Counselor / Therapist
Listed compensation
$48k-$65k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Includes call
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job description
Join Pyramid Healthcare as a Counselor / Therapist – Inpatient SUD, Day Shift in Joppa, Maryland, United States. Pyramid Healthcare is dedicated to offering the highest quality of care to those we serve. A focus on client-focused care establishes our family of brands as respected leaders in addiction treatment, mental health recovery and eating disorder treatment modalities.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $48K - $65K
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Recognition Programs
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- Call responsibilities required.
- No weekends required.
- Day shift only - no nights.
This position offers weekends off, day shifts only. Work with Pyramid Healthcare in Joppa, Maryland, United States.
Key Responsibilities
The counselor will provide comprehensive clinical services, including individual and group therapy, to clients with substance use and mental health disorders. They will also collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to develop treatment plans, maintain clinical documentation, and support discharge planning.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an active Maryland credential such as ADT, LGPC, LCPC, LGADC, LCADC, LMSW, or LCSW-C. The role requires strong clinical assessment skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced inpatient treatment environment.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Counselor / Therapist at Pyramid Healthcare a 6.4 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 no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Counselor Career Context
In Maryland, the Mental Health Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$84k (305 salary observations; 465 listings), vs ~$75k nationally (9,269 salary observations; 18,605 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 24% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$57k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $54k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No weekends
- No nights
- Includes call