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Newport Healthcare
Mankato, Minnesota

Therapist, PHP

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$80K - $101K

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Job Description

What You’ll Do

This position will work primarily with adult patients with co-occurring disorders.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

  • Collaborate within an interdisciplinary treatment team
  • Assess, plan, and implement psychotherapeutic services for patients of PrairieCare
  • Provide a comprehensive range of therapy services to patients and families
  • Provide individual and family psychotherapy, facilitate process groups
  • Coordinate care with providers or other caregivers external to the treatment team upon admission and discharge, as relevant and appropriate
  • Lend your therapy expertise to the treatment team and across the organization, as desired and as appropriate

Support other therapists and associate therapists as needed. Participate in case conferences and treatment team rounds

Potentially supervise Master's level family therapy, counseling, or social work associate therapists or interns (based on qualifications)

What Makes You a Great Fit

Master’s degree in social sciences. Current licensure in the State of Minnesota as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPCC) or Licensed Psychologist (LP). Will consider those with junior licenses (LAMFT, LGSW, LPC) who can demonstrate readiness to sit for licensure exam within 3 months of hire.

Experience in intensive psychiatric healthcare settings preferred but not required; we provide extensive training as needed

  • Stated desire to work with children, adolescents, adults (as applicable to role) and families
  • Ability to maintain required malpractice insurance
  • Ability to effectively, professionally, and efficiently communicate in written and verbal form

Pay range for the independently licensed position is $80,000 to $101,000 annually and for the Associate level therapist it is $30 to $33 depending on education, licensure, and experience.

We are committed to providing competitive and equitable compensation. An individual’s pay rate within the posted range is determined by several factors, including skills, experience, education, and market conditions. Additionally, we consider internal equity to ensure fairness within our organization.

Key Responsibilities

The therapist will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to assess, plan, and implement psychotherapeutic services for adult patients with co-occurring disorders. Responsibilities include providing individual and family therapy, facilitating process groups, and coordinating care with external providers.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in social sciences and possess current licensure in Minnesota as an LICSW, LMFT, LPCC, or Licensed Psychologist. Experience in intensive psychiatric healthcare settings is preferred, and candidates must be able to maintain malpractice insurance.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Individual therapyCase managementInterdisciplinary collaborationClinical assessmentTreatment planningCrisis interventionDocumentationCommunication

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Therapist, PHP at Newport Healthcare a 7.2 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 7,885 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Counselor Career Context

Newport Healthcare ranks #9 of 24 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 28% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$91k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $92k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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$90k-110k
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$110k-130k
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$130k-150k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 26 employers

401k / retirement match
97%
CME allowance
48%
Sign-on bonus
29%
Loan repayment
19%
PSLF eligible
13%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.3this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

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

Living in Mankato

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$289k≈ 3.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,192/mo≈ 18% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
14 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.0
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Mankato, MN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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