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Newport Healthcare
Leesburg, Virginia

Primary Therapist (Licensed or Non-Licensed)

Counselor Top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling)Full-Time

Compensation

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

What You’ll Do

The Primary Therapist conducts assessments, develops treatment plans, and facilitates therapy sessions. You’ll collaborate with your clients’ treatment teams and connect directly with families. Key responsibilities include:

Serving as a compassionate, informative point of contact for clients’ family members

Facilitating individual, group, and family therapy sessions, within the framework of Newport Healthcare’s clinical model and the Attachment-Based Family Therapy model

  • Leading family orientations, welcome presentations, and family support groups
  • Conducting intake assessments and developing individualized treatment and safety plans
  • Participating in treatment team meetings, staff meetings, and clinical supervision sessions

What Makes You a Great Fit

Master’s degree in psychology, counseling, social work, or related field; or enrollment in a doctorate program from an accredited or state-approved graduate school (required)

Board registered (APCC, LAPC, ASW, AMFT, MHCA) or Psychologic Associate in the state where services are provided (required)

Experience facilitating therapy with young adults and/or adolescents

A patient-first mindset that inspires you to reach the highest standards in delivery of care

Cultural sensitivity and interpersonal savvy that allow you to build constructive and effective relationships with colleagues, clients, and families

A problem-solver who digs deep and uses all the information available to craft skillful solution.

Compensation Range: XX-XX

Key Responsibilities

The Primary Therapist conducts intake assessments, develops individualized treatment plans, and facilitates individual, group, and family therapy sessions. They also collaborate with treatment teams and serve as a primary point of contact for clients' families.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master’s degree in psychology, counseling, social work, or a related field and possess current board registration. Experience facilitating therapy for adolescents or young adults is required.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical AssessmentTreatment PlanningIndividual TherapyGroup TherapyCrisis InterventionSafety PlanningCase ManagementInterpersonal SkillsProblem Solving

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Primary Therapist (Licensed or Non-Licensed) at Newport Healthcare a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,952 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 64% are remote, 24% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks38 jobs

401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
42%
Sign-on bonus
26%
Loan repayment
18%
PSLF eligible
8%

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Work-life snapshot

7.2/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling)

Living in Leesburg

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$626k
Typical market rent
$2,440/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 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.

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