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Seacoast Mental Health Center
Exeter, New Hampshire

Therapist - Youth and Family Services

CounselorFull-Time

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Job Description

Full-time Youth and Family Therapist. Come join our outstanding Youth and Family Team!

If you like making a difference in your community and are passionate about working in a nonprofit organization Seacoast Mental Health Center is an excellent choice! We provide hope and promote recovery for children, adolescents, adults and their families in the eastern half of Rockingham County.

Key Responsibilities

This role within our Youth & Family Services Department will provide clinical services to children, adolescents, and their families in our Exeter Office. This role will provide individual and family therapy services, intake assessments, group therapy services, and targeted case management.

Youth and Family Therapists work within a team model which includes clinical managers, case managers, functional support specialists, psychiatrists and more. Youth and Family Therapists collaborate with external supports, such as school staff, community supports, DJJS/DCYF, and more.

Youth and Family Therapists are eligible to receive training and consultations within relevant evidence-based practices. Services are primarily delivered in the office, school, and community settings.

Job Requirements

  • Required minimum education of a Master's degree in a mental health/human service field
  • Must be licensed or license eligible (if eligible, shall seek license), in the State of New Hampshire
  • Candidate must possess excellent interpersonal communication and collaboration skills
  • Experience working with children and families or in mental health or human service settings recommended
  • Skilled in the use of technology, including an electronic health record and telehealth

Seacoast Mental Health Center, Inc. offers a generous compensation package including paid time off, health and dental plans, retirement account match, etc. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we value the diversity of our community.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in a mental health or human service field and be licensed or license-eligible in New Hampshire. Strong interpersonal skills and proficiency in electronic health records and telehealth are required.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Individual therapyClinical documentationCrisis intervention

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Therapist - Youth and Family Services at Seacoast Mental Health Center a 6.6 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 7,911 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 30% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for New Hampshire is 104.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.5% of New Hampshire clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

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

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<$80k
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$80k-105k
8
$105k-130k
8
$130k-155k
2
$155k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks28 jobs

401k / retirement match
82%
CME allowance
39%
Sign-on bonus
32%
PSLF eligible
14%
Loan repayment
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 6.6
Better work-life than 60% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,911 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Exeter

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$662k
Typical market rent
$2,655/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Seacoast Mental Health Center

Mental Health Care
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid time off
Health insurance
Dental plan
Retirement account match