Therapist - Atlanta
Compensation
Pay not disclosed
- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Includes call
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job description
Join Meadows Behavioral Health as a Behavioral Health Therapist – Outpatient, M-F Day Shift in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- Call responsibilities required.
- No weekends required.
- Day shift only - no nights.
This position offers weekends off, day shifts only. Work with Meadows Behavioral Health in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Key Responsibilities
The therapist assesses and facilitates patient care, including case management and the development of treatment and discharge plans. They conduct individual, family, and group psychotherapy sessions while collaborating with a multidisciplinary treatment team.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Behavioral Health or a related field and possess a valid state license. A minimum of two years of experience in the behavioral health field is preferred, along with relevant certifications like CPR, First Aid, and CPI.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Therapist - Atlanta at Meadows of Wickenburg a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Mental Health Therapy counselor listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Counselor Career Context
In Georgia, the Mental Health Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$80k (161 salary observations; 397 listings), vs ~$75k nationally (9,269 salary observations; 18,605 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 24% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No weekends
- No nights
- Includes call