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Huntington, West Virginia

Staff Counselor

CounselorIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Cabell Huntington Hospital is seeking a full-time Staff Counselor with our Counseling Center Department.

In serving counseling referrals, this position reports to the Counseling Center Manager, providing counseling services to individual adults, adolescents, and children, as well as couple and family therapy and group therapy.

He or she also provides psychiatric intakes for new clients, arriving at accurate diagnoses, and keeping the psychiatric diagnoses updated.

Additionally, this position provides other services appropriate to the counselor’s training and licensure and according to the goals of the Counseling Center and needs of the community. He or she is a team-player in the collegial and mutually supportive environment of the CHH Counseling Center.

The individual in this role adds his or her unique knowledge, skills, and other abilities to the Center to enrich its diversity and depth, and to maintain the quality of service the community expects from the CHH Counseling Center.

Qualifications

Education

  • Master's Degree is required
  • Must have WV LPC; licensed social worker; LMFT; or licensed psychologist is required

Experience

  • Minimum of 2 to 5 Years of Position-Related Experience is required
  • 5+ Years of Position-Related Experience is preferred

The Kind of Position-related Experience Includes

Having worked as an independently licensed mental health professional including work with substance use disorders. Work within a corporate type of environment preferred.

Key Responsibilities

The Staff Counselor provides individual, family, and group therapy services to adults, adolescents, and children. Additionally, the role involves conducting psychiatric intakes, establishing accurate diagnoses, and maintaining updated clinical records.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

DiagnosisIndividual TherapyMental Health AssessmentClinical DocumentationCase Management

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 52% are remote, 32% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for West Virginia is 89.5 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.5% of West Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Counselor Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution36 jobs · 32 employers

12
<$80k
5
$80k-105k
9
$105k-130k
10
$130k-155k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks28 jobs

401k / retirement match
86%
CME allowance
54%
Sign-on bonus
39%
Loan repayment
21%
Relocation assistance
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Licensed Therapist

BlueSky Telepsych · Massachusetts

$60-$70/hr
#2

Psychotherapist Outpatient Clinic – LCSW / LMHC / LMFT/Full-Time Employment/Signing Bonus 5000USDContract

Harmony United Psychiatric Care · Winter Garden, Florida

$60-$70/hr
#3

Licensed Mental Health Therapist

$123k-$141k
#4

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)

$123k-$141k
+ 38 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.3this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

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

  • Includes call

Living in Huntington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$153k
Typical market rent
$1,036/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.4
State income tax
Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Huntington, West Virginia
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