Outpatient Therapist

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

Starts at $50K

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Job Description

Outpatient Therapist - Lebanon Counseling Center

Make a Difference Every Day

At Best Point Education & Behavioral Health, we are dedicated to empowering children, adolescents, adults, and families through high-quality behavioral health, educational, and therapeutic services.

We are seeking a compassionate and skilled Outpatient Therapist to join our growing team and help individuals achieve meaningful, lasting change. As an Outpatient Therapist, you will provide services to all age groups including assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and therapeutic services in an office-based setting while working alongside a multidisciplinary team committed to improving lives.

Pay & Benefits

Starts at $50,000 a year a goes up based on experience

Full Benefits Package Includes

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • FSA or HSA with a match
  • Retirement plan (403b) with a match
  • Tuition assistance
  • Public Loan Forgiveness eligibility
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Weekly licensure supervision
  • Company-issued iPhone and laptop
  • Mileage reimbursement

Primary Responsibilities

  • Conduct comprehensive assessments and develop individualized treatment plans
  • Provide high-quality, ethical, and compassionate mental health therapy to children, adolescents, and adults
  • Deliver individual and group counseling services utilizing evidence-based and client-centered approaches
  • Monitor client progress and adjust treatment plans as needed
  • Complete clinical documentation accurately and within required timeframes
  • Collaborate with families, community partners, and treatment providers to ensure continuity of care
  • Maintain proficiency in the electronic health record (EHR) system
  • Participate actively as a positive and engaged member of the outpatient team
  • Advocate for quality improvement and enhanced clinical outcomes
  • Meet productivity standards and comply with agency policies and procedures
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related Human Services field
  • Ohio behavioral health license in good standing: LSW, LISW, LPC, LPCC, MFT, IMFT
  • Two or more years of experience in behavioral health or outpatient mental health services
  • Strong clinical assessment and treatment planning skills
  • Excellent organizational and time management abilities
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to build rapport with diverse client populations
  • Strong collaboration and teamwork skills

Work Environment

Exposed to a combination of office, school and mental health treatment environments. Exposed to children with behavior problems. May be exposed to shouting and children who are upset.

Physical demands: The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

  • Use hands to manipulate, handle, feel, and control items or equipment;
  • Talk to other employees/clients and hear them;
  • See and be able to read, write, and interpret written documents;
  • Occasionally lift and move objects weighing up to 20 pounds.

Our Culture

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is Greater Cincinnati’s most prolific non-profit specializing in education, behavioral and therapeutic health services and autism services for vulnerable, at-risk youth, their families, and caregivers.

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is proud to embrace our ideals of an equal opportunity workplace by actions as well as our words. We lead our community with respect and tolerance, internally and externally, and we expect our employees to embrace this ideal and express it in their day-to-day interactions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against, based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category

Key Responsibilities

The Outpatient Therapist provides comprehensive mental health assessments, diagnosis, and individualized treatment planning for children, adolescents, and adults. They deliver individual and group counseling services while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and community partners to ensure continuity of care.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Individual CounselingEvidence-Based PracticeClient-Centered ApproachElectronic Health RecordsCase ManagementCrisis InterventionRapport Building

Counselor Career Context

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health ranks #11 of 19 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 34% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Ohio is 92.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$50k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $54k in an average-cost state. 61.3% of Ohio clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
90% this job
Sign-on bonus
45%
CME allowance
42%
Loan repayment
29% this job
PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,033 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Lebanon

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$363k≈ 7.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,870/mo≈ 45% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.4
State income tax
Up to 4%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Health, dental, and vision insurance
FSA or HSA with a match
Retirement plan (403b) with a match
Tuition assistance
Public Loan Forgiveness eligibility
Paid time off and holidays
Weekly licensure supervision
Company-issued iPhone and laptop