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Orange County Health Psychologists is a thriving group practice specializing in clinical health psychology with the vision of being innovative trail blazers in new models of integrated health care.

We are a group practice of 35+ dedicated clinicians: each with a specialty in clinical health psychology or in specific diagnoses or modalities. Our approach is holistic, using integrated interventions that focus on mind, body and spiritual health and wellness. We strive to provide our patients with the best clinicians Orange County has to offer. Our mission and values are reflected in our hiring practices and employment policies. If you’re one of the best and equally committed to excellence in patient care, we’d love to meet you.

Dr. Kristen Kleppe

Kristin Kleppe, PsyD
Founder

I started Orange County Health Psychologists with Three Very Distinct Goals in Mind.

  • To create and build a patient centric practice with like-minded individuals who are committed and passionate about providing the best possible care to those we serve.
  • To mentor and support providers in developing competencies and specialties in behavioral health with the goal of truly practicing from a biopsychosocial-spiritual model.
  • To foster a professional work environment that is personally and professionally rewarding for all; one where we learn together, serve together, and laugh and love together.

I hope you will reach out to us if our vision for the future is through a similar lens. There are many opportunities here for those who share our values and goals.

Benefits of Joining Us

Our well-regarded group practice has much to offer:

  • Excellent reputation
  • Consistent referral base
  • Comprehensive administrative support
  • Generous compensation plan
  • Medical and dental benefits plus incentives to full-time W-2 employees
  • In-service training and case consultation
  • Hybrid delivery model; in-person and telehealth
  • Opportunities for advancement
  • Support for healthy work-life balance
  • Collegial environment with great colleagues and staff
  • Beautifully appointed office suite in the Irvine Spectrum area with satellite offices in Newport Beach, Orange, and San Francisco.

Testimonials

KaMala Thomas
Kamala Thomas

KaMala Thomas
PhD

I have worked at Orange County Health Psychologists for seven years and have never regretted my decision to join this practice. It is truly a blessing to work with a group of psychologists and therapists who come from such diverse backgrounds and have a wide range of expertise. The opportunity to collaborate with such an esteemed group of colleagues has been invaluable. There are so many things that I love about working with this group, including the in-service trainings and case consultations, as well as the career development and mentoring opportunities. If you are looking for a practice where you can grow and thrive as a psychotherapist, then you don’t need to look further than Orange County Health Psychologists!

Genevieve McManus
Kamala Thomas

Genevieve McManus
LCSW

I could have worked at many other places and chose this practice based upon a lot of research and going off my instincts, which it turns out were spot on! Orange County Health Psychologists is a fantastic top-notch workplace with a high degree of professional ethics and integrity. There is a higher pay structure than other private practice settings, with a flexible schedule, great work/life balance, and growth potential. The founder is extremely supportive and my colleagues are incredibly talented and inspiring. I am extremely grateful to work here and every interaction I have with my boss, colleagues and office staff is totally positive. OCHP has delivered everything they promised!

Parul Patel
Kamala Thomas

Sepideh Fatemi
LMFT

The moment I stepped into Orange County Health Psychologists' Irvine office, I was impressed with the state-of-the art facilities, the warmth of the staff, and the exceptional leadership of Dr. Kleppe. The providers and staff of Orange County Health Psychologists work well together and authentically share my goals of supporting those in need and promoting healing of body, mind, and spirit. I feel honored to be a part of this exceptional practice group.

Jason Blakemore
Kamala Thomas

Jason Blakemore
LMFT

Orange County Health Psychologists is a wonderful practice and I feel honored to be a part of it. Dr. Kleppe has created a practice that feels professional and warm. There is a great variety of skillsets among the therapists. The administrative staff is kind and efficient, and the offices feel cozy and classy. I love working for Orange County Health Psychologists, it is a fantastic practice!

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OCHP Job Openings

We have openings for mental health professionals with specializations in disciplines listed below:

Full or Part-time 
Hybrid: In-person and Telehealth 

We strive to provide our patients with the best clinicians Orange County has to offer. Our mission and values are reflected in our hiring practices and employment policies. If you’re one of the best and equally committed to excellence in patient care, we’d love to meet you.

