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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Expressive Arts Therapist, Full-Time

Counselor / TherapistFull-Time

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Hanover Hill Behavioral Health, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, combines two leaders in health care, in the partnership of Universal Health Services & Lehigh Valley Health Network. This brand new 144-bed free standing behavioral health facility offers the community high-quality behavioral health care services for seniors, adults and adolescents.

Hanover Hill is seeking an experienced Expressive Arts Therapist. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a multi-disciplinary team while working in a state-of-the-art facility, including EPIC.

The Expressive Arts Therapist is responsible for planning and implementing activity services for assigned program, which involves defining and implementing treatment goals as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team and providing continuous patient care, observation, interaction, and role modeling to patients.

Benefits Include

  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance.

During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.

Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. uhs.com

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree required.

Possess current registration, certification as CTRS or licensure in accordance with state and/or national board standards of specific field of allied health (i. e., art, recreational, music, psychodrama therapy, Occupational Therapy, Dance & Movement), required.

One year of related experience, with knowledge of psychiatric patient care techniques with understanding of mental illness, preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Expressive arts therapyTreatment planningInterdisciplinary collaborationPatient observationMental health assessmentActivity services implementation

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 36% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingPennsylvania index 97.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Pennsylvania450 active7,908 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 34% remote · 36% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedPennsylvania Counselor listings: 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 14% offer loan repayment767 active listings, Oct 2026
Mental Health Therapy pay trend+2.0% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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$110k-130k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

36 jobs
401k / retirement match
92% this job
CME allowance
33%
Sign-on bonus
22%
Loan repayment
8%
PSLF eligible
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,907 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About UHS

Hospitals and Health Care
Aiken, South Carolina
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
Generous paid time off

Living in Bethlehem

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$336k
Typical market rent
$1,880/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.0
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.