Mental Health Counselor
Compensation
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Job Description
Please note that this position is contingent upon the successful award of a contract currently under bid.
Goldbelt Glacier is accelerating healthcare delivery and providing superior force health readiness across the military, federal, and civilian landscapes. Goldbelt Glacier is committed to providing transformative and comprehensive health operational capabilities to support customers across scientific, clinical, technological, and program management areas.
Summary
The Mental Health Counselor provides direct, evidence-based mental health counseling and therapy to New Hampshire National Guard Service Members and their Families. This position supports emotional and behavioral health readiness through individual, couples, family, and limited child/adolescent counseling focused on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, deployment, reintegration, and military lifestyle transitions.
Essential Job Functions
- Provide individual, couples, family, and limited child/adolescent counseling services.
- Provide evidence-based treatment for stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship concerns, and other behavioral health needs.
- Support military Families with deployment, reintegration, communication, and military lifestyle transitions.
- Provide counseling to children and adolescents experiencing stressors related to a parent’s deployment or military service.
- Manage an active clinical caseload and prioritize direct, in-house clinical care.
- Assess client needs and provide appropriate treatment, follow-up, and documentation.
Maintain accurate, confidential clinical records in accordance with applicable privacy and professional requirements.
Identify circumstances requiring additional clinical resources and coordinate recommendations for external referrals in accordance with program requirements.
- Collaborate with other readiness professionals to support holistic Service Member and Family wellness.
- Provide outreach, education, and behavioral health programming as appropriate.
- Maintain professional boundaries and adhere to applicable ethical, legal, and clinical standards.
Qualifications
Necessary Skills and Knowledge
- Evidence-based mental health counseling and therapeutic techniques.
- Individual, couples, family, and youth counseling.
- Knowledge of military-related stressors, deployment, reintegration, and Family dynamics.
- Assessment, treatment planning, documentation, and clinical case management.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and crisis-management skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound professional judgment.
Minimum Qualifications
Current, active, and unrestricted New Hampshire license as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Psychologist.
Minimum of two (2) years of professional clinical counseling or behavioral health experience.
Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Common Access Card (CAC) and successfully complete the required background investigation and security screening.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in Counseling, Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology, or a related field.
Pay and Benefits
At Goldbelt, we value and reward our team's dedication and hard work. We provide a competitive base salary commensurate with your qualifications and experience. As an employee, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company matching, tax-deferred savings options, supplementary benefits, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Counselor Career Context
The cost-of-living index for New Hampshire is 104.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.5% of New Hampshire clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Mental Health Counseling listings this role was benchmarked against, 58% are remote, 24% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.4 / 10 · above average in mental health counseling | ranked against 762 Mental Health Counseling listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Mental Health Counseling median $74k (middle half $64k–$84k)306 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | New Hampshire index 104.2 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 58% remote · 24% no call · 70% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US counselor listings (all specialties): 13% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 13% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Mental Health Counseling listings | 316 in the last 30 days | 216 the 30 days before (+46%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Mental Health Counseling pay trend | +5.6% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Mental Health Counselor at Goldbelt a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Counseling — ranked against 762 active Mental Health Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Location & Logistics
New Hampshire has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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