Mental Health Clinician/Therapist - Couples Counseling

Counselor / TherapistContract

Listed compensation