We also strive to provide our employees with the best professional home Orange County has to offer. We provide all of the following and more:   

  • Positive and healthy work culture that both nourishes you in the present and inspires you for the future 
  • Collegiality and feeling of connectivity that comes from an in-person office setting with the flexibility of telehealth  
  • Affiliation with a group practice with an excellent reputation, that lives by the highest ethical standards and is truly committed to healing  
  • Complete administrative support along with a consistent referral base.  
  • Continued professional development through paid in-service training and case collaboration  
  • Generous compensation plan and job benefits that are better than what many other group practices have to offer 

Orange County Health Psychologists is a group practice of 35+ dedicated clinicians with offices in Irvine, Newport Beach, Orange, and San Francisco. Our approach is holistic, using integrated interventions that focus on mind, body and spiritual health and wellness.

Position responsibilities include the following: 

  • Provide individual psychotherapy using evidence-based interventions 
  • Conduct psychological assessments for diagnostic purposes with appropriate report writing 
  • Supervise post-doctoral candidates (optional)  
  • Provide behavioral health interventions for patients diagnosed with chronic medical conditions 
  • Collaborate with physicians in support of an integrated care model 
  • Participate in program development  
  • Engage in structured professional development activities 
  • Provide case consultation for other group providers 
  • Organize and lead groups and workshops (optional) 

Requirements and Qualifications

  • California licensure as a clinical psychologist or eligibility for post-doctoral status as a Registered Psychological Associate 
  • Doctoral degree from an APA accredited program in clinical, counseling, or educational psychology 
  • Minimum of 5+ years’ experience (including pre-doctoral internships) in a clinical setting 
  • Recent clinical references (less than 2 years old) 
  • Preference given to candidates with relevant experience in a health care setting or completion of a health psychology track in a doctoral program 
  • Commitment to see a minimum of 15 patients per week for part-time status or 25 per week for full-time status 
  • No other private or group practice commitments 
  • Flexibility with a hybrid delivery model requiring at least one day in the office for in-person sessions. Additional days in the office are welcomed. 
  • Passion for excellence in patient care using evidence-based interventions 
  • Enthusiasm for continued growth and professional development 
  • Shared values of our patient-centric practice with a deep commitment to the highest ethical standards and excellence in patient treatment outcomes. 

 

Additional Opportunities for Post-Doctoral and Post-Licensure Fellowships

We offer additional opportunities for post-doctoral and post-licensure fellowships in nine areas of clinical health psychology.

  • Psycho-oncology
  • Geropsychology
  • Gastro-psychology
  • Pediatric Psychology
  • Women’s Sexual Health
  • Cardiac Psychology
  • Psych-enterology
  • Neuropsychology
  • Derma-psychology

We offer meaningful opportunities for psychologists who understand today’s relevance of collaborative, integrated care and practicing from a health and wellness model and not a disease model. Interested candidates, please submit a cover letter and CV addressed to Dr. Kristin Kleppe, at Kleppe@OCHealthPsych.com with a copy to Jennifer Koran at Jennifer@OCHealthPsych.com.

Full or Part-time
Hybrid: In-person and/or Telehealth 

Orange County Health Psychologists plans to expand its psychiatry services division and seeks the right individual to lead this endeavor. We are open to collaborating on a growth model that could begin with part-time and grow to full-time or a supervisory role with PAs or NPs.  

This opportunity is ideal for both the physician interested in joining a growing group practice with opportunities to initiate new programs and revenue streams, or the physician interested in part-time employment with a strong referral base and complete administrative support. 

Orange County Health Psychologists is a thriving, highly regarded group practice of 35+ licensed behavioral health providers dedicated to integrative care for body, mind, and spirit. Our psychologists, therapists and social workers offer individual, couples and family psychotherapy, testing and assessment, EMDR, yoga therapy, virtual reality therapy, ketamine assisted psychotherapy, and more to a relatively high-functioning patient base. Our emphasis is in clinical health psychology with behavioral health providers specializing in areas such as psycho-oncology, cardiac psychology, gero-psychology, pediatric psychology, women’s sexual health and providing collaborative, integrated care with area physicians.  

We offer the flexibility of either in-person, telehealth, or a hybrid delivery model.

