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Mental Health Therapist - Transitional Living Services

Counselor Above average in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling)Full-Time

Listed compensation

$68K - $78K

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Includes weekends
Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

The Orenda Center of Wellness, LLC is a rapidly growing organization that is looking for a motivated individual to join the team and help expand our clinical mental health services in the greater Frederick community.

We are a fun energetic company doing our part to fight the battle against addiction and mental health stigma.

We treat all clients as family when at Orenda, ensuring they are provided with the highest standard of love, compassion and care while working on the healing of themselves through our comprehensive addiction treatment programs and therapeutic mental health services.

This role of Mental Health Therapist for our Transitional Living Service Division will report directly to the onsite OMHC Clinical Manager and work concurrently with our administrative team and direct care departments to ensure that all clients receive the appropriate level of therapeutic services.

The work hours and weekly schedule would be self-managed with evening & weekends required. Orenda offer weekly clinical supervisor to all board-certified therapist (LG/LM) that we include in our employment benefits package. Reliable transportation in all weather conditions is required for this role. Options for onsite office space usage is available upon request and by approval.

This role will be responsible for a cross spectrum of clinical duties ranging from but not limited to, conducting individual, and/or family sessions, facilitating mental health individual sessions, facilitating weekly mental health group therapy sessions, completing mental health clinical assessments, conferring with onsite addictions counselors and completing documentation in our EMR system within the 48-hour time frame deadlines. The therapist should be comfortable working with dual diagnosis client that are actively enrolled in substance abuse treatment programs.

Qualified candidates must be skilled at personal time management as well as able to prioritize their daily workload alongside unexpected crisis intervention needs. Quick calm responses and a cool head during a crisis is an indispensable skill for this position to possess. De-escalation and crisis response training is preferred but not required for this role.

Position Offering

  • Competitive Hourly Rate: $68,000 - $78,000 (based upon experience and licensure)
  • 3 Weekday Evenings & Weekends Required
  • Remote placement at Transitional Housing (2) in the Frederick area.
  • Documentation time, travel time, and clinical meetings included 40-hour work week.

Gas / Mileage Reimbursement Available

  • Clinical supervision provided by Orenda no additional cost.
  • Flexibility available for a self-managed appointment schedule on a 5-day work week
  • 4.5 Weeks - PTO per year with rollover options
  • 401K program with company 3.5% match (after 1 year of employment)
  • Company offered cost sharing for all medical, dental and vision plans
  • Company paid life insurance
  • EAP Program (Immediate Access)

Requirements

  • Master's degree in Mental Health, Counseling, Social Work
  • Appropriate Maryland state licensing such as LGPC, LMSW, LCPC, LCSW

CPR/First Aid Certified

  • Minimum of 1 to 2 years' experience working in the field of addiction treatment and/or mental health counseling as a licensed provider
  • Experience facilitating therapeutic group and individual sessions.
  • Understanding of treatment planning, clinical notations, dual diagnosis charting, mental health diagnosis and interventional skills
  • Ability to pass local & federal background checks along with being able to clear a full panel drug screening.
  • Adaptability and motivation to improve clients' lives are indispensable.

Please apply below using the link and answer the requesting informational pre-screenings questions.

For further information or question please feel free to contact us directly at HR@theorendacenter.com

Key Responsibilities

The therapist will provide individual, family, and group therapy sessions for clients in transitional living services. Responsibilities include conducting clinical assessments, collaborating with addiction counselors, and maintaining EMR documentation within 48 hours.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Individual TherapyFamily TherapyClinical AssessmentDual Diagnosis TreatmentClinical DocumentationEMR Systems

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Mental Health Therapist - Transitional Living Services at Confidential Employer a 6.6 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 7,933 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Counselor Career Context

In Maryland, the Mental Health Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$87k (72 salary observations; 133 listings), vs ~$75k nationally (2,134 salary observations; 5,983 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 24% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$73k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $70k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.6
Higher than about 6 in 10 of 7,933 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10. Shaded area = share of comparable listings scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Frederick

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$421k≈ 6.2× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,182/mo≈ 39% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
30 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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Benefits & Perks

4.5 weeks PTO
401K with 3.5% match
Medical, dental, vision
Life insurance
EAP Program
Gas/mileage reimbursement
Clinical supervision provided