Outpatient Mental Health Therapist Part-Time
Listed compensation
$22k-$32k
The week · per this posting
Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.
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Job Description
Outpatient Mental Health Therapist, Part-Time
Be a part of a national movement to end the stigma, fill the gaps, and bring greater innovation to mental health!
We are so excited to bring Ellie Mental Health to Greeley, CO and Northern Colorado. We are looking for passionate and creative licensed or licensed candidate therapists to join our team! Part-time would be considered seeing between 10 and 20 clients weekly. These hours can flexibly schedule to meet caseload.
Clinic Description
As an Outpatient Therapist at Ellie Mental Health, 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.
Ellie Mental Health makes the clinician's experience the best it can be by providing excellent compensation, benefits, training, and flexible schedules while also providing centralized administrative, technology, referral and inquiry support, client/therapist matching, initial scheduling, and ongoing billing and collections. Through these robust shared services, Ellie strives to lower the administrative aspects of providing care to the absolute minimum, so our practitioners have more time to focus on what they love – supporting clients!
- What We Have to Offer (based on part-time status)
- Competitive compensation (hourly base pay plus commission)
- Flexible scheduling
- Paid Time-Off
- Paid supervision, case consultation, and documentation time
- Reimbursement for clinical license renewal
- Independence in a tight-knit, supportive, and transparent team environment
- Commitment to promoting work/life balance
- Credentialing completed by Ellie’s contract and credentialing team
- Community Engagement Opportunities
- Additional earning opportunities
Responsibilities Include
Evaluate mental health diagnosis, create, and implement a treatment plan, complete ongoing documentation including further diagnosis, treatment plan reviews, and case notes according to company policy
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 Ellie staff, and school staff as needed
- Attend and participate in all clinical staff meetings and trainings
- Contribute to a thriving team culture
- Other stuff we probably forgot to add but just as meaningful and important to your role;)
Required Qualifications and Skills
Candidates are required to have a master’s degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university and on track to obtain licensure in their designated field
Candidates should have clinical licensure (LMFT, LPC, LCSW, LPCC etc.) with a valid license to practice in the state of Colorado
Ideal candidates will have a general knowledge of therapy services, community resources, insurance billing, and previous experience with mental health documentation
- Required experience with completing treatment plans and clinical case notes
- 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
- Proficient in the use of Office 365 and Electronic Health Record systems (Valant experience a plus!)
Pass a Background Check
- Licensed Clinicians who are currently credentialed with insurance panels are a plus!
- Bilingual clinicians a plus!
- Availability for evenings and/or weekends a plus!
What Else You Should Know
- This position is located in Greeley, CO
- This role serves clients typically in person, with option for telehealth where clinically indicated
- This position will report to the location’s Clinic Manager
- Learn more about our amazing company at elliementalhealth.com
At Ellie Mental Health, a female owned and operated company, we're passionate about providing access to high quality mental health therapy, eliminating the stigma associated with mental health and delivering a world class work experience for our therapists. We use all our core values of humor, creativity, authenticity, acceptance, determination, and compassion to serve our community and our therapists.
Flexible work from home options available.
Key Responsibilities
The therapist will evaluate mental health diagnoses, create and implement treatment plans, and maintain ongoing clinical documentation. They will also provide excellent customer service and coordinate care with families, medical personnel, and other relevant stakeholders.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a master's degree in a behavioral science field and possess a valid clinical license to practice in Colorado. Experience with mental health documentation, treatment planning, and proficiency in electronic health record systems is required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Mental Health Therapist Part-Time at Ellie Mental Health - 113 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
Ellie Mental Health - 113 ranks #15 of 16 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.
In Colorado, the Mental Health Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$71k (265 salary observations; 620 listings), vs ~$74k nationally (5,791 salary observations; 23,259 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $22k–$32k | Mental Health Therapy median $75k (middle half $70k–$80k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Colorado vs national | $71k median in Colorado | $74k nationally (−3%)265 state / 5,791 national salary observations |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$26k in purchasing power | Colorado index 103.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Mental Health Therapy listings in Colorado | 212 active | 7,579 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | remote | peers: 44% remote · 20% no call · 80% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Colorado counselor listings (all specialties): 10% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 31% offer loan repayment310 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Mental Health Therapy listings | 2,476 in the last 30 days | 1,365 the 30 days before (+81%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Mental Health Therapy pay trend | −1.8% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
| Ellie Mental Health - 113 | #15 of 16 for pay | Top Employers work-life index |
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