Staff Therapist – Adult Services Team
Listed compensation
$45k-$91k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time · hybrid
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Includes weekends
Job description
Join The Family Institute at Northwestern University as a Staff Therapist – Adult Services, Hybrid in Chicago, IL, US.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $59,848 - $91,171
- Health insurance
- 403(b) retirement savings plan
- Generous time off
- Professional development
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- Hybrid position - combination of remote and on-site.
This position offers hybrid flexibility. Work with The Family Institute at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL, US.
Key Responsibilities
Provide empirically informed and culturally responsive psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and families. Maintain accurate clinical documentation in the EHR and collaborate with internal and external systems to support client care.
Requirements
Requires a Master’s Degree in a license-eligible discipline and at least one year of post-graduate clinical experience. Candidates must be able to work some evenings and Saturdays.
Key Skills
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 24% have no call, 48% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$68k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $68k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- Hybrid
- Includes weekends