Outpatient Mental Health Therapist

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$50k-$85k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible schedule

Clinic Description

Ellie Mental Health is coming to Frisco, TX in January of 2027!!! 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 was proudly founded on the principle of destigmatizing mental health. The mental health industry is full of barriers, and we’ve made it our goal to fill the gap and find innovative ways to break down these barriers for the communities we serve.

We Offer

  • Unique pay model with industry leading compensation
  • Comfortable, furnished offices and clinic environment
  • A company rooted in values of creativity, humor, compassion, acceptance, determination, and authenticity
  • Additional benefits and perks

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
  • For Full-Time status clinicians must maintain a caseload of a minimum of 25 client visits per week
  • 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
  • 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, LPCC, LICSW, LP etc.)
  • Required experience with completing DAs, 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!)
  • Fully Licensed Clinicians will ideally be credentialed with insurance panels

Independent franchisees are Equal Opportunity employers committed to diverse and inclusive workforces.

Franchisees are independent business people and not employed by Ellie Family Services, PLLP, d/b/a “Ellie Mental Health”, Ellie MSO, LLC, or Ellie FAM LLC. Thus, each franchisee and each franchisee clinic is unique and the franchisee is alone responsible for all employment matters in their clinic, including the terms and conditions of employment for their employees, such as hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, staffing and scheduling.

Depending on the clinic location you select, the job for which you apply may be in a clinic owned and operated by an independent franchisee, and not with the corporate-owned clinics, which are based in Minnesota.

This means the franchisee, not Ellie Family Services, PLLP, is responsible for all employment matters at the clinic. If you are hired for the job, the franchisee will be your employer, not Ellie Family Services, PLLP or any of its affiliated entities.

For franchisee clinic locations, please contact the franchisee organization directly to the extent you need assistance in completing forms or otherwise participating in that franchisee’s application process.

Key Responsibilities

The therapist will evaluate mental health diagnoses, create and implement treatment plans, and maintain accurate clinical documentation. They will also provide excellent customer service and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to support client goals.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a master's degree in a behavioral science or related field and be on track for or currently hold clinical licensure. Experience with clinical documentation, treatment plans, and proficiency in electronic health record systems is required.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Treatment planningCase managementCrisis interventionBoundary settingClinical assessment

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 26% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$68k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $70k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$68k midpoint, that is roughly $3k–$5k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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Salary Distribution44 jobs · 32 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks41 jobs · 32 employers

401k / retirement match
90%
CME allowance
29%
Sign-on bonus
24%
Loan repayment
22%
PSLF eligible
15%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 4.8
Better work-life than 40% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,029 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Frisco

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$449k≈ 9.0× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,874/mo≈ 45% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
29 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Paid Time Off
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
Flexible Schedule