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Health Connect America
Morristown, Tennessee

Therapist

CounselorFull-Time

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Job Description

Join Our Impactful Team at Health Connect America!

Health Connect America and our family of brands are leading providers of mental and behavioral health services for children, families, and adults across a multi-state footprint. As a COA-accredited organization, we are held to nationally recognized standards of quality, accountability, and best practice in every aspect of care we deliver.

We are relentlessly committed to keeping families together and transforming lives through evidence-informed care, delivered by clinically trained staff who meet clients where they are — in their homes, in their communities, and in our offices. Our work is guided by five core values: client-centered care, empowerment of our people, evidence-informed excellence, a purpose-driven culture, and bold, adaptive leadership.

When you join Health Connect America, you join an organization that invests in you. You'll Grow With Us through meaningful development opportunities, Be Well With Us through programs that support your whole self, and know that You Belong With Us in a culture built on purpose, compassion, and impact.

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Responsibilities

If you're someone who believes that compassionate, evidence-based mental health care can help individuals and families overcome challenges and reach their full potential, this role was built for you.

As a Therapist at Health Connect America, you'll provide high-quality therapeutic services that support emotional wellness, strengthen coping skills, and promote lasting positive outcomes. Through assessment, treatment planning, therapy, crisis intervention, and collaboration, you'll play an important role in helping clients achieve meaningful progress in their lives.

What You'll Do

As a Therapist, you'll provide individualized behavioral health services while partnering with families, treatment teams, and community resources to support client success. Day to day, you can expect to:

Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and utilize evidence-based assessment tools to identify client strengths, needs, and treatment recommendations

Develop individualized treatment plans with measurable goals and objectives in collaboration with clients, families, and multidisciplinary treatment teams

Provide individual, family, and group therapy using evidence-based interventions to address concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, behavioral challenges, and other mental health conditions

Monitor client progress, maintain ongoing communication and follow-up, and adjust treatment interventions to support positive outcomes

Provide crisis intervention, safety planning, and referrals to additional resources and support services as needed

Maintain timely, accurate clinical documentation while ensuring compliance with organizational policies, payer requirements, accreditation standards, and state regulations

What to Expect

This role offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by providing therapeutic services that help individuals and families navigate life's challenges and achieve improved mental health and well-being. You'll work closely with clients, caregivers, schools, healthcare providers, and community partners to ensure comprehensive, coordinated care.

Success in this position requires strong clinical skills, empathy, effective communication, and a commitment to delivering person-centered care. You'll participate in ongoing training and professional development opportunities designed to strengthen your clinical expertise and support career growth.

For clinicians providing services in North Carolina, responsibilities may also include integrated care functions such as care coordination, health promotion, transitional care, and community resource linkage.

Qualifications

  • We welcome candidates who bring a passion for behavioral health and meet the following qualifications:
  • Alabama
  • Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related field required
  • Must be eligible for licensure as an LPC, LMFT, or LCSW
  • Mississippi
  • Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related field required
  • Must be eligible for licensure as an LPC, LMFT, or LCSW in Mississippi, or hold a Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) certification
  • North Carolina
  • Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related field required
  • Must hold an associate license as an LCSWA or LCMHCA
  • South Carolina
  • Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related field required
  • Must hold a LMSW, LMFT-A, or LPC-A license
  • Tennessee
  • Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related field required
  • Must be eligible for licensure as an LPC, LMFT, or LCSW
  • Virginia
  • Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related field required
  • Must be a Resident in Counseling or Supervisee in Social Work

Additional Qualifications

Experience conducting behavioral health assessments, treatment planning, and therapeutic interventions preferred

Strong knowledge of evidence-based treatment approaches, trauma-informed care, and crisis intervention practices

  • Excellent communication, documentation, collaboration, and relationship-building skills
  • Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary treatment team while managing an active caseload
  • Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and current vehicle insurance required for community-based service delivery, when applicable

Be Well with Us

  • We know that people who support others need support, too. That's why Health Connect America offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you thrive both professionally and personally:
  • Flexible scheduling and a culture that recognizes the importance of work/life balance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including 8 mental health counseling sessions annually because your well-being matters
  • Paid time off and paid holidays
  • Medical, dental, vision, and voluntary insurance options
  • Health Savings Account with company contribution
  • Dependent Daycare Flexible Spending Account
  • Access to a Health Navigator
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Benefits Hub and Tickets at Work offering exclusive savings and everyday perks

Join a team where your contributions truly make a difference in the lives of others. Apply now to be part of our dynamic and supportive community at Health Connect America!

Employment at Health Connect America and it's companies is contingent upon meeting the requirements of a comprehensive background investigation prior to joining our team.

Health Connect America and its companies are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law. For more information on Equal Opportunity, please click here Equal Employment Opportunity Posters

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Individual therapyFamily therapy

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 24% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks37 jobs

401k / retirement match
81% this job
CME allowance
54%
Sign-on bonus
22%
Loan repayment
16%
PSLF eligible
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.3this job 4.8
Better work-life than 40% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,853 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Morristown

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$296k
Typical market rent
$1,436/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
86.4
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Morristown, TN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Health Connect America

Mental Health Care
Franklin, Tennessee
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible scheduling
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including 8 mental health counseling sessions annually
Paid time off and paid holidays
Medical, dental, vision, and voluntary insurance options
Health Savings Account with company contribution
Dependent Daycare Flexible Spending Account
Access to a Health Navigator
401(k) Retirement Plan