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Fairfax, Virginia

Behavioral Health Therapist I Adolescent Mental Health Programs (IOP)

CounselorNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$68k-$111k

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Job Description

The Inova Keller Center is looking for a dedicated Behavioral Health Therapist I to join the team! Our comprehensive mental health and substance use disorder treatment programs and an innovative special education school support families throughout Northern Virginia.

This therapist will work primarily with our Intensive Outpatient Program and also lend support to our Partial Hospitalization Program. This role will be full-time day shift from Monday – Friday, core hours 10:30 am – 7:00 pm, with some flexibility to cover PHP earlier in the day if needed. The Keller Center is in Fairfax, VA.

Inova is consistently ranked as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits

  • Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
  • Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
  • Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
  • Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
  • Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave and more.

Behavioral Health Therapist I Job Responsibilities

  • Performs duties under the clinical supervision of an approved clinical supervisor registered with the DBHDS or receives clinical supervision from an approved clinical supervisor registered with the DBHDS.
  • Provides care coordination to ensure the patient and family receive and are subsequently referred to appropriate healthcare and community resources to optimize treatment and intervention outcomes.
  • Provides a range of therapeutic interventions, psycho-educational programming and behavioral interventions (when indicated) to assist the patient/family in achieving the goals and objectives of the individualized service plan.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Education: Master's Degree, Ph.D., PsyD, EdD in Mental Health, Social Work, Counseling, Substance Use Disorders or Behavioral Health related field.
  • Experience: Two years of experience in mental health/substance use disorder treatment, psychoeducational programming including targeted, evidence-based interventions (crisis intervention, trauma, and integrative therapies).
  • Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) – American Heart Association within 3 months of hire. Crisis Prevention Institute within 6 months of hire.
  • Licensure: Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Clinical Psychologist (LCP), or Licensed Substance Abuse Professional (LSATP).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with adolescent patients strongly preferred

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience.

And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Key Responsibilities

The therapist provides therapeutic interventions, psycho-educational programming, and behavioral interventions to support patients and families in achieving service plan goals. They also perform care coordination to ensure patients are referred to appropriate healthcare and community resources.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree or higher in a behavioral health-related field and possess a valid clinical license such as LPC, LCSW, or LMFT. Two years of experience in mental health or substance use disorder treatment is required, along with specific certifications like BLS.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Mental health therapyTrauma-informed careIndividualized service planningAdolescent mental healthClinical documentationPatient assessment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Behavioral Health Therapist I Adolescent Mental Health Programs (IOP) at Inova a 6.4 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 8,026 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Counselor Career Context

Inova ranks #5 of 23 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 38% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$90k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $89k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
95% this job
CME allowance
33%
Sign-on bonus
28%
Loan repayment
18% this job
PSLF eligible
18%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 6.4
Better work-life than 60% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,026 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Fairfax

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$687k≈ 10.1× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,472/mo≈ 43% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Inova

Hospitals and Health Care
Falls Church, Virginia
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental and vision coverage
Robust team member wellness program
Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions
Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans
Mental Health Support: 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions per person, per year, at no cost
Paid time off
Paid parental leave