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Savio House
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Trauma-Focused Family Therapist

CounselorIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$59K–$67K

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Description

Savio House

  • Position: Family Wellness Therapist
  • Focus: Utilizing family preservation techniques and trauma-informed treatments(TF-CBT and TST), we work together to keep children and youth with their families when a child safety concern has been identified.
  • This position serves the Colorado Springs area

Salary

  • Starting with candidacy (LPCC, SWC, MFTC): $58,660
  • Starting Licensed (LCSW, LPC, LMFT): $61,660
  • Starting MA Bilingual: $63,660-$66,660

** Supervision towards professional licenses provided in this role

About Savio

Founded over 50 years ago, Savio has been centered around driving change and healing through evidence-based therapeutic treatment to children, adolescents, and their families.

We believe that by stepping into a child’s every-day life, a therapist can understand the root causes of a family’s dysfunction and prescribe the right treatment.

We drop barriers to access by providing services to families in their homes, and have teams in Denver and the surrounding areas, Colorado Springs, and in more rural cities all across the state.

Joining one of Savio’s teams, you would be a change-maker in your community and help family after family stay together.

Daily Impact of a Family Wellness Therapist looks like:

Supporting caregivers in creating an environment that promotes safety and stability for their children (0-18 years of age)

Engaging primary caregivers in active, change-orientated treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to progress and connecting them with services and supports.

Collaborating with families and allowing them to take the lead in setting treatment goals

Keeping or reuniting children with their families by supporting families in meeting their treatment goals

To Belong at Savio You Need To

  • Be flexible and self-motivated.
  • Have a passion for engaging caregivers who are facing challenging and complex issues that are impacting their children’s well-being
  • Be comfortable with community-based therapy and a
  • Be comfortable working a non-traditional work schedule
  • New grads welcome!

Perks

  • Supervision towards licensure
  • Savio pays for all training.
  • PTO is allowed to be cashed out to pay for licensure tests
  • Mileage Reimbursements for personal vehicle
  • Company issued cell phone and laptop
  • Eligible for student loan forgiveness through the Public Service Federal Loan Forgiveness Program

Benefits

  • 9 paid holidays
  • Vacation time + Sick time

Medical

  • Low employee cost medical coverage
  • Dental, Vision, Life, Critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity
  • HSA, FSA accounts
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Pet Insurance

Retirement

  • 403b account
  • Employer Funded Retirement Plan

Requirements

  • Minimum Qualifications:
  • Master’s in counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy or related field
  • DORA registration to provide therapy such as LPCC, MFTC, SWC, NLC

Key Responsibilities

The therapist will provide trauma-informed, community-based treatment to children and families to promote safety and stability. They will actively engage caregivers to identify barriers to progress and collaborate on setting and achieving treatment goals.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Trauma-informed careCrisis interventionCase managementClinical documentationTreatment planningCaregiver supportChild safety assessment

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 24% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$63k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $61k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.3this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

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

  • Includes call

Living in Colorado Springs

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$402k≈ 6.8× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,740/mo≈ 36% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.7
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Colorado Springs, CO 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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About Savio House

Mental Health Care
Denver, CO
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Supervision towards licensure
Paid training
PTO cash-out for licensure tests
Mileage reimbursement
Company issued cell phone and laptop
Student loan forgiveness (PSLF)
9 paid holidays
Vacation time