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Confidential Employer
Falls Church, Virginia

Primary Therapist - PHP

CounselorNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$75k-$95k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 4mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Join Our Team as a Primary Therapist at Mission Connection!

Are you passionate about making a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals seeking mental health support? Mission Connection is looking for a dedicated Primary Therapist to join our compassionate and innovative team in northern Virginia!

Recent Graduates Are Encouraged to Apply!

Why Join Mission Connection?

At Mission Connection, we prioritize evidence-based, compassionate care to support those with primary mental health diagnoses such as anxiety, depression, and mood disorders. We offer a hybrid model of in-person and telehealth services, ensuring accessibility and flexibility for both our clients and our clinical team.

About Us

Mission Connection’s multidisciplinary team delivers daily group therapy with licensed therapists, weekly psychiatric care including medication management, and weekly individual therapy. Within individual therapy, we develop and implement a person-centered treatment plan tailored to meet your needs.

Our group activities feature Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Psycho-Educational groups, Solution Brief Focused Therapy, and other specific modalities that target your mental health symptoms.

Mission Connection extends AMFM Healthcare’s compassion-driven, evidence-based clinical program. Our innovative hybrid model seamlessly blends in-person and telehealth services, ensuring you can access the care you need, wherever you are.

We provide mental health support to adults grappling with primary mental health diagnoses such as anxiety, depression, and mood disorders. Mission Connection empowers these individuals to connect with their clinical team when, where, and how it’s most convenient for them.

Position Details

  • Location: In-person in either Falls Church or Arlington.
  • Schedule: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

What We Offer

We believe in taking care of our team, just as we care for our clients. Full-time employees receive:

  • Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, dental, and vision plans through Anthem or Kaiser.
  • Financial Well-being: 401k plan with employer match, FSA/HSA accounts
  • Peace of Mind: Life/AD&D insurance (100% employer-paid)
  • Work-Life Balance: PTO, self-care days, and floating holidays
  • Professional Development: Educational assistance reimbursement program
  • Wellness Perks: Employee assistance program and health & wellness membership

Qualifications

1. Minimum Education Requirement: Masters degree or higher in a relevant course of study at an accredited university.

2. Acceptable Credentials (Minimum) - Must be registered with the Virginia Dept of Health Professions as a Resident, Supervisee, or independently licensed clinician.

3. Hands-on experience in Groups (process, psycho educational, and topic), Family Therapy, Individual Therapy (wide range of modalities accepted), and working with clients with addiction issues.

4. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function assigned satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

5. Successful completion of Criminal Background Checks through DSS Central Registry, DOJ Fingerprint, in addition to passing the ADP Selective Screening Services background check.

6. Physical Requirements: Ability to lift 20 lbs.

Responsibilities and Job Duties

1. Conduct clinical evaluation, biopsychosocial assessment, client diagnosis, and interpretive summary. Prepare person-centered treatment plans, case management, consultation, education, and referral as needed.

2. Provide therapeutic interventions including crisis counseling to individuals, groups and families as needed.

3. Facilitate individual psychotherapy sessions and group therapy.

4. Provide services in accordance to organization’s policies and procedures and established Mental Health and Substance Abuse Standards as well as within the scope of practice of the therapist.

5. Evaluate the individual and family systems as well as assess clients functioning within work, family, and routines of daily living and identify areas needing continued support, resources, and treatment in order to assist clients.

6. Maintain Electronic Health Records to reflect the course of treatment and provide required documentation.

7. Prepare pre-certification/authorization information to insurance utilization review team and subsequent concurrent review (continued stay) clinical reports per medical necessity criteria.

8. Provide emergency crisis services during work hours and after hours as assigned.

9. Attend staff meetings, supervisory conferences, training, and other activities, which ensure effective and efficient functioning of clinical operations.

10. Adhere to organizational standards and policies and procedures, code of ethics, legal aspects of clinical practice, professional standards, duty to warn, abuse and neglect reporting policies and procedures and exercise professionalism at all times.

AMFM Healthcare is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, color, sex (including childbirth, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, uniform service member and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.

  • This position is Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm.
  • A18-003
  • 40 hours.

Key Responsibilities

The Primary Therapist conducts clinical evaluations and develops person-centered treatment plans for individuals, groups, and families. They facilitate psychotherapy sessions and maintain electronic health records while ensuring compliance with mental health and substance abuse standards.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Treatment Planning

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Primary Therapist - PHP at Confidential Employer 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 7,961 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, 46% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$85k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $84k 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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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

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  • No weekends

Living in Falls Church

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$781k≈ 10.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,574/mo≈ 41% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
29 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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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About Confidential Employer

Mental Health Care
San Juan Capistrano, California
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Dental, Vision
401k with employer match
FSA/HSA accounts
Life/AD&D insurance (100% employer-paid)
PTO, self-care days, and floating holidays
Educational assistance reimbursement
Employee assistance program
Health & wellness membership