Child and Family Therapist

Central Oregon families need therapists who can work with kids, teens, and the parents who love them. Join our Bend and Central Oregon office to support young clients and their families through anxiety, school stress, behavioral challenges, and major life changes. Our intake team matches you with the ages and concerns you're best at, and after-school availability is especially helpful for families.

Summary

Live the Bend and Central Oregon life. You set your own goal and your hours, with a minimum of 18 sessions a week, so powder mornings, midday rides, and dog walks still fit around your caseload.

Pay: See below.

The Boost Program: your first three months of pay guaranteed at your caseload goal, worth up to $19,600–24,300 with a master's degree ($24,800–27,300 for psychologists).

Locally owned since 2002. W2 employment, owners who live in Bend, and no private equity, hospital, or insurance company ownership.

• Compensation (full-time, 24 clients a week)
• Associate / pre-licensed (master's): $62.80 per session, about $78,374 a year
• Licensed (master's): $70.00–78.00 per session, about $87,360–97,344 a year
• Psychologist: $79.50–87.50 per session, about $99,216–109,200 a year

Annual pay is calculated over 52 weeks and includes paid sick leave/PTO. Pay is per session and scales with the goal you set (18–30 sessions a week).

Our Commitment

Vista Counseling is committed to addressing implicit bias and racism and to supporting communities of color and people from diverse backgrounds. We approach this work with humility, take responsibility for our own lifelong learning, stay open to feedback when we make mistakes, and back these commitments with meaningful action.

Vista is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

• Master's or doctoral degree in counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, or psychology
• Oregon licensure (LPC, LCSW, LMFT, or licensed psychologist), or registration as an associate (Professional Counselor Associate, CSWA, MFT Associate)
• Clinical experience preferred; associates working toward licensure are welcome
• Able to work a minimum of 18 client sessions a week

Health insurance: Vista pays $900/month toward your premium for full-time therapists (24+ sessions a week) and, $550/month for part-time therapists (18–23)

Paid time off: up to 80 hours a year for full-time therapists, 40 hours a year for part-time therapists; unused hours carry over. If you work 24 sessions a week, this comes to 3.3 weeks of paid time off a year.

• 401(k): 3% vested employer match
• Liability insurance covered by Vista

Free In-house CEs Through Our NBCC-approved Program

• Supervision and consultation: free weekly supervision for associates, plus weekly group and individual consultation opportunities for all therapists
• Paid for every session, whether or not insurance has paid us yet
• Full business support: credentialing, billing, and intake scheduling
• A connected team: year-round social events and monthly catered lunches