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Licensed Talk Therapist - Fee For Service
About the Role
Hybrid licensed therapist role in Meridian, ID. Up to $100,300 based on licensure and volume. Flexible scheduling, benefits, and student loan repayment.
Join Thriveworks as a Licensed Talk Therapist – Telehealth & In-Person, Up to $100K in Meridian, Idaho. Thriveworks is currently seeking Licensed Clinicians to provide a mix of telehealth and face-to-face sessions in Meridian, ID. About the job Thriveworks is a mental health care company founded by clinicians in 2008 and still led by them today.
Benefits & Compensation
- Student loan repayment assistance.
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k) with employer matching
- Paid Time Off
- Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance
- CEU Reimbursement
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- Hybrid position - combination of remote and on-site.
- Flexible scheduling available.
This position offers hybrid flexibility, student loan benefits. Work with Thriveworks in Meridian, Idaho.
Key Responsibilities
Provide compassionate, evidence-based mental health care to clients through a mix of telehealth and face-to-face sessions. Maintain consistent availability for a minimum of 25 sessions per week while utilizing modern clinical technology and EHR tools.
Requirements
Must be an independently licensed clinician in Idaho, such as an LCPC, LMFT, LCSW, or PhD. Candidates must be comfortable working as a behavioral health generalist and possess strong clinical technology skills.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Talk Therapist - Fee For Service at Thriveworks a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Mental Health Therapy counselor listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.
Counselor Career Context
Thriveworks ranks #9 of 13 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 71/100, 285 active listings.
In Idaho, the Mental Health Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$95k (45 salary observations; 81 listings), vs ~$75k nationally (8,756 salary observations; 17,779 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 90% are remote, 12% have no call, 68% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Idaho is 95.5 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.2% of Idaho clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Position Insights
AI ANALYSISThis role scores 6.0/10 on work-life balance for Counselor roles.
Career trajectory: This position offers advancement within 2-3 years. The compensation analysis shows this employer pays...
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