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Riverwood Center
Niles, Michigan

Outpatient Therapist - Niles

CounselorFull-Time

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Job Description

At Riverwood Center we have a team of caring and committed professionals providing a wide array of personalized services to individuals with behavioral health, intellectual & developmental disabilities and substance use disorders.

Riverwood Center is located in beautiful Southwest Michigan with staff at seven sites across Berrien County.

We are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and a member of Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health, Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards, and the National Council for Behavioral Health.

Benefits

  • Fourteen (14) Holidays
  • Twenty (20) PTO Days
  • Defined Benefit Pension
  • Outstanding Health, Vision & Dental Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending
  • Strong Work/Life Balance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Generous Continuing Education
  • YMCA 360
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Full administrative support

Responsibilities

  • Provides individual, group, and family therapy
  • Performs assessments and completes treatment plans
  • Completes brief assessment and crisis intervention strategies
  • Demonstrates a working knowledge of population specific diagnosis and displays the ability to gather, interpret data, and provide treatment in a manner that is consistent with treatment standards and best practice guidelines

Qualifications

  • Master’s Degree in an appropriate mental health discipline and licensed as a LLMSW, LMSW, TLLP,

LLP, LLPC or LPC.

Key Skills

Individual therapyGroup therapyData interpretationClinical documentation

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 26% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Counselor Jobs

44 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution44 jobs · 36 employers

15
<$75k
11
$75k-95k
5
$95k-115k
9
$115k-135k
4
$135k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks34 jobs

401k / retirement match
88% this job
CME allowance
41% this job
Loan repayment
35%
PSLF eligible
29%
Sign-on bonus
24%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Outpatient Therapist (Licensed Psychologist or LICSW)

Allina Health · Edina, Minnesota

$125k-$140k
#2

Virtual School Based CounselorContract

Lets Therapy · Springfield, Pennsylvania

$66 per hour
#3

Remote Licensed Professional Counselor-Virginia

$66/hr
#4

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (Bilingual)

$65/hr
+ 42 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 4.8
Better work-life than 40% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,029 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Niles

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$229k
Typical market rent
$1,376/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.4
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Niles, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Riverwood Center

Mental Health Care
Benton Harbor, Michigan
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Fourteen (14) Holidays
Twenty (20) PTO Days
Defined Benefit Pension
Outstanding Health, Vision & Dental Insurance
Life Insurance
Short- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending
Strong Work/Life Balance