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Canvas Health
Forest Lake, Minnesota

Outpatient Therapist or Clinical Trainee

Counselor / TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$60k-$80k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Outpatient Therapist or Clinical Trainee

All are welcome! We encourage veterans, people of color, individuals with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community to apply!

Salary Range

  • Clinical Trainee Base Salary $60,004.41 - $69,478.79/annually
  • Fully Licensed Base Salary $68,755.06 - $79,611.12/annually

The expected compensation range for this position represents a good faith estimate for this position and the specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, experience, and/or FTE.

Benefits Eligibility Includes (But Not Limited To)

  • Generous paid time off, including holidays and personal days
  • Wide-ranging healthcare coverage with options to fit your needs
  • Flexible accounts for medical savings and expenses
  • Supportive services through the Employee Assistance Program
  • Access to exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, dining, and more
  • Retirement savings plan with contributions from the employer
  • Recognition opportunities through performance-based awards
  • Potential relocation assistance available

About Us

This mission of Canvas Health is to bring hope, healing, and recovery to people's lives.

Canvas Health's mental health and substance use disorder providers, clinicians, and staff bring their diverse lived experience to help inform and guide the care they provide to clients. Our integrated programs and services offer coordinated care to people of all ages in their homes, the community, and in our clinics.

We strive for excellence in clinical care as we serve those living with mental illness, substance use disorders, crisis, unstable housing, and trauma. Canvas Health is a non-profit, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) specializing in serving clients who are on Medicaid.

Position Summary

This clinical position is responsible for conducting diagnostic assessments and providing ongoing individual psychotherapy to children and adolescents.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Include

Location: Forest Lake, MN

Schedule: Monday through Friday - 40 hours/week

Minimum Qualifications

  • Master's or doctorate degree in social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or Clinical Counseling.
  • Currently licensed OR currently pursuing LICSW, LMFT, LP or LPCC Mental Health Professional Licensure.
  • Licensure Supervision is provided!

Preferred Qualifications

  • Preferably a provider who works with ages 7 and up, and willing to see Families.
  • Experience working with and/or delivering services to diverse populations.
  • Experience with Electronic Health Record systems.

Canvas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. Canvas Health will not discriminate against any employee or applicant based upon a person's race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, status with regard to public assistance, age, sexual or affectional orientation, familial status, ancestry, local human rights commission activity, citizenship, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other protected class.

Key Responsibilities

This position is responsible for conducting diagnostic assessments and providing ongoing individual psychotherapy to children and adolescents. The clinician will work within an integrated program to provide coordinated care in clinics and community settings.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Mental health assessmentSubstance use disorder treatmentCrisis interventionClinical documentation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Therapist or Clinical Trainee at Canvas Health a 6.0 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.

Counselor Career Context

Canvas Health ranks #12 of 23 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 22% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$60k–$80kMental Health Therapy median $84k (middle half $71k–$102k)11 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$71k in purchasing powerMinnesota index 98.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Minnesota131 active7,811 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 48% remote · 22% no call · 70% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMinnesota Counselor listings: 16% state a sign-on bonus (median $2k) · 30% offer loan repayment232 active listings, Oct 2026
Mental Health Therapy pay trend+1.0% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Canvas Health#12 of 23 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
91% this job
CME allowance
31%
Sign-on bonus
25%
Loan repayment
25%
PSLF eligible
16%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.0
Better work-life than 50% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,885 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
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About Canvas Health

Mental Health Care
Oakdale, MN
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Generous paid time off, including holidays and personal days
Wide-ranging healthcare coverage
Flexible accounts for medical savings and expenses
Employee Assistance Program
Exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, dining
Retirement savings plan with employer contributions
Recognition opportunities through performance-based awards
Potential relocation assistance

Living in Forest Lake

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$403k≈ 6.7× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,573/mo≈ 31% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
104.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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