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Northeast Treatment Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mental Health Therapist

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$35-$40/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.

Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Job DetailsJob Location: 520 N Columbus Blvd - Philadelphia, PA 19123Salary Range: $35.00 - $40.00 HourlyMental Health Therapist participates in Intake Evaluation, Individual, Family, Collateral, and Group Therapy sessions Attends Case Conferences and Supervision sessions Documents sessions using the Electronic Health Record, Credible Maintains and updates client demographic information in client chart Evaluates client’s progress regularly Creates/updates Treatment Plans in collaboration with client & client’s family Maintains and keeps current all required consent forms.

Amount of Travel/Special conditions: Frequent travel in the community to conduct client outreach. Transportation of clients in company vehicle as required.

Qualifications Master’s Degree in Family Therapy, Counseling, Psychology or in a related field required.

Must enjoy working with children and adolescents and designated families Must demonstrate a genuine fondness and respect for children, adolescents, adults and families Must be able to effectively communicate with other team members.

NET offers a full benefits package medical, dental, vision and life benefits and much more! NET is committed to equal opportunity for all employees and applicants.

As a proud Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) About Us: The Northeast Treatment Center founded in 1970 is one of the largest behavioral health and social service agencies is in the Philadelphia Region. Services are offered at 15 sites throughout Greater Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley and the state of Delaware.

NET Centers (NET) offers support and hope to individuals and families at times of great stress in their lives. A nonprofit agency, NET provides a continuum of trauma informed behavioral health and social services designed to meet complex needs of all family members.

These include mental health, addiction treatment, foster care, residential group care, adoption, juvenile justice services and child welfare services.

While some services address the needs of the family as a whole and some target individuals, we always strive to foster positive connections within the family to help all family members heal, recover and rebuild.

Key Responsibilities

The therapist conducts intake evaluations and provides individual, family, and group therapy sessions. They are responsible for documenting sessions in the Electronic Health Record and creating collaborative treatment plans.

Requirements

A Master's Degree in Family Therapy, Counseling, Psychology, or a related field is required. Candidates must be able to work effectively with children, adolescents, and families and be willing to travel within the community.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Individual TherapyCase ManagementElectronic Health RecordsTreatment PlanningCommunicationTrauma Informed Care

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 30% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$78k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $80k in an average-cost state. 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 27 employers

401k / retirement match
97%
Sign-on bonus
44%
CME allowance
31%
Loan repayment
22%
PSLF eligible
16%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,961 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$204k
Typical market rent
$1,768/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Northeast Treatment Center

Mental Health Care
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision and life benefits
Full benefits package