Bilingual Primary Therapist – Adolescent Mental Health
Listed compensation
$58k-$62k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
- Bilingual Primary Therapist – Adolescent Mental Health
- AWA | Boca Raton, FL | On-Site | Full-Time |Monday–Friday, 12–8 PM | Starting at $58,000/year
- Fluent English and Spanish or Portuguese Required
About the Role
At Adolescent Wellness Academy, we help teens feel understood, build confidence, and find a path forward—with their families alongside them. As a Primary Therapist in our growing Boca program, you’ll guide adolescents ages 13–17 through PHP/IOP treatment, providing hands-on clinical care and helping strengthen our village.
- What You’ll Do
- Provide individual, family, and group therapy.
- Complete assessments, diagnoses, and treatment plans.
- Build trust with teens and keep families engaged in care.
- Collaborate with psychiatry and the clinical team.
- Support crisis response, discharge planning, and aftercare.
- Keep clinical documentation accurate and timely.
What You Bring
- Florida Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern, LMHC, LCSW, or LMFT.
- Master’s degree in counseling, social work, or marriage and family therapy.
- Fluency in English and Spanish or Portuguese.
- 2+ years of adolescent mental health or PHP/IOP experience.
- Confidence leading groups and navigating family dynamics.
- Availability to work on-site in Boca, Monday–Friday, 12–8 PM.
Choose Kindness. Dare to Grow. Contribute to the Whole.
- Bring your clinical skills and your heart for teens to AWA.
- Learn More: Adolescent Wellness Academy
Key Responsibilities
The Primary Therapist will provide individual, family, and group therapy to adolescents while managing clinical assessments and treatment plans. They will also collaborate with the clinical team to support crisis response, discharge planning, and ongoing family engagement.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master’s degree in counseling, social work, or marriage and family therapy and possess a valid Florida license (LMHC, LCSW, or LMFT). Additionally, fluency in English and Spanish or Portuguese is required, along with at least two years of experience in adolescent mental health.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Bilingual Primary Therapist – Adolescent Mental Health at Adolescent Wellness Academy a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 8,085 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 34% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$60k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $58k in an average-cost state. 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$60k midpoint, that is roughly $2k–$4k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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- No weekends
- On-site
Living in Coconut Creek
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $471k≈ 8.1× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $2,392/mo≈ 49% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 30 min
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.