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Licensed Talk Therapist - Fee For Service
About the Role
Hybrid licensed therapist role in Atlanta, GA. Up to $97,000. Flexible scheduling, benefits, and student loan repayment. Ramp stipend for 30+ hours availability.
Join Thriveworks as a Licensed Talk Therapist – Telehealth & In-Person, Up to $97K in Atlanta, Georgia. Thriveworks is currently seeking Licensed Clinicians to provide a mix of telehealth and face-to-face sessions in Sandy Springs, GA. This role is eligible for a competitive ramp stipend for clinicians offering 30+ hours of availability per week.
Benefits & Compensation
- Student loan repayment assistance.
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k) with employer matching
- Paid Time Off
- Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance
- CEU Reimbursement
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- Hybrid position - combination of remote and on-site.
- Flexible scheduling available.
This position offers hybrid flexibility, student loan benefits. Work with Thriveworks in Atlanta, Georgia.
Key Responsibilities
Provide compassionate, evidence-based mental health care to clients through a mix of telehealth and face-to-face sessions. Maintain a full caseload while collaborating with a clinical community and utilizing modern clinical technology.
Requirements
Must be an independently licensed clinician in Georgia (LPC, LMFT, LCSW, or PhD). Requires consistent availability for at least 25 sessions per week and proficiency with telehealth and EHR tools.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Talk Therapist - Fee For Service at Thriveworks a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Mental Health Therapy counselor listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.
Counselor Career Context
Thriveworks ranks #9 of 17 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 71/100, 285 active listings.
In Georgia, the Mental Health Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$80k (173 salary observations; 399 listings), vs ~$75k nationally (8,756 salary observations; 17,779 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, 48% are remote, 14% have no call, 54% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Position Insights
AI ANALYSISThis role scores 6.0/10 on work-life balance for Counselor roles.
Career trajectory: This position offers advancement within 2-3 years. The compensation analysis shows this employer pays...
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