Outpatient Mental Health Therapist/Counselor
Compensation
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Job Description
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Company parties
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
Free Food & Snacks
As an Outpatient Therapist/counselor, you'll share our vision for improving and expanding access to quality mental health care and thrive in an environment driven by our core values of authenticity, humor, compassion, creativity, acceptance, and determination.
Responsibilities Include
Provide diagnostic and therapy services to children, adolescent, adult clients and families, including diagnostic evaluation, treatment planning and individual and family therapy
Provide excellent customer service for clients and collaborate with a dynamic team to further the mission of filling gaps in our community
- Utilize creativity in interventions to help clients achieve and exceed goals
- Prepare and submit individual documentation for each session per company guidelines and protocol
- Coordinate services with case managers, families, work personnel, medical personnel, other staff, and school staff as needed
- Attend and participate in all clinical staff meetings and trainings
- Actively involved in the Outreach efforts and building relationship with our referral partners
Required Qualifications and Skills
- Active and unrestricted license issued by a North Carolina Professional board (LCMHC, LCSW, LMFT).
- Clinical speciality preferred (EMDR, IFS, TF-CBT, etc).
- Experience completing diagnostic assessments, treatment plans and clinical case notes
- Minimum of two years post degree experience providing mental health support services to children, adolescents, and adults
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to demonstrate and model stable, appropriate boundaries with clients
- Ability to complete and submit documentation of services and other documents in a timely manner
- Comfort and familiarity working with a diverse client base
- Flexible with providing therapy in office and via telehealth
- Proficient in the use of Office 365 and Electronic Health Record systems (Valant experience a plus!)
- Ability to pass a background check.
Salary
Competitive pay (clinical/non-clinical)
Performance Based
- Benefits (Vacation, PTOs, Health/dental/vision, 401K contributions and reimbursement for CEUs and many more)
- Flexible work from home options available.
Key Responsibilities
Provide diagnostic and therapy services to children, adolescents, adults, and families while maintaining accurate clinical documentation. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and engage in outreach efforts to build relationships with referral partners.
Requirements
Requires an active and unrestricted North Carolina professional license such as LCMHC, LCSW, or LMFT. Candidates must have at least two years of post-degree experience providing mental health support services.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Mental Health Therapist/Counselor at Avighna Holistic Care 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
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 58% are remote, 28% have no call, 62% require no weekends — this position is remote.
The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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