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Therapist - Licensed FT Behavioral

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

Position Summary

The Therapist (Licensed) will be responsible for working with patients and their families. This will include social assessments, individual / family / marital / counseling, group therapy, patient/family education, discharge planning and other modalities as applicable.

Qualifications

Qualifications

1. Experience in health care or psychiatric setting preferred.

2. Bilingual preferred (Spanish).

3. Must demonstrate commitment and adherence to STHS’s Compliance Program and Code of Conduct through compliance with all policies and procedures, the Code of Conduct, attendance at required training and immediately reporting suspected compliance issue(s) to the Compliance Officer.

Education / Licensure

1. Master's Degree in Social Work or Master’s Degree in Counseling, Education, or Related field.

2. Must be licensed through the State of Texas (LMSW; LCSW; LPC; LPA; LPCI).

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Individual counselingFamily counselingPatient educationPsychiatric careClinical documentationCompliance management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Therapist - Licensed FT Behavioral at UHS 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 7,961 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 52% are remote, 28% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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401k / retirement match
84%
Sign-on bonus
35%
CME allowance
27%
Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

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