Virtual Adolescent Primary Clinical Therapist
Listed compensation
$55k-$90k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time · remote
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job Description
Weekly outpatient therapy isn't always enough, and a trip to the ER isn't the only answer. Patients and their families rely on Compass Health Center when in crisis – every day, we help people overcome depression, anxiety, suicidality, obsessions/compulsions, trauma, chronic pain, and other obstacles in order for our patients to live freely.
About This Role
As a Primary Therapist, you’ll work thoughtfully with our patients to develop and implement their individualized treatment plans. This role will consist of conducting individual therapy meetings, collaborating with patients’ outpatient teams, and leading patients through their overall treatment program. You’ll partner closely with the entirety of our treatment teams, including Group Therapists, Family Therapists, and Prescribers to ensure comprehensive and compassionate care.
Compass is proud to be a trailblazer within the future of behavioral health, offering fully virtual PHP/IOP programs to patients across the entire state of Illinois, Minnesota, Maryland, and more. Our virtual programs meet the needs of modern healthcare, providing flexibility for both patients and clinicians while increasing access to fundamental care.
- Hours will be approximately 8:30 - 4:30 pm CT.
- Preference for candidates based in Illinois or Minnesota with an active, full clinical license.
What You'll Do
Completing initial intake evaluations to determine diagnosis and appropriateness for program
Utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), as well as other evidenced-based therapies
- Overseeing initial and continuing insurance needs of patients
- Meeting with patients individually to assess progress and guide treatment planning
- Coordinating care with patient’s individual providers to ensure continuity of care
- Assessing patient’s progress and need for higher level of care or discharge
- Communicating with patient’s family members or support system when indicated
- Charting in our electronic medical records system
- Engaging in crisis management
- Providing group therapy, as needed
Who You Are
- Are a Psychologist or Master’s level therapist with clinical license (required)
- 2+ years clinical work experience post-Master’s (strongly preferred)
Have knowledge and experience utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), as well as other evidenced-based therapies
Have experience with patients in crisis, ideally prior experience working in partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, inpatient hospital, or residential setting
We are committed to a fair and equitable work environment. The expected compensation range for this role is below. This range includes multiple career path levels across the organization; where you fall in the range is dependent upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, your years of experience, type of experience, location, and education/certifications. Compass reserves the right to update these ranges.
Compensation
$55,000—$90,000 USD
We know job descriptions can be intimidating, so if this sounds like an opportunity for you, please don't hesitate to apply!
Who We Are
Compass Health Center is a recognized leader in crisis-level mental health, bringing passion, connection, and patient-centered care to the Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient space (PHP/IOP). Based in Chicagoland, we serve hundreds of patients every day, ranging from ages 5 through adulthood, in our onsite facilities or through our flourishing virtual programming. Compass fills a critical gap between outpatient and inpatient care through an intermediate level of Behavioral Healthcare.
A few more things we want you to know: our values are super important to us, and hopefully will be to you, too. Cultural humility, teamwork, continuous improvement, connection, patient centered care, passion, innovation, and agility should be your power sources. Joining Compass is an opportunity to feel fulfilled through a joint mission towards healing our communities.
Benefits & Perks
We know that you will be dedicated to your purpose here. We look at that investment as a two-way street. We are proud to offer plenty of space for growth, and opportunities to pursue continuous development within our organization.
For eligible positions, our other benefits include: comprehensive medical/dental/vision plans, 401k program with company matching, generous PTO (including competitive parental leave after 1 year of employment), and continuous training through CEU seminars and volunteering opportunities.
What’s Next?
Compass is committed to cultivating diverse and dynamic teams who exude passion for their craft, so whether or not you check all the boxes, we encourage you to apply – we’d be grateful to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities
Conduct intake evaluations and individual therapy, develop and oversee treatment plans, and assess patient progress and level-of-care needs. Coordinate care with outpatient providers and families, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, manage crises, document in electronic medical records, and provide group therapy as needed.
Requirements
Applicants must be a psychologist or master’s-level therapist with an active clinical license; two or more years of post-master’s clinical experience is strongly preferred. Candidates should have experience with CBT, DBT, and other evidence-based therapies, as well as experience treating patients in crisis, ideally in a PHP, IOP, inpatient, or residential setting.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Virtual Adolescent Primary Clinical Therapist at Compass Health Center a 6.7 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 7,850 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, remote work flexibility.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 78% are remote, 30% have no call, 52% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
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