Dallas Behavioral Health Therapist(LPC-A/LMSW)
Listed compensation
$30-$35/hr
The week · per this posting
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Job Description
AOC Outreach Services-Dallas
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (LPC-A) / Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
Mission Statement
AOC Outreach Services mission is to provide special needs children and adults, and their families, the opportunity to succeed with our innovative and effective programs. We strive to provide the best quality mental health services in an effort for individuals to become self-empowering and develop strengths to live a healthy and productive life.
Our Vision
AOC Outreach Services strives to provide life changing services to the community of Texas. We will leave no stone unturned in the pursuit to extend the pool of mental health resources while eradicating the negative stigma behind mental health.
Position Summary
We are seeking compassionate, motivated, and clinically skilled LPC-A and LMSW therapists to join our outpatient behavioral health team. This position provides individual, family, and child-focused therapy in both office/outpatient and in-home settings.
The ideal candidate enjoys working with children, adolescents, adults, and families and is comfortable utilizing a variety of evidence-based and developmentally appropriate therapeutic approaches. Services may include play therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), family therapy, trauma-informed therapy, behavioral interventions, and supportive counseling.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide individual, family, and/or child therapy in outpatient and in-home settings.
- Provide developmentally appropriate play therapy and therapeutic activities for children.
Utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and other evidence-based interventions to address emotional, behavioral, and mental health concerns.
Provide family therapy focused on improving communication, relationships, parenting skills, and family functioning.
- Complete comprehensive clinical assessments and develop individualized treatment plans.
- Establish measurable treatment goals and monitor client progress.
- Provide trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and client-centered services.
Address concerns including anxiety, depression, behavioral difficulties, trauma, grief, adjustment concerns, family conflict, and other mental health needs.
Collaborate with parents, caregivers, schools, physicians, case managers, and other members of the client's treatment team when appropriate.
Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant clinical documentation, including progress notes, treatment plans, assessments, and discharge summaries.
Maintain professional and ethical boundaries in accordance with applicable licensing requirements and organizational policies.
- Participate in clinical supervision, case consultation, staff meetings, and ongoing professional development.
- Maintain confidentiality and comply with all applicable HIPAA and state/federal regulations.
- Provide crisis assessment and intervention within the scope of training, licensure, and organizational protocols.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Clinical Approaches May Include
- Play Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Trauma-Focused CBT
- Family Systems/Family Therapy
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- Behavioral Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Mindfulness-based interventions
- Parenting support and behavioral coaching
- Psychoeducation Clinical approaches
Qualifications/Education
LPC-A
- Master's degree in Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, or related field from an accredited program.
- Current LPC-Associate/LPC-A license in the applicable state.
- Must be eligible for and/or actively receiving clinical supervision toward independent licensure, as required by state regulations.
- Experience working with children, adolescents, families, or behavioral health populations preferred.
LMSW
- Master's degree in Social Work from a CSWE accredited program.
- Current LMSW license in the applicable state.
- Clinical supervision toward advanced/independent licensure may be provided or coordinated as applicable.
- Experience providing behavioral health services to children, adolescents, adults, or families preferred.
Preferred Skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to build rapport with children, adolescents, adults, and families.
- Comfortable providing services in clients' homes and community settings.
- Knowledge of child development and family dynamics.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a multidisciplinary team.
- Strong clinical writing and documentation skills.
- Reliable transportation and ability to travel to client homes, if required.
- Bilingual/multilingual skills are a plus.
Requirements
Requires a Master's degree in Counseling or Social Work and a current LPC-A or LMSW license in Texas. Candidates should have strong clinical skills and the ability to work effectively with children, adolescents, and families.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Social Worker Career Context
In Texas, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$81k (41 salary observations; 162 listings), vs ~$82k nationally (1,010 salary observations; 2,575 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 46% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$68k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $70k in an average-cost state. 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. At the posted ~$68k midpoint, that is roughly $3k–$5k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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