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FT - Licensed Program Therapist

CounselorFull-Time

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Job Description

Responsibilities

We are Hiring for Licensed Program Therapists

Make a Difference Where It Matters Most

At Hickory Trail Hospital, every role helps create a place where people can find safety, support, and a path forward. We’re an 86-bed behavioral health hospital in DeSoto, Texas, proudly serving the Dallas–Fort Worth community since 1988.

Through inpatient and outpatient programs, we care for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. Our team brings compassion, skill, and teamwork to each person’s care—and we’re looking for people who want their work to make a meaningful impact.

What You’ll Do - Program Therapist

The Program Therapist performs social services functions to include assisting patients in meeting their biopsychosocial needs while enabling them to access through therapeutic treatment skills to achieve their optimal level of emotional health, including providing basic consultation, teaching, complete specialized clinical social work services for patients/families receiving care, crisis intervention, short-term and long-term family therapy, and providing information and referrals as needed.

  • Benefit & Rewards Highlights
  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • Tuition savings to continue your nursing education with Chamberlain University
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
  • More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: uhsguest.com

Qualifications

Qualifications

Education: Master's Degree from an accredited college or university, in Social Work or a clinical related mental health field required.

Experience: One (1) year experience in a psychiatric, behavioral health hospital setting preferred. Experience may be obtained as an intern.

Licensure: Must be state certified in social work or clinical related mental health field. LPC, LMSW, or LCSW, RN, LFMT license required.

Additional: CPR and CPI or HWC training must be completed prior to beginning work. Must be able to pass a competency exam for the area upon hire. May be required to work flexible hours and overtime.

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Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Biopsychosocial assessmentPatient consultationTreatment planningMental health counselingPsychiatric careReferral management

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 14% have no call, 54% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

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

Top Counselor Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 40 employers

22
<$80k
12
$80k-100k
8
$100k-120k
8
$120k-140k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks41 jobs · 40 employers

401k / retirement match
78% this job
CME allowance
34%
Sign-on bonus
24%
Loan repayment
15%
PSLF eligible
5%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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Mood Health · Olympia, Washington

$62-$64/hr
#2

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HCO Behavioral Health · Houston, Texas

$45-$63/hr
#3

Clinical Supervisor & Therapist

#4

Licensed Telehealth Therapist / Mental Health Counselor (South Carolina)

$55-$60/hr
+ 48 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.3this job 1.5
Below most Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,853 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in DeSoto

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$283k
Typical market rent
$2,130/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Competitive Compensation
Generous Paid Time Off
Medical
Dental
Vision
Prescription Drug Plans
401(K) with company match
Discounted Stock Plan