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Needham, Massachusetts

Primary Therapist | Needham, MA

Counselor 8.0 Work-LifeFull-Time

Listed compensation

$65K - $70K

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Employment & setting
Full-Time · on-site
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Primary Therapist | Needham, MA

About Greater Boston Addiction Center

Greater Boston Addiction Center, located in Needham, Massachusetts, provides clinical treatment services for individuals in recovery.

The Opportunity

Greater Boston Addiction Center is seeking a Primary Therapist to join its Clinical team. This is a full-time, onsite role with a days schedule, supporting individual and group therapy across outpatient, PHP, and IOP levels of care.

What You'll Do

  • Provide individual and group therapy in an outpatient, PHP, or IOP setting
  • Complete thorough clinical assessments and develop individualized treatment plans
  • Facilitate structured and engaging group therapy sessions across levels of care
  • Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation within the electronic health record (EHR) system
  • Ensure compliance with confidentiality regulations and HIPAA standards
  • Manage crisis situations and de-escalation to ensure patient safety
  • Collaborate within a multidisciplinary care team, including coordination with families and external providers
  • Support relapse prevention strategies and recovery-oriented care planning
  • Manage an assigned caseload with strong organization and follow-through

Requirements

  • What You Bring
  • Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or a related field
  • Licensure preferred: LADC, LMHC, LCSW, or LICSW
  • Knowledge of evidence-based treatment approaches, including CBT, DBT, and Motivational Interviewing

Strong clinical assessment and diagnostic skills, including experience with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders

  • Understanding of regulatory and compliance standards (DPH, BSAS, Joint Commission preferred)
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and rapport-building skills with diverse patient populations
  • Strong organizational and time management skills to manage multiple cases
  • Cultural competency and ability to work with individuals from varied backgrounds
  • Flexibility and a team-oriented mindset in a fast-paced clinical environment
  • Preferred
  • EMDR certification preferred

Benefits

  • Compensation and Schedule
  • Salary: $65,000 - $70,000 annually
  • Schedule: Full-Time | Onsite | Days
  • Benefit: Paid Time Off, Medical Insurance Stipend

This opportunity is posted by Atlantic Health Strategies on behalf of Greater Boston Addiction Centers (GBAC)

Key Responsibilities

The Primary Therapist will provide individual and group therapy across outpatient, PHP, and IOP levels of care while maintaining accurate clinical documentation. They will also collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop treatment plans and manage crisis situations to ensure patient safety.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Individual therapyTreatment planningEHR documentationCrisis managementInterpersonal skills

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Primary Therapist | Needham, MA at Atlantic Health Strategies a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,952 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 34% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$68k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $64k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
20%
PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

8.0/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 10% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling)

  • On-site

Living in Needham

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1,264k
Typical market rent
$3,453/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Atlantic Health Strategies

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Benefits & Perks

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance Stipend