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Monte Nido & Affiliates
White Plains, New York

Primary Therapist

CounselorIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$66k-$85k

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Includes weekends
Posted 1 day ago · Verified live

Job Description

  • Grow with us!
  • Primary Therapist
  • Eating Disorder Center of Westchester
  • White Plains, NY

Monte Nido Eating Disorder Center of Westchester, located in White Plains, NY is a primary eating disorder day treatment program exclusively for aadults seeking treatment for Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, or Exercise Addiction. Through partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programming, clients participate in group and individual therapy, benefit from Monte Nido’s clinical, medical, psychiatric and nutritional expertise and experience real life challenges.

  • We are seeking a Primary Therapist to join our multi-disciplinary treatment team.
  • Salary: $66,300-$85,000/YR
  • Schedule: Full Time Tuesday-Saturday (8am-4pm)

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Total Rewards

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are 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.

Responsibilities Include

  • Providing individual, group, and family therapy
  • Serving as liaison with families and outpatient providers
  • Interact with insurance companies for pre-certification and utilization management
  • Participating in discharge and aftercare planning
  • Therapeutic meal support, while modeling a healthy relationship with food

Provides safe, empathetic, and affirming care for each client and their unique circumstance based on the clients' intersecting identities

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in clinical counseling or related discipline, at minimum
  • State license (or license-eligible) in a counseling field (e. g., Psychologist, LMFT, LCSW, LPC)
  • Prior experience with eating disorders and higher levels of care is helpful
  • Knowledge of diversity, equity and inclusion practices

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Key Responsibilities

Provide individual, group, and family therapy, coordinate with families and outpatient providers, and work with insurance companies on pre-certification and utilization management. Participate in discharge and aftercare planning, provide therapeutic meal support, and deliver safe, empathetic, and affirming care.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Group TherapyEating Disorder TreatmentFamily LiaisonProvider CoordinationInsurance Pre-CertificationDischarge PlanningEmpathetic Care

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 40% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$76k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $70k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
83%
CME allowance
38%
Sign-on bonus
24%
Loan repayment
17%
PSLF eligible
10%

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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes weekends

Living in White Plains

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$872k
Typical market rent
$3,262/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

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