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Ascension
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Licensed Behavioral Health Counselor

CounselorFull-Time
Posted 54m ago · Verified live

About the Role

Full-time, days. Behavioral health counseling at Ascension St. Francis Hospital. Milwaukee, WI.

Join Ascension as a Licensed Behavioral Health Counselor – Days, Full Time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • Various health insurance options & wellness plans
  • Retirement benefits including employer match plans
  • Long-term & short-term disability
  • Employee assistance programs (EAP)
  • Parental leave & adoption assistance
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Ways to give back to your community

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Ascension as a Licensed Behavioral Health Counselor – Days, Full Time.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct patient assessments and administer individual and group therapy to establish treatment goals. Collaborate with patients, families, and healthcare providers to ensure continuous care from initiation through discharge.

Requirements

Requires licensure from the Wisconsin Board of Marriage & Family Therapy, Professional Counseling & Social Work. Candidates must hold at least a high school diploma with two years of experience or an associate's degree.

Qualifications

Education
Associate degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

BLS (preferred)

Key Skills

Patient assessmentIndividual therapyGroup therapyClinical documentationTreatment planningCollaborative careCrisis interventionBehavioral health counselingPatient advocacyCommunity resource coordination

Behavioral Health Counseling — Counselor Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Wisconsin is 94.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.7% of Wisconsin clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 22% are remote, 32% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

Position Insights

AI ANALYSIS

This role scores 5.1/10 on work-life balance for Counselor roles.

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About Ascension

Hospitals and Health Care
St. Louis, MO
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community