At Motivo, we believe new therapists coming out of graduate school are the best possible answer to the mental health worker shortage currently affecting behavioral health organizations.
Our mission is to give them the best possible foundation so they can begin a life-long career helping people.
56%
Of U.S. population live in a Mental Health Shortage Area (MHSA)
48,000
new therapists graduate and enter the workforce every year
57%
of those new graduates leave before reaching licensure
Data is from Motivo’s white paper:
The Mental Health Therapist Shortage Starts at GraduationWe focus on clinical supervision because the guidance, feedback, and support this relationship provides establishes the foundational skills they’ll need to help their clients, manage their caseloads, and find joy in their work for a long time to come.
When Rachel Ledbetter was in clinical supervision, she drove two hours to get to her clinical supervision appointment. She paid for her sessions out-of-pocket. Every week, she sacrificed a whole day of billable hours for that one hour with her clinical supervisor.
She knew there had to be a better way — for her and every therapist.
Counseling jobs are plentiful but it’s hard to find employers willing to hire associate-level therapists.
Positions that are open to them involve some of the most overwhelming and difficult caseloads in the profession.
Associate-level pay for Master’s level therapists is often lower than hourly rates for area fast food restaurants.
State regulations are mind-boggling and clinical supervision is difficult to find and expensive.
Job offers are accepted faster and start dates come sooner when you provide clinical supervision as a benefit.
Associate therapists are motivated to stay beyond licensure when they feel supported by their company. It's a win/win!
Partners report happier clinicians when supervision is focused on patient care and skill building, rather than workplace dilemmas.
Wondering if Motivo will work for your organization? (We bet it will)
Let’s find outWe intentionally foster an environment of self-work and cultural humility. We are curious and introspective. We engage in lifelong learning.
We are committed to our cause of solving the shortage of mental health providers and we focus on the areas that yield the most impactful results.
When we see a problem or concern, we feel empowered to fix it. We trust each other to make the right decisions.
We are empathic, open-minded, and honest. We use direct, clear and kind communication and we always assume good intent.
Rachel Ledbetter, LMFT
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder
Mike Chen
Chief Technical Officer, Co-Founder
Carla Smith, Ph.D, LCSW, LMFT
Chief Clinical Officer
Allie Long
Senior Vice President of Business Operations
Jon Stout
Chief Business Officer
Motivo’s Advisory Council works with us to identify common needs and concerns across the behavioral health landscape — especially how behavioral health workforce issues directly affect employers.
Together, we test ideas that bring lasting answers for employers, clinicians, and the people they serve.
Dr Neftali Pereda
Radiant Futures
Chief Programs Officer
Erin Scott-Haines
Discovery Mood & Anxiety Disorder
Director of Clinical Supervision
Virna Little
Concert Health
Co-Founder
Jeremy Mercer
Optum
Vice President, Proposal Strategy & Solutions
LaTonya Pendleton
Youth Villages
Chief Human Resources Officer
David Long
Pinnacle Treatment Center
Chief People Officer
Celeste Nevarez
Emergence Health Network
Chief of Clinical Services
Dr Adina Ascher
Liberation Institute
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Rebecca Murray
Oak Street Health
Senior Clinical Director
Carla Myers
Bridge Health
Clinical Director
Jon Peeples
Affect Therapeutics
Chief Medical Officer
Erin McCarthy
Acadia Healthcare
Regional Vice President, CTC – South
We solve
clinical supervision