Mental Health Therapist (licensed/ Licensed Eligible)

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Elite DNA Behavioral Health is actively hiring for a Mental Health Therapist (licensed/unlicensed)

We are a physician-run leader Telepsychiatry, providing quality therapy and psychiatric services for children, adolescents, and adults striving to achieve mental health and wellness and reach their full potential.

We offer a collaborative, flexible work culture and foster an environment built on respect, trust, love, and a shared passion for quality patient care.

Our business model provides every clinician with structured administrative support utilizing a best-in-class patient management system and highly trained administrative staff.

Therapist needed for a growing mental health agency in our Venice, FL location.

Full-Time & Part-Time offering (part time offered to fully licensed only)

Open to Unlicensed/Master Level Therapists (Supervision for Licensure offered)

Rcswi - LCSW

RMHCI - LMHC

Rmfti - LMFT

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time (PT offered to fully licensed only)

Benefits

  • 401(k) Matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 3 Weeks PTO/1st Yr.
  • 7 Paid Holidays
  • Mental Health Days
  • CEU's/Elite DNA University

Education

Master's

Requirements

  • Some of these duties include, but are not limited to:
  • Assists in developing and implementing clinical procedures and guidelines, as needed
  • Actively participates in staff meetings and case presentations.
  • Assists in supervising Care Coordinators during initial intakes.
  • Provides supervision and consultation to staff and student interns, as appropriate.

Provides patient-centered therapy interventions with an emphasis on patient involvement as an integral part of the treatment team.

Utilizes the electronic medical record to document patient screenings, psychosocial assessments, progress, and referral information and completes documentation within the agency’s required timelines.

  • Assists in the process of advocacy for patients’ access to community resources.
  • Collaboratively develops treatment plans including input from the patient, families, treatment team members and other agencies, as appropriate.
  • Coordinates and communicates with the treatment team to provide the best care to patients.
  • Uses multiple interventions such as group, individual and family therapy to assist patients in meeting their identified goals.
  • Demonstrates sensitivity to diversity issues in the assessment and treatment of patients.
  • Demonstrates respect for the inherent dignity and worth of the patients.

Actively monitors patient progress towards goals and addresses termination/discharge related issues, providing outside referrals at discharge/termination, as appropriate.

Effectively works independently and in a team environment; prioritizes workload based on workflow demands and in response to reprioritization by administrators, when needed

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Key Responsibilities

The therapist will provide patient-centered therapy interventions using group, individual, and family modalities to help patients meet their treatment goals. They are also responsible for maintaining accurate electronic medical records and collaborating with the treatment team to ensure high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Mental health therapyPsychosocial assessmentTreatment planningGroup therapyIndividual therapyClinical documentationCase managementCrisis interventionPatient advocacyClinical supervisionDiversity sensitivity

Counselor Career Context

In Florida, the Mental Health Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$70k (65 salary observations; 166 listings), vs ~$76k nationally (1,447 salary observations; 3,678 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 34% have no call, 62% 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 Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Salary Distribution50 jobs · 42 employers

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<$75k
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$75k-95k
8
$95k-115k
9
$115k-135k
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$135k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs

401k / retirement match
89% this job
CME allowance
44% this job
Loan repayment
28%
Sign-on bonus
25%
PSLF eligible
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 5.7
Better work-life than 50% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

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

  • On-site

Living in Venice

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$442k
Typical market rent
$2,147/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Elite DNA Behavioral Health

Mental Health Care
Fort Myers, Florida
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

401(k) Matching
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Vision insurance
3 Weeks PTO/1st Yr.
7 Paid Holidays
Mental Health Days
CEU's/Elite DNA University