Provisional Art Therapist

Counselor / TherapistFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

We are searching for a Provisional Art Therapist. Someone who develops, plans and delivers evidence-based assessment and therapy services to children and families. Implement art therapy to help meet the emotional, developmental, psychological, sociological, spiritual and social needs of children in an acute or outpatient setting.

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Qualifications

  • Master's degree in art therapy Licenses and Certifications Required
  • ATR-PBC - Provisional Registered Art Therapist Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATBC), Required within 6 months of entering the role. Attestation Required.
  • A supervised practicum or internship of at least 700 hours required.
  • Previous employment in health care, a health care specialization in schooling or a field work internship or practicum in health care preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Provides evidenced-based and developmentally appropriate screening/assessment, and focused patient/family therapy in accordance with the patients/families right to self-determination and principles of confidentiality.
  • Develops, implements and/or updates comprehensive art therapy care plans
  • Pursues professional development.
  • Provides psychosocial screenings/assessments by interviewing patients and/or their families for information about the patients’ social, emotional/psychological, developmental/educational and health situations as well as family circumstances and relationships as required for patient care and/or treatment/transition planning.
  • Establishes achievable treatment goals with patients.
  • Tracks patient progress via ongoing symptom and functional assessment, using reliable and valid measures where available and adjusts treatment plan in accordance with findings.
  • Creates and manages individualized patient and/or family treatment plans to address mental health needs of patient.

Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands is north Houston’s first true, free-standing pediatric hospital designed, equipped and staffed exclusively to provide care in more than 25 areas of specialty care for children and adolescents. Hospital facilities include 24 emergency center rooms, outpatient exam rooms, radiology rooms, operating rooms and acute care beds, as well as a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Psychosocial assessmentTreatment planningPatient screeningCrisis interventionMental health supportDevelopmental assessmentClinical documentationEvidence-based practice

Pediatrics — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 28% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Counselor by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedCounselor median $70k (middle half $62k–$80k)15 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingTexas index 97.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Counselor listings in Texas722 active13,738 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 42% remote · 28% no call · 72% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedTexas Counselor listings: 7% state a sign-on bonus · 21% offer loan repayment722 active listings, Oct 2026
Counselor pay trend+3.4% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Counselor Jobs

44 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

43 jobs · 30 employers
10
<$65k
14
$65k-85k
11
$85k-105k
3
$105k-125k
5
$125k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

32 jobs · 30 employers
401k / retirement match
78%
CME allowance
31%
Sign-on bonus
25%
Loan repayment
22%
PSLF eligible
16%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Pediatrics (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 63 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Conroe

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$264k
Typical market rent
$1,567/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.