Licensed Clinician (Contract)- LCSW, LPC, LMFT

1 month ago
Connecticut — Hybrid$90/sessionContractCounselor
✓ No Call✓ No Weekends

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Your Market Position

vs WeekdayDoc + BLS OES 2024 · CT adjusted

Strong
Salary Percentile87th percentile
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55% above median for Counselor in CT

Posted 51 days ago — employer likely flexible on terms

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Job Description

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligible

This position qualifies for federal student loan forgiveness. After 10 years of qualifying payments while working full-time for a nonprofit employer, the remaining balance on your Direct Loans may be forgiven.

About the Role

Join Family Centers as a Licensed Clinician – Contract, Flexible Schedule in United States.

Key Responsibilities

  • provide mental health counseling to children, adolescents, adults and families.
  • provide comprehensive assessments, individual, family, and group therapy.
  • provide CEU credits * No overhead – no office space leases, marketing budgets, administrative costs or other.
  • provide counseling both in person and virtually * Also seeking Bilingual Spanish About Family Centers: Famil.

Requirements

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LPC, or LMFT
  • Experience working with a wide range of populations
  • Grief counseling helpful
  • A willingness to work evenings

Benefits & Compensation

  • Salary: $90/session
  • PSLF eligible (Public Service Loan Forgiveness).

Work Schedule

  • Contract position.
  • Hybrid position - combination of remote and on-site.
  • Flexible scheduling available.

This position offers student loan benefits. Work with Family Centers in United States.

Key Skills

LCSWLPCLMFTMental Health CounselingComprehensive AssessmentsIndividual TherapyFamily TherapyGroup TherapyElectronic Health RecordsEpicGrief CounselingBilingual Spanish
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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Clinician (Contract)- LCSW, LPC, LMFT at Family Centers a 7.5 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% of all Mental Health Counseling psychologist listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, remote work flexibility.

Positions in this range offer a solid balance between clinical responsibility and personal time. Most providers report manageable workloads with adequate recovery time.

Mental Health Counseling — Psychologist Career Context

This Mental Health Counseling position at Family Centers is open to psychologist candidates.

Psychologists are seeing unprecedented demand driven by the mental health crisis, with telehealth dramatically expanding access and enabling fully remote practice.

Remote psychologist positions in Mental Health Counseling have grown significantly in recent years, offering clinicians the ability to maintain a full patient panel without geographic constraints or commute-related burnout.

Compensation Analysis

This employer qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Eligible clinicians can have their remaining federal student loan balance forgiven after 120 qualifying monthly payments (10 years). For physicians and advanced practice providers carrying significant educational debt, PSLF eligibility can represent hundreds of thousands of dollars in long-term financial benefit.

Location & Logistics

This is a fully remote psychologist position. Remote clinicians can practice from any state where they hold an active license, eliminating commute time and offering maximum schedule flexibility. Many remote healthcare positions also allow providers to establish a more sustainable long-term practice pattern.

Why This Position Stands Out

  • No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
  • No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time
  • Fully remote — work from anywhere with an active license
  • Transparent compensation ($90k–$90k)
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: LCSW, LPC, LMFT, Mental Health Counseling, Comprehensive Assessments, Individual Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Mental Health Counseling role.

Core responsibilities: Licensed professionals are sought to provide mental health counseling services to children, adolescents, adults, and families, which includes conducting comprehensive assessments and delivering individual, family, and group therapy sessions. Contractors will collaborate within a dynamic, multidiscip...

Benefits package: Flexible Schedule, Hybrid Work, No Overhead, Paid Trainings, CEU Credits. A comprehensive benefits package is an important factor in evaluating total compensation beyond base salary.

About WeekdayDoc

WeekdayDoc is the only healthcare job board that scores every position for burnout risk and work-life balance. Every listing includes a proprietary burnout score, transparent salary data when available, and lifestyle filters for no-call, no-weekends, and remote positions. Browse more Mental Health Counseling psychologist jobs on WeekdayDoc to compare work-life balance scores and compensation across employers.

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About Family Centers

Civic and Social Organizations
Greenwich, CT
2-5

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Schedule
Hybrid Work
No Overhead
Paid Trainings
CEU Credits
7.5

Work-Life Balance Score

Top 25%

Protective Factors (3)

Hybrid work (Schedule flexibility ↓ burnout)

No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)

No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)

Interpretation: Position demonstrates strong burnout protection with 3 validated protective factors.

Job Details

Employment Type

Contract

Posted

1mo ago