends live video sessions with between-session digital lessons and content. We provide our state of the art technology platform and the adult clients so you can focus on what you do best: offering high-quality mental health coaching.
Daily: As a Mental Health Coach, you'll provide short-term, evidence-based coaching sessions with adults via video. You'll share digital lessons, activities, and assessments with your clients between video-based sessions to enhance learning and monitor client improvement. Our coaches work a structured part-time schedule hosting a minimum of 16 client sessions and working approximately 24 hours per week—time that you schedule. There is a comprehensive onboarding with dedicated live training sessions and self study to thoughtfully ramp up to full client caseload while deepening your coaching practice.
An important note: Lyra's clients come from a multitude of different backgrounds and experiences, and have varying needs and abilities. We strive to continue to meet their unique needs by delivering culturally responsive care—an approach that accounts for the impact of cultural backgrounds on each person’s care experience.
Regularly: Lyra supports your growth with our paid ICF-certified Mental Health Coaching training and ongoing coach development opportunities, amplifying your current skill set. Our coaches enjoy connecting with their peers in group consultations and session reviews with your Supervisor to ensure high-quality outcomes, Lyra model integration, and continued coach development.
Coaches who do well in this role can demonstrate:
The ability to coach the person, not the problem
Skill in holding space for emotions with warmth, empathy, and a person-focused approach
The ability to authentically connect and be present with your clients in the moment
A desire for continuous growth and development and willingness to receive feedback
Requirements:
- Graduated from a comprehensive ACTP or ACSTH coaching program accredited by the ICF or hold an ICF-credential (Level 1, Level 2, Level 3M)
- Completed a minimum of 100 client coaching hours and at least one year post graduation
- Able to commit to approximately 24 hours per week and comfortable seeing a caseload of 16+ adult clients weekly
- Commitment and willingness to provide culturally responsive care to your clients
- Willingness to learn new approaches to coaching and integrate Lyra’s evidence-based Mental Health Coaching model into your practice
- Skilled at supporting clients’ to connect with and explore difficult emotions and experiences. Ability to hold a safe, compassionate space to invite exploration of clients’ emotions. Skilled at holding space for emotions through warmth, empathy and utilizing a person focused approach. Ability to build rapport and trust. Ability to authentically connect and be present with your client in the moment
- Confident using various technological platforms including video conferencing and learning new technical formats quickly
- Eager to join a rapidly growing business and comfortable with processes that evolve quickly
- Resides and works solely in the USA
As a part-time Mental Health Coach, you will be employed by Lyra Clinical Associates P.C. We manage the business operations so you can focus on providing high-quality mental health care. Here are just some of our perks and benefits:
- Competitive compensation for your session work and administrative work
- After the onboarding period, enjoy flexible scheduling to set your own availability for part-time hours/week
- Competitive time off with pay policies, including 40 hours vacation, sick days, and company holidays
- Fourteen weeks of unpaid parental leave after six months of employment
- 401K retirement benefits
- Equity in the company through discretionary restricted stock units
- Six paid coach development trainings of your choosing every year
- A caseload of motivated clients from diverse industries and backgrounds
- Lyra for Lyrians; coaching and therapy services
- Access to several Lyra offerings including the library of Lyra well-being and self-care resources
- A new Chromebook, dedicated business support from Operations, HR, and IT professionals, and a monthly technology stipend
- We like to spread joy throughout the year with well-being perks and activities, surprise swag, regular community celebration…and more!
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or any other category protected by law.
By applying for this position, your data will be processed as per Lyra Clinical Associates, P.C. Workforce Privacy Notice. Through this application, we will collect personal information from you including your name, email address, gender identity, employment information, and phone number for the purposes of recruiting and assessing suitability, aptitude, skills, qualifications, and interests for employment with Lyra. We may also collect information about your race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, which is considered sensitive personal information under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Providing this information is optional and completely voluntary. If you are a California resident and would like to limit how we use this information, please use the Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information form. This information will only be retained for as long as needed to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, as described above. Please note that Lyra does not “sell” or “share” personal information as defined by the CPRA. For more information about how we use and retain your information, please see our Workforce Privacy Notice.
