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Northeast Family Services
Northampton, Massachusetts

Hourly FFS - Outpatient Therapist

Counselor / TherapistNo weekendsContract

Listed compensation

$45-$70/hr

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Job Description

Highly competitive rates AND incentives available for Outpatient services provided on-site at one of our 5 beautiful locations across the state of Massachusetts!

NFS is the premier provider of behavioral health services in the region. We’re growing fast and we’re looking for YOU.

NFS Outpatient Therapists work collaboratively with clients to help them access their core strengths to be their best selves and realize their full potential, utilizing a variety of approaches such as individual, couple, family, and group psychotherapy.

Make the schedule that works for you! Hourly Fee For Service anywhere from 5 to 30 hour week options!!

JOIN US AND MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, ADULTS, OR FAMILIES!

Full Time and FFS opportunities available!

Check out our new rates! Earn what you're worth, doing what you love!

Flexible Schedule! Choose your days! (Weekends available, evenings preferred)

All clinicians are W-2 employees, offering either full-time salaried roles or flexible hourly fee-for-service positions. Our full-time clinicians enjoy stable, guaranteed salary compensation, even when clients cancel—as we believe your time and expertise should be valued.

Why Work Here?

  • Flexible Work Options: Choose the schedule that fits your life with full-time salaried roles or hourly fee-for-service flexibility.
  • Competitive Compensation: Earn $45–$55 per hour for hourly fee-for-service clinicians, with premium rates for bilingual skills, specialties, and experience.
  • W-2 Employment: We hire W-2 employees only—no 1099 contractor arrangements.
  • Robust Support System: We provide supervision, professional development, free CEUs, and licensure assistance—because investing in our clinicians is investing in quality care.

What You’ll Do

  • Provide individual, couples, family, and/or group therapy
  • Conduct intake assessments and determine appropriate levels of care
  • Develop personalized treatment plans that create real change
  • Coordinate care with families, medical providers, and community partners
  • Maintain documentation in our user-friendly EHR system
  • Participate in case consultations and team meetings as needed
  • Provide crisis intervention and therapeutic support when necessary

Who You Are

  • Have a Master's degree in Psychology, Counseling, Social Work, or related field required
  • Will have Independent Clinical License within 2 years
  • Current license in the state of Massachusetts a plus
  • Requires excellent time-management skills with ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Ability to manage one's own schedule with client outreach.
  • Afternoon and evening availability is a plus!
  • Able to work in one of our 5 office locations: North Andover, Dorchester, Fall River, Worcester, West Springfield
  • Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
  • Access to a laptop or CPS, high speed secure internet, and a phone required

Premiums Paid For

  • Non-English language capacity
  • Experience
  • Select clinical specialties

Compensation

Hourly Fee for Service

  • 45/hour for MA Level
  • $50-$55/hour MA level with initial license or additional language capacity
  • $55-$60/hour with initial license and additional language capacity / high level of experience
  • $65-$70/hour for independent license

Incentive for On-site

  • 50% in person over a 3 month span will earn $750
  • 75% in person over a 3 month span will earn $1000
  • 90% and above in person over a 3 month span $1250

Key Responsibilities

Provide individual, couples, family, and group therapy while conducting intake assessments and developing personalized treatment plans. Coordinate care with community partners and maintain accurate documentation within the EHR system.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in Psychology, Counseling, Social Work, or a related field. Candidates must be able to work on-site at one of the five Massachusetts locations and possess excellent time-management skills.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Individual psychotherapyCouple psychotherapyFamily psychotherapyTreatment planningCare coordinationEHR system managementCase consultation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Hourly FFS - Outpatient Therapist at Northeast Family Services a 6.5 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 7,885 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, 48% are remote, 34% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.5 / 10 · above average in mental health therapy (counseling)ranked against 7,885 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$94k–$146kMental Health Therapy median $76k (middle half $65k–$92k)11 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$113k in purchasing powerMassachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Massachusetts269 active7,881 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 48% remote · 34% no call · 58% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMassachusetts Counselor listings: 11% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 17% offer loan repayment523 active listings, Oct 2026
Mental Health Therapy pay trend+2.3% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (7,885 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings), 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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CME allowance
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.5
Better work-life than 60% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,885 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
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About Northeast Family Services

Mental Health Care
North Andover, MA
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible schedule
Free CEUs
Licensure assistance
Supervision provided
W-2 employment
On-site incentive up to $1,250

Living in Northampton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$507k
Typical market rent
$2,327/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.1
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Springfield, MA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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