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Behavioral Health Careers at Lynn Community Health Center

Compassion · Collaboration · Growth

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Why Join Our Behavioral Health Team?

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A Mission-Driven Team
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Support for Every Stage of Your Career
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Integrated Care Model
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Real Teamwork
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Teaching/Learning Culture
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Whole Person Focus
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Strong Leadership & Mentorship
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A Place Where You Are Valued

Lynn Community Health Center (LCHC), behavioral health professionals play a vital role in our mission. We provide integrated mental health and substance use services to a diverse, resilient community in Lynn, MA.

Whether you’re an experienced behavioral health clinician, a new graduate, or a student in training, LCHC offers more than a job—it’s a place to grow, learn, and make a difference.

Why Work in Behavioral Health at LCHC?

  • Serve a mission that truly matters
  • Be part of a trauma-informed, equity-centered model
  • Work in a supportive, team-based setting
  • Access professional development and training
  • Make a difference in your own community

Our approach to integrated behavioral health means you’ll collaborate with professionals across disciplines, gaining valuable experience that strengthens your impact.

Whole-Person, Compassionate Care

Compassion is at the heart of our approach. Our mental health providers care for individuals and families with a deep understanding of the challenges they face—poverty, trauma, systemic inequities, and more.

As part of our community health center behavioral health model, we provide services that meet people where they are, with dignity and respect.

We Offer:

  • Individual and group therapy
  • Psychiatric care and medication management
  • Substance use treatment and recovery services
  • Integrated behavioral health in primary care settings
  • Care coordination
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Teamwork That Supports You

We know that the best care happens when providers work together.

Our behavioral health team includes:

  • Licensed therapists and mental health counselors
  • Psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners
  • Recovery coaches and case managers
  • Interns and students in training

We partner closely with medical, pediatric, and school-based teams to create coordinated, trauma-informed care plans that support the whole person.

A Place to Learn and Grow

LCHC is a place where your behavioral health career can flourish. We proudly serve as a training site for students and early-career professionals, offering real-world experience in a high-impact setting.

We offer:

  • Field placements and supervised internships
  • Postgraduate training opportunities
  • Ongoing professional development and CE support

Whether you’re looking to build your clinical skills or advance your career in mental health, you’ll find mentorship and purpose here.

Meet Our Behavioral Health Leadership

Carlos F. Cappas, PsyD, MBA
Chief Behavioral Health Officer

Dr. Carlos Cappas leads the Behavioral Health Department at Lynn Community Health Center while also practicing as a clinician in pediatric behavioral health. With years of experience in both clinical care and quality improvement, Dr. Cappas has helped implement integrated behavioral health programs in community health centers and primary care practices across Massachusetts.

Before joining LCHC, he led major integration initiatives at Boston Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Physicians’ Organization and the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership. Today, he continues to expand LCHC’s behavioral health services through operational integration, telehealth innovation, and workforce development—building a strong pipeline of behavioral health professionals dedicated to community-based care.

Dr. Cappas is also a member of the Health Equity Compact, a statewide coalition working to advance health equity and improve health outcomes for underserved populations in Massachusetts. A native of Puerto Rico, he holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Ponce Health Sciences University and an MBA from UMass Boston. He also completed a fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology in Primary Care at UMass Chan Medical School.

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Join Our Mission

If you’re seeking a meaningful career in behavioral health—whether in therapy, psychiatry, care coordination, or substance use support—LCHC is the place to be.

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