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Child Guidance Resource
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Group Therapist

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

CGRC’s CREATE Program (Creating Relationships and Emotional Adaptability in a Therapeutic Environment) is a unique, year round, and innovative approach to group social skills service for children and adolescents diagnosed with autism (ages 3-21). We strive to help our clients build social and communication skills, improve problem solving and emotional regulation, and enhance flexibility and motivation.

If you’re looking for the opportunity to share and expand your competencies for the treatment and care of Autism, Child Guidance’s own CREATE program is for you. An innovative-evidenced based program that enhances social communication skills while improving problem solving and emotional regulation for improved flexibility and motivation in all settings is the focal point of our work.

Some Responsibilities Include

  • Review behavior plans, and any other documentation as a method of understanding the child and/or adolescent and presenting problem.
  • Engage with client to identify individual, family and community strengths and resources.
  • Provide specific therapeutic support, as prescribed in the client’s treatment plan, including crisis intervention techniques, immediate behavioral reinforcements, emotional support, time-structuring activities, time-out strategies and psychosocial, rehabilitative activities.
  • Support creating and updating curriculum and lesson plans.
  • Monitor and support client’s daily progress on goals and objectives, as prescribed in the treatment plan.
  • Support program outcome data collection and analysis.
  • Provide consistent communication and feedback to the family and other team members on client’s progress.
  • Able to intervene and provide immediate assistance in crisis situations.

Who is CGRC? CGRC is a premier behavioral health provider that embraces employees as partners in the organization’s strategic plan.

What can CGRC do for you? Do YOU want to be a Change Agent? If so, we want you to be a part of the CGRC partnership. Working here means being open to new clinical experiences both as an individual and as part of a team.

We offer reimbursed comprehensive clinical supervision and training with the opportunity to develop your leadership competencies and career interests on a personal level. Join any of our organizational committees, task forces, or work groups. If you are furthering your education, we want to be your partner.

We are offering flexibility for classes, internship possibilities within our organization, and the availability for licensure supervision. It is important to us that you enjoy a healthy work-life balance and we will encourage you to have personal goals that focus on self-care.

At CGRC, you can enjoy a relaxed working environment with flexible work schedules that allow for a healthy work-life balance. We encourage and support career development and there are always opportunities for you to learn and grow within the organization.

We have a competitive compensation package and generous time off and benefits for eligible employees. You and your family can also enjoy discounts and offers through our Tickets at Work Program. CGRC is an eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Apply Now to Join Our Team!

Child Guidance Resource Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Key Responsibilities

The therapist will provide therapeutic support to children and adolescents with autism, including crisis intervention and behavioral reinforcement. They are also responsible for monitoring progress, updating curriculum, and maintaining consistent communication with families and team members.

Requirements

The role requires experience or interest in treating autism and the ability to implement evidence-based therapeutic interventions. Candidates must be capable of managing crisis situations and collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

Key Skills

Group therapyAutism spectrum disorder treatmentSocial skills trainingBehavioral interventionCurriculum developmentTreatment planningPsychosocial rehabilitation

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 28% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 2.8
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

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About Child Guidance Resource

Mental Health Care
Havertown, PA
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation package
Generous time off
Flexible work schedules
Reimbursed comprehensive clinical supervision and training
Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligible

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$204k
Typical market rent
$1,768/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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