 

Requirements and Qualifications

  • MD and a current, unrestricted license to practice as a psychiatrist in California 
  • Current, unrestricted DEA registration 
  • 5+ years of clinical medical practice 
  • Board Certified 
  • Competency in geriatrics preferred 
  • Medicare contracted or willing to contract with Medicare 
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with superior interpersonal and leadership skills 
  • Willingness to collaborate with group psychologists and therapists in an environment that values integrated care 
  • Superb judgment, problem solving, and cognitive skills 
  • Commitment to evidence based best practices 

 

This is a wonderful opportunity for a psychiatrist who understands today’s relevance of collaborative, integrated care and practicing from a health and wellness model as opposed to a disease model.  


Full or Part-time 
 

Hybrid: In-person and Telehealth

Are you looking for a position that offers both the collegiality and feeling of connectivity that comes from an in-person office setting and the flexibility of telehealth? Or, perhaps, you are looking for a group practice with an excellent reputation that lives by the highest ethical standards and is truly committed to healing? Or, maybe complete administrative support is important to you along with a consistent referral base and an income that exceeds many similar companies?  

Orange County Health Psychologists has all this to offer and more. We’re a group practice of 35+ dedicated clinicians with offices in Irvine, Newport Beach, Orange and San Francisco. We recently moved our Irvine location into a beautiful new facility near the Irvine Spectrum complete with 17 therapy offices and a Wellness Center. Our approach is holistic, using integrated interventions that focus on mind, body and spiritual health and wellness. 

We strive to provide our patients with the best clinicians Orange County has to offer. Our mission and values are reflected in our hiring practices and employment policies. If you’re one of the best and equally committed to excellence in patient care, we’d love to meet you.  

We offer monthly in-service training, case consultation, and opportunities for growth and development. Our compensation plan is more generous than most with benefits for full-time W-2 employees.  


Requirements and Qualifications
 

  • California licensure as an LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, or clinical psychologist 
  • Psychologists: Doctoral degree in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, or educational psychology from an APA accredited program, 
  • LMFT’s, LCSW’s and LPCC’s: Master’s degree from accredited university,   
  • Minimum of 5+ yrs experience (including pre-licensure internships),  
  • Commitment to see a minimum of 15 patients per week with no other private practice or group practice commitments,  
  • For full-time employees, a commitment to see a minimum of 25 patients per week, 
  • Flexibility with a hybrid delivery model requiring at least one day a week in the office for in-person sessions. Additional days in the office are welcomed.  
  • Passion for excellence in patient care using evidence-based interventions,  
  • Enthusiasm for continued growth and professional development, 
  • Shared values of our patient-centric practice with a deep commitment to the highest ethical standards and excellence in patient treatment outcomes.   

This is a wonderful opportunity for a therapist who understands today’s relevance of collaborative, integrated care and practicing from a health and wellness model as opposed to a disease model.  

Note: The following internship opportunities are not clinical internships and are designed to support career development for psychology students seeking more experience in the field. If you are seeking a post-doctoral position, please see our Clinical Psychologist listing.
 

Literature Review and Research Intern

A Research Intern supports clinicians in integrating a literature review to a treatment plan. The intern will assist the clinical health psychologist in identifying journal articles or resources that lead to a better understanding of the patient’s symptoms, enhance patient care, and ensure better outcomes.  

The intern might also research health care resources for patients and assist in preparing patient handouts. 

We are developing fellowship training programs in different areas of health care such as psycho-oncology, cardiac psychology, and psycho-gastroenterology. A research intern in our fellowship training program assists in identifying training resources and developing training materials.

 

Marketing Intern

The Marketing Intern assists in developing psychoeducational materials for enhanced patient care and to better integrate mind, body, and spiritual interventions. These materials can include not only written medium, but also social media or video applications.

 

Qualifications

Current enrollment in an accredited clinical psychology doctoral or master’s level program with a preference given to students enrolled in a health psychology track. For some assignments, we will consider an undergraduate psychology student. 

Hours

Flexible – minimum of 10 hours per month. Location can be in office or remote. 

Interested candidates, please submit a cover letter and CV addressed to Dr. Kristin Kleppe, at Kleppe@OCHealthPsych.com with a copy to Jennifer Koran at Jennifer@OCHealthPsych.com.

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