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Discovery Ranch South
Cedar City, Utah

Clinical Therapist

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Full-Time
Call expectations
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Weekends
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Job Description

Mental Health Therapist

Pay - DOE

We believe in the potential of individuals and the ability to restore choice. Through nurturing relationships and challenging experiences, we all can discover hope, passion, and perseverance in the face of life’s adversity.

Located on a large private ranch on the outskirts of beautiful Cedar City, Discovery Ranch South is a licensed, accredited residential treatment center for for adolescent females and non-binary students. As our clinical therapist, you will provide clinical services for a small number of our students individually and in the family and group settings.

Discovery Ranch South combines the power of traditional and experiential therapies to create a clinically sophisticated, relationship-based residential treatment program.

As our clinical therapist, you will work closely with our residential and academic staff to deliver the best program possible to our students and their families. Healthy relationships, novel and challenging experiences, and a strengths-based approach are how we foster the healing process and create lasting change.

Help empower young women. Be a part of the healing journey. Join the clinical team at Discovery Ranch for Girls.

Responsibilities

  • Carry a caseload of 6 adolescent females and non-binary students
  • Provide individual and family therapy for each student
  • Facilitate group therapy sessions

Document All Services

  • Evaluate students’ emotional, behavioral and mental state through discussion, observation and analysis
  • Create bio-psycho-social history and master treatment plan for each student
  • Manage the continuum of care for each student while they are with us
  • Work collaboratively with a interdisciplinary treatment team
  • Attend treatment team meetings
  • Work closely and collaboratively with residential staff and academic staff
  • Participate in marketing activities, including occasional travel
  • Develop and maintain relationships with referring professionals
  • Master's Degree in Social Work, or
  • Marriage and Family Therapy, or
  • Clinical Mental Health Counseling, or
  • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
  • Retirement contributions
  • Preferably licensed, or must be license eligible
  • License is unrestricted and in good standing with Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing

Relationship-focused with a Family Systems Approach

  • Background in multicultural training and experience working with non-binary LGBTQIA+ youth preferred
  • Experience in the delivery of clinical services in a residential or wilderness setting preferred
  • Able to pass criminal investigation background checks
  • Able to pass motor vehicle record check
  • Current Utah driver's license (within 30 days of employment)
  • Health, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, and other insurance plans available after probationary period
  • Employer contributions to Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Eligible for company revenue sharing
  • Paid aftercare sessions and visits
  • Paid Time Off accrual
  • Paid select federal holidays and company holiday parties

Employee Referral Bonus Program

  • Continued professional development and certification opportunities, including paid training and travel
  • Significant discounts for hundreds of professional gear brands, including and ExpertVoice account
  • Free meals

Employee Recognition & Appreciation Treats

  • A few hours or less from Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Bryce Canyon National Park, the Grand Canyon, and Lake Powell
  • A few hours from many world-class ski resorts

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, or Clinical Mental Health Counseling, or a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Licensure or license eligibility in the state of Utah is required.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Individual therapyClinical documentationTreatment planningBio-psycho-social assessmentCrisis interventionLGBTQIA+ supportInterdisciplinary collaborationCase management

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 34% have no call, 82% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Utah is 98.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Utah clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs · 32 employers

401k / retirement match
83% this job
CME allowance
46%
Sign-on bonus
29%
Loan repayment
17%
PSLF eligible
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Higher than about 2 in 10 of 7,933 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

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

Living in Cedar City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$342k
Typical market rent
$1,467/mo
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

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

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About Discovery Ranch South

Wellness and Fitness Services
Cedar City, Utah
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Retirement contributions
Health, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, and other insurance plans
Employer contributions to Health Savings Account (HSA)
Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Eligible for company revenue sharing
Paid aftercare sessions and visits
Paid Time Off accrual
Paid select federal holidays and company holiday parties