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Centra Care
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Psychotherapist | Integrated Behavioral Health | OB & Women's Health Clinic

Counselor / TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$79k-$162k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Help Shape Behavioral Health Care Within Women’s Health

Bring behavioral health care closer to where patients already receive care.

CentraCare is seeking a Psychotherapist or Psychologist to join our Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) team as an embedded member of our OB & Women’s Health Clinic in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

This is more than a traditional outpatient behavioral health role. You’ll work alongside OB/GYN physicians, advanced practice providers and clinic staff as part of a truly integrated care team, making behavioral health a routine part of women’s healthcare rather than a separate or add-on service.

Through warm handoffs, timely assessment, brief solution-focused interventions and ongoing collaboration, you’ll help patients feel heard and supported during pregnancy, postpartum and other important stages of women’s health. You’ll also help patients navigate next steps when ongoing therapy, medication management or other specialty services may be needed.

What Makes This Role Different

As an Integrated Behavioral Health Provider, you’re not practicing separately from the medical team. You’re part of the team, helping establish a consistent, coordinated approach to whole-person care.

You’ll Have the Opportunity To

  • Work directly within the OB & Women’s Health Clinic alongside physicians, advanced practice providers and other clinical partners
  • Connect with patients through warm handoffs during OB/GYN visits, offering timely support when concerns arise
  • Provide brief, solution-focused interventions for concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and adjustment to difficult news
  • Support patients navigating pregnancy-related mental health changes, postpartum depression or anxiety, and emotionally challenging prenatal diagnoses
  • Offer short-term follow-up and personalized guidance, helping patients access ongoing therapy, medication management or additional behavioral health services when appropriate
  • Collaborate closely with OB/GYN providers and clinic staff to coordinate care for patients with complex or longstanding behavioral health needs
  • Help shape the continued growth of integrated behavioral health and maternal mental health services at CentraCare

Where You Can Make an Impact

During a routine prenatal or postpartum visit, a patient may be experiencing worsening anxiety or depression, grief or trauma, or uncertainty after an unexpected fetal diagnosis. Others may have a complex mental health history and feel overwhelmed by the prospect of seeking another provider.

As an embedded IBH clinician, you can meet patients where they are, provide supportive intervention in the moment, and work with the care team on a personalized plan for follow-up and ongoing treatment.

Help Build What’s Next

CentraCare’s Integrated Behavioral Health program continues to expand from primary care into specialty care. This role offers the opportunity to help establish a consistent standard of care within OB & Women’s Health, where behavioral health support is embedded alongside medical care and patients can receive compassionate, coordinated guidance at the point of need.

If you have an interest in women’s health, maternal or perinatal mental health, family systems, early childhood mental health or integrated care, we’d love to hear from you.

Schedule

  • Full time | 80 hours every two weeks
  • Monday through Friday | 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
  • CentraCare Plaza | St. Cloud

Pay and Benefits

Psychotherapist

  • Starting pay begins at $83,385.96 per year, with exact wage determined by years of related experience
  • Salary range: $79,123.20 -$118,664.00 per year
  • Salary and salary range are based on a 1.0 FTE, reduced FTE will result in a prorated offer rate
  • Benefits: Medical, dental, time off, retirement, employee discounts, and more!
  • $6,000 hiring bonus for eligible candidates with a current Minnesota LP, LICSW, LMFT or LPCC license

Psychologist

  • Salary range: $108,305.60 - $162,448 per year
  • Pay may be determined by factors such as education, experience, skills, knowledge, location, and internal equity
  • Salary and salary range are based on a 1.0 FTE, reduced FTE will result in a prorated offer rate
  • May be eligible for additional pay through bonuses, quality incentives, or production-based compensation.
  • $8,000 Sign-on Bonus
  • Benefits: Medical, dental, time off, retirement, employee discounts, and more!

Qualifications

Psychotherapist Pathway

  • Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy or related Human Services field required
  • Current Minnesota independent clinical licensure required: LICSW, LMFT or

LPCC

  • Minimum of one year of experience required
  • Perinatal Mental Health Certification preferred
  • Successful compliance with Minnesota Law, Chapter 372 relating to sexual exploitation of patients by staff providing psychotherapy services required

Psychologist Pathway

  • PhD or PsyD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology required
  • Minnesota Licensed Psychologist (LP) required
  • Minimum of one year of experience required
  • Completion of postdoctoral training year prior to start date preferred
  • Perinatal Mental Health Certification preferred

Why CentraCare Integrated Behavioral Health?

Rather than asking patients to navigate behavioral health care on their own, CentraCare brings behavioral health expertise directly into the clinical setting. Whether a patient is coping with grief during pregnancy, struggling with postpartum anxiety or depression, processing a difficult prenatal diagnosis, or feeling discouraged after previous treatment attempts, an embedded behavioral health provider can help them feel heard and identify practical next steps.

If you’re a psychologist or psychotherapist who wants to work collaboratively with medical providers, respond to patients’ needs in real time and help shape the future of behavioral health within women’s health, we’d love to connect with you.

Hiring bonus eligibility applies to external candidates hired into eligible benefited positions. Previous employees may qualify if they have not worked for CentraCare for at least nine months as of the date of hire. CentraCare pay incentives, including hiring bonuses, may be discontinued at any time due to business needs.

CentraCare has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals, including but not limited to individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. CentraCare is an EEO/AA employer.

Key Responsibilities

Provide integrated behavioral health support within an OB & Women's Health clinic through warm handoffs, timely assessments, and brief solution-focused interventions. Collaborate with OB/GYN physicians and clinical staff to coordinate whole-person care for patients during pregnancy and postpartum stages.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical assessmentCrisis interventionPatient collaborationCare coordinationPsychological evaluationTrauma-informed care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychotherapist | Integrated Behavioral Health | OB & Women's Health Clinic at Centra Care 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 7,891 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Counselor Career Context

Centra Care ranks #4 of 26 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 58% are remote, 24% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in mental health therapy (counseling)ranked against 7,891 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$79k–$162kMental Health Therapy median $77k (middle half $70k–$85k)12 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$123k in purchasing powerMinnesota index 98.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Minnesota136 active7,957 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 58% remote · 24% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$8k sign-onMinnesota Counselor listings: 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $2k) · 28% offer loan repayment242 active listings, Nov 2026
New Mental Health Therapy listings2,563 in the last 30 days1,536 the 30 days before (+67%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Mental Health Therapy pay trend−2.9% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Centra Care#4 of 26 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (7,891 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.4
Better work-life than 60% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

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  • No weekends
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About Centra Care

Hospitals and Health Care
St. Cloud, MN
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical
Dental
Time off
Retirement
Employee discounts
$8,000 Sign-on Bonus (Psychologist)
$6,000 hiring bonus (Psychotherapist)

Living in St. Cloud

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$251k≈ 3.2× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,241/mo≈ 19% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
104.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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