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Ellie Mental Health - 157
Ashburn, VA, US · Hybrid

Outpatient Therapist - Child & Adolescent

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$72k-$90k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • 401(k)
  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible schedule
  • Calling All After-School Therapy Superheroes!

Do you speak fluent kid, tween, and teen?

If working with children, adolescents, and families is where you do your best work, Ellie Mental Health Ashburn wants to meet you!

We’re growing our herd and looking for a creative, compassionate, energetic therapist who is passionate about helping children and teens ages 6–17 feel heard, understood, supported, and empowered.

At Ellie, therapy doesn’t have to feel stiff or clinical. Bring your personality. Bring your creativity. Bring the interventions that help young clients connect.

If you enjoy an afternoon/evening schedule and want to build a strong child and adolescent caseload, we have families looking for you.

Bonus Points If You…

  • Understand that sometimes UNO is actually a therapeutic intervention
  • Can connect with teenagers without trying too hard to be “cool”
  • Enjoy collaborating with parents and caregivers
  • Like incorporating games, art, movement, music, or other creative interventions
  • Have after-school/evening availability
  • Believe therapy can be clinically excellent and fun

Why Ellie Ashburn?

Because therapists deserve a workplace where they can actually enjoy being therapists.

Our culture is rooted in Ellie's core values of Creativity, Humor, Compassion, Acceptance, Determination, and Authenticity.

What We Offer

  • Competitive compensation
  • Comfortable, furnished offices
  • Credentialing with major insurance carriers
  • Malpractice coverage
  • Access to Continuing Education CEU Library
  • Clinical support and collaboration
  • Clinical supervision for eligible LPC/LMFT/LCSW residents or supervisees at no cost

Responsibilities Include

Evaluate mental health diagnosis, create, and implement a treatment plan, complete ongoing documentation including further diagnosis, treatment plan reviews, and case notes according to company policy

Provide excellent customer service for clients and collaborate with a dynamic team to further the mission of filling gaps in our community

  • Utilize creativity in interventions to help clients achieve and exceed goals
  • Prepare and submit individual documentation for each session per company guidelines and protocol
  • Coordinate services with case managers, families, work personnel, medical personnel, other Ellie staff, and school staff as needed
  • Attend and participate in all clinical staff meetings and trainings
  • Other stuff we probably forgot to add but just as meaningful and important to your role;)

What You'll Need

Master's degree in counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or another qualifying behavioral health field

  • Virginia clinical license or eligible provisional/resident/supervisee status, as applicable
  • Experience or strong interest in working with children and adolescents ages
  • Comfort working with diverse children, adolescents, and families
  • And most importantly…

If you're looking for a place where you can do meaningful clinical work, build a specialty, connect with children and families, grow professionally, and still bring your personality into the therapy room, we'd love to meet you.

Come help us make mental health care feel a little more human—and a lot more approachable—for the children and teens in our community.

Flexible work from home options available.

Key Responsibilities

Assess clients’ mental health, establish diagnoses, develop and implement treatment plans, and maintain timely clinical documentation. Use creative interventions and coordinate care with families, schools, medical professionals, case managers, and colleagues while participating in clinical meetings and training.

Requirements

A master’s degree in counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or another qualifying behavioral health field is required, along with a Virginia clinical license or eligible provisional, resident, or supervisee status. Experience or a strong interest in working with children and adolescents ages 6–17, and comfort working with diverse families, are expected.

Key Skills

Child And Adolescent TherapyMental Health AssessmentTreatment PlanningCreative Therapeutic InterventionsFamily CollaborationCare CoordinationClient ServiceInterdisciplinary CollaborationGroup CollaborationCommunication

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Therapist - Child & Adolescent at Ellie Mental Health - 157 a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Mental Health Therapy counselor listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 46% have no call, 66% require no weekends — this position is remote.

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$81k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $80k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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About Ellie Mental Health - 157

Mental Health Care
St Paul
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k)
Competitive Salary
Flexible Schedule
Malpractice Coverage
CEU Library Access
Free Clinical Supervision for Residents