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Backpack Healthcare
Lebanon, New Hampshire · Remote OK

Licensed Mental Health Therapist — Nationwide Interest Pool

Counselor 8.6 Work-LifePart-Time

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Job Description

Licensed Mental Health Therapist — Nationwide Interest Pool

Remote · Open to All U.S. States

We have plans of expanding nationwide. If we're not in your state yet, we want to know you.

Backpack Healthcare provides mental health care for children, teens, and young adults — all online, covered by most insurance. We're clinician-led and minority-owned, and we're growing fast. We currently operate in Illinois, Maryland, Virginia, Arizona, and Georgia — and we're actively building toward a nationwide footprint.

If you're a licensed therapist who believes in accessible, culturally responsive care for kids and families, we want to hear from you now — before we get to your state.

How This Works

This isn't a traditional job posting. It's an invitation to get on our radar early. Once you apply, you'll be added to our expansion talent pool. When we launch in your state, you'll be among the first people we reach out to — no starting from scratch, no waiting on a job board.

What Working at Backpack Looks Like

  • Our therapists provide individual, family, and group therapy via telehealth — fully remote, flexible scheduling, with a real interdisciplinary team behind them. When we expand into your state, here's what you can expect:
  • Flexible part-time or full-time caseloads
  • Competitive per-billable-hour compensation based on license level
  • Free clinical supervision for eligible licenses
  • CEU reimbursement and ongoing training
  • 401(k) with company match
  • A collaborative team of therapists, PMHNPs, and psychiatrists working together
  • Pathways into clinical leadership as we grow

What We're Looking For

  • Active U.S. state license: LPC, LCPC, LCSW, LMFT, or equivalent independently licensed credential
  • Experience with or strong interest in working with children, teens, and families
  • Comfortable working independently in a remote telehealth environment
  • Committed to trauma-informed, culturally responsive practice
  • Bilingual — strongly preferred across all markets

Who We Are

We've served 12,000+ kids and families since 2020. 78% of families report their child is doing better after three months of care. We started because finding quality, affordable mental health care for kids was too hard — and we're building something to change that, one state at a time.

When clinicians thrive, kids thrive. That's not a tagline. It's how we build.

Apply today and we'll be in touch when we're in your state.

Don't see your state listed yet? That's exactly why this posting exists. Submit your information and let's stay connected.

Backpack Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity in age, background, identity, and experience — and we mean it.

Key Responsibilities

Provide individual, family, and group mental health therapy to children, teens, and young adults via a remote telehealth platform. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of psychiatrists and PMHNPs to deliver accessible care.

Requirements

Must hold an active U.S. state license as an LPC, LCPC, LCSW, LMFT, or equivalent independent credential. Requires experience or strong interest in pediatric mental health and a commitment to trauma-informed, culturally responsive practice.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Individual TherapyFamily TherapyTrauma-Informed CareBilingualism

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Mental Health Therapist — Nationwide Interest Pool at Backpack Healthcare a 8.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,964 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Counselor Career Context

Backpack Healthcare holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 74/100, 26 active listings.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 26% have no call, 62% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Location & Logistics

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

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
28%
PSLF eligible
17%
Loan repayment
10%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 8.6
Among the best 10% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,964 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Backpack Healthcare

Mental Health Care
Elkridge, Maryland
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Free clinical supervision for eligible licenses
CEU reimbursement
Ongoing training
401(k) with company match
Pathways into clinical leadership