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Detroit, Michigan

Behavioral Services Therapist - Trauma Recovery Center

Counselor / TherapistFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Company Description

At Henry Ford Health, we're committed to advancing health and improving lives for the millions of people we serve across Michigan and around the world.

As one of the nation's leading academic health systems, we provide a comprehensive continuum of care that includes primary and preventive services, specialty and complex care, virtual care, pharmacy, home health, eye care, health insurance, and more.

With 12 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations, including former Ascension Southeast Michigan and Flint Region facilities, our growing network expands access to exceptional care in the communities we serve.

Headquartered in Detroit, Henry Ford Health is helping shape the future of healthcare through the transformative Future of Health: Detroit initiative, a $3 billion investment that is redefining our academic healthcare campus and advancing innovation, research, education, and community impact.

Our work is grounded in purpose, collaboration, and belonging. We empower team members to grow their careers, contribute innovative ideas, and make a meaningful difference every day. Whether you're caring for patients, supporting operations, conducting research, or driving new solutions, you'll be part of a team united by a shared mission: delivering exceptional care, advancing health outcomes, and building healthier communities for all.

Job Description

Provides evidence based care in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and substance use disorders within an interdisciplinary team.

Also provides individual, conjoint, group and family psychotherapy; in addition to crisis intervention services, as needed.

Ensures that the quality of care is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Master's (or Doctoral) degree in counseling from a national or regionally-accredited institute of higher education, including an internship and coursework on human behavior and development, effective counseling strategies, ethical practice and pertinent core knowledge areas and experience.

Completion of a minimum of 3000 hours of post-master's degree supervised clinical experienced performed within two years.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED: Licensed Professional Counselor.

Key Responsibilities

Provides evidence-based diagnosis and treatment for mental illness and substance use disorders within an interdisciplinary team. Delivers individual, group, and family psychotherapy alongside crisis intervention services.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Mental illness diagnosisSubstance use disorder treatmentIndividual therapyGroup therapyFamily therapyClinical assessmentInterdisciplinary collaboration

Counselor Career Context

Henry Ford Health ranks #28 of 29 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 26% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedMental Health Therapy median $75k (middle half $64k–$84k)302 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingMichigan index 96.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Michigan230 active7,896 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 34% remote · 26% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMichigan Counselor listings: 23% state a sign-on bonus (median $4k) · 30% offer loan repayment308 active listings, Oct 2026
Mental Health Therapy pay trend+1.0% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Henry Ford Health#28 of 29 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Counselor Jobs

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

37 jobs · 33 employers
4
<$60k
14
$60k-75k
9
$75k-90k
7
$90k-105k
3
$105k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

34 jobs · 33 employers
401k / retirement match
82%
CME allowance
38%
Sign-on bonus
35%
Loan repayment
26%
PSLF eligible
26%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 1.5
Below most Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,885 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Detroit

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$79k
Typical market rent
$1,328/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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