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Ascend Medical Georgia
Johns Creek, Georgia · Hybrid

Therapist / Licensed Mental Health Clinician

CounselorFull-Time

Pay not listed · hybrid · Johns Creek, Georgia.

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Job Description

Ascend Medical – Behavioral Health Team

Location: Johns Creek, GA| Hybrid & In-Person Opportunities Available

Help Us Redefine Whole Person Care

At Ascend Medical, we believe behavioral health is not separate from healthcare — it is healthcare. We are building an integrated model where therapists are empowered to focus on what matters most: meaningful patient relationships, clinical excellence, and long-term healing.

We are growing our Behavioral Health Division across Metro Atlanta and are seeking compassionate, mission-driven therapists who want to be part of something bigger than a traditional therapy practice.

Whether you are an experienced clinician with an established caseload, a therapist looking to grow your practice with organizational support, or a collaborative clinician excited about integrated care, we would love to connect.

More Time for Patients. Less Time on Administrative Burdens.

We know many therapists entered this profession to help people — not to spend evenings battling scheduling issues, insurance paperwork, intake coordination, or marketing themselves online.

Our model is designed to support clinicians by providing operational infrastructure so you can focus more of your energy on patient care and clinical impact.

Support May Include

  • Scheduling and patient coordination support
  • Insurance credentialing assistance
  • Billing and revenue cycle support
  • Marketing and referral development
  • Intake and patient onboarding assistance
  • EMR and technology training/support
  • Collaborative care coordination
  • Office space and operational infrastructure

Build Your Practice — Without Building It Alone

We recognize that growing and maintaining a caseload can feel overwhelming and isolating in private practice.

At Ascend, Therapists Benefit From

  • Internal referrals from primary care and psychiatry
  • Community partnership opportunities
  • Marketing and outreach support
  • Access to integrated care teams
  • Flexibility to develop specialty niches and passions
  • Opportunities to help shape programs and services as we grow

Whether your passion is grief, trauma, women’s health, anxiety, relationships, chronic illness, faith-based counseling, adolescents, LGBTQ+ support, substance use, or another specialty area — we want to help you build meaningful clinical work around your strengths.

Clinical Autonomy Matters Here

We believe therapists thrive when they are trusted as professionals.

Our Clinicians Maintain

  • Clinical independence and therapeutic approach
  • Flexibility in scheduling structures
  • Ability to develop specialty focus areas
  • Input into patient care collaboration
  • Opportunities to help shape culture and programming

We aim to create an environment where therapists feel supported — not micromanaged.

Integrated, Whole Person Care

Ascend’s Model Brings Together

  • Primary Care
  • Psychiatry
  • Therapy
  • Care Coordination
  • Senior Care
  • Wellness-focused services

This integrated approach allows therapists to care for patients more comprehensively while collaborating with medical professionals who value behavioral health as an essential component of overall wellbeing.

Our Mission Is Simple

To elevate mind, body, and soul.

Who We’re Looking For

We are intentionally building a diverse behavioral health team and welcome clinicians across a variety of backgrounds, specialties, and career stages.

Ideal Candidates Are

  • Compassionate and patient-centered
  • Collaborative and growth-oriented
  • Passionate about whole-person care
  • Interested in being part of a growing, mission-driven organization
  • Excited by the opportunity to help shape the future of integrated behavioral healthcare

We Welcome

  • Full-time clinicians
  • Part-time clinicians
  • Hybrid and virtual therapists
  • Established clinicians with existing caseloads
  • Therapists looking to grow their practice
  • “Builder” clinicians interested in helping expand teams and programs
  • Associate-level clinicians where supervision structures permit

Qualifications

  • Active Georgia license (or license eligibility) in one of the following:
  • LPC / APC
  • LCSW / LMSW
  • LMFT / AMFT
  • Psychologist
  • Other relevant behavioral health licensure
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Commitment to ethical, high-quality patient care

Why Join Ascend Now?

We are at an exciting stage of growth with new offices opening across Metro Atlanta and expanding partnerships throughout the community.

This Is a Unique Opportunity To

  • Join a rapidly growing behavioral health platform early
  • Help shape culture and clinical programs
  • Collaborate across disciplines
  • Grow professionally alongside an exceptional team
  • Deliver care in a model designed around both patient wellbeing and clinician sustainability

If you are looking for a place where your clinical work is valued, your voice matters, and your focus can remain on helping people heal — we would love to meet you.

Ascend Medical: Whole Person Care for Mind, Body, and Soul.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality behavioral health therapy within an integrated healthcare model focusing on whole-person care. Collaborate with primary care and psychiatry teams to manage patient healing and long-term clinical outcomes.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Case ManagementInterpersonal CommunicationEthical PracticeBehavioral Health Treatment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Therapist / Licensed Mental Health Clinician at Ascend Medical Georgia a 7.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 8,061 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Counselor Career Context

Ascend Medical Georgia holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 6 active listings.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 66% are remote, 24% have no call, 54% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 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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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks40 jobs

401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
45%
Sign-on bonus
25%
Loan repayment
23%
PSLF eligible
13%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 7.7
Better work-life than 80% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,061 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Hybrid
  • Remote
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About Ascend Medical Georgia

Hospitals and Health Care
Atlanta, Georgia
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Scheduling and patient coordination support
Insurance credentialing assistance
Billing and revenue cycle support
Marketing and referral development
Intake and patient onboarding assistance
EMR and technology training/support
Collaborative care coordination
Office space and operational infrastructure