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Sun Behavioral Health Group
Erlanger, Kentucky

Adolescent Outpatient Therapist

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Job Description

Job Details: Job Location: SUN Behavioral Kentucky - Erlanger, KY 41018, Position Type: Part Time, Education Level: Masters, Travel Percentage: None, Job Shift: Days, Job Category: Health Care, Group-Based Therapist – SUN Outpatient Center (Erlanger, KY) Transform Lives. Elevate Your Clinical Impact.

Grow With a Team That Believes in You. The SUN Outpatient Center in Erlanger, KY is expanding our clinical team and seeking a dedicated, mission-driven Group-Based Therapist to support adults participating in our Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP).

This role is ideal for a clinician who feels energized by group facilitation, values interdisciplinary teamwork, and is passionate about delivering high-impact mental health treatment in a structured outpatient setting.

Why This Role Matters As a Group-Based Therapist, you will serve as a central clinical voice in the patient experience. You will guide individuals through their most pivotal moments of change—helping them regain stability, discover strengths, and rebuild hope. Your work will directly influence treatment outcomes.

Your insight will shape the direction of multidisciplinary planning. And your presence will create a safe, therapeutic environment where patients can heal and thrive. This is more than a therapy role.

It’s an opportunity to practice at the top of your license, expand your clinical skill set, and make a real-world, measurable impact on those who need it most.

What You’ll Do As a core member of the treatment team, you will: Lead Transformational Group Therapy Facilitate structured, evidence-based group sessions for PHP and IOP participants Tailor interventions to patients’ needs using modalities such as CBT, DBT, interpersonal process, and psychoeducation Create an emotionally safe and therapeutically rich group environment Groups are capped at 10 Guide Patient Progress Conduct clinical assessments, progress evaluations, and risk screenings Support patients across their treatment journey with compassion, clarity, and consistency Collaborate in an Interdisciplinary Team Participate in treatment team meetings with psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, nurses, and care coordinators Contribute your insights to inform patient care plans and overall treatment direction Communicate effectively with families, referral partners, and community providers as appropriate Support Program Excellence Maintain clinical documentation that reflects quality, accuracy, and therapeutic depth Uphold program standards while contributing to continuous improvement Bring creativity and leadership to help shape the future of our outpatient services Qualifications: What You Bring Master’s degree in Social Work, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy, or related field Active KY clinical license (CSW, LPCA, LMFT, LCSW, LPCC preferred but not required) Experience facilitating therapeutic groups in mental health or substance use treatment Strong clinical judgment, interpersonal skills, and a calm, grounded therapeutic presence Passion for teamwork, patient-centered care, and helping individuals achieve meaningful recovery

What We Offer

We provide licensure supervision Supportive team culture A collaborative clinical environment where your voice is valued and your skills are developed The opportunity to work with a talented interdisciplinary team committed to holistic patient care Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits A role that offers continuous growth—professionally, clinically, and personally The chance to make a profound difference in the lives of patients and their families every single day Ready to Make an Impact?

If you’re passionate about leading groups, committed to clinical excellence, and motivated by meaningful work, we’d love to meet you. Apply today and help us bring hope, healing, and strength to the patients we serve.

Key Responsibilities

Facilitate structured, evidence-based group therapy sessions for PHP and IOP participants while conducting clinical assessments and progress evaluations. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of psychiatrists and nurses to develop and implement comprehensive patient care plans.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in Social Work, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy, or a related field. Candidates must hold an active Kentucky clinical license or be eligible for one.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Clinical assessmentRisk screeningTreatment planningInterdisciplinary collaborationCrisis intervention

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Adolescent Outpatient Therapist at Sun Behavioral Health Group a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 8,029 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 68% are remote, 32% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
94%
CME allowance
45%
Loan repayment
32%
PSLF eligible
23%
Sign-on bonus
13%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 6.9
Better work-life than 70% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,029 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No nights

Living in Erlanger

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$244k
Typical market rent
$1,265/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.4
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Sun Behavioral Health Group

Mental Health Care
Columbus, OH
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Licensure Supervision
Competitive Compensation
Comprehensive Benefits