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CenterPointe Hospital
St. Charles, Missouri

Board Certified Art Therapist - (ATR-BC)

Counselor / TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$21-$26/hr

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Job Description

  • Board Certified Art Therapist - ( ATR-BC )
  • Hourly: $21-$26 per hour
  • Ready to use your creativity to make a real impact?
  • Join the behavioral health team at CenterPointe Hospital and help patients heal, grow, and thrive through the power of art therapy.
  • Full-Time Opportunity
  • Collaborative Clinical Team
  • Meaningful Patient Impact

Supportive Behavioral Health Environment

  • We're looking for a Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) who is passionate about helping others and creating engaging therapeutic experiences for patients.
  • Make a difference every day while doing the work you love.
  • Apply today and bring healing, hope, and creativity to CenterPointe Hospital.

Purpose Statement

Plan, direct and implement activity therapy programs as a component of the patient’s treatment plan.

Essential Functions

Complete activity assessment through patient observation and patient/family interview, obtaining information on the patient’s needs, skills, interests and limitations for the development and implementation of the treatment plan.

Plan, organize, direct and implement the activities within the treatment program to facility patient progress with treatment goals.

Plan and implement an activities program including but not limited to therapeutic leisure skills and activities, leisure education and leisure awareness.

Facilitate and lead activity sessions to improve patient mental and physical well-being.

Instruct patients in activities and techniques, such are sports, dance, music, art or relaxation techniques designed to meet their specific needs.

Develop treatment plans and implement activity interventions that meet patient needs and interests and helps the patient achieve his/her treatment goals.

  • Engage patients in therapeutic activities, such as exercise, games and community outings.
  • Help patients learn social skills needed to become or remain independent.
  • Modify activities to suit the needs of specific groups.

Demonstrate a positive, empathetic and professional attitude towards customers always. When patient needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.

Other Functions

Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Recreational Therapy or related field required.
  • Master’s degree preferred.
  • Three or more years’ experience in recreation in a healthcare setting with knowledge of patient population served by the facility required.
  • Previous experience in recreation in a healthcare setting is preferred.

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) or currently in the process of obtaining national certification; OR certified in the area of specialty (Art, Dance, Music, etc.) OR clinical professional licensure (LCPC, LPC, etc.) with certification in expressive therapy area required.

CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e. g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.

AHCORP

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Treatment planningPatient assessmentClinical documentationCrisis interventionSocial skills trainingGroup facilitation

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 20% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$49k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $54k in an average-cost state. 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$44k–$54kMental Health Therapy median $58k (middle half $53k–$70k)11 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$54k in purchasing powerMissouri index 90.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Missouri137 active7,917 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 34% remote · 20% no call · 70% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMissouri Counselor listings: 11% state a sign-on bonus (median $7k) · 15% offer loan repayment221 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing 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

32 jobs · 18 employers
401k / retirement match
88%
Sign-on bonus
50%
CME allowance
16%
Loan repayment
9%
PSLF eligible
9%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,918 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in St. Charles

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$327k
Typical market rent
$1,485/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.1
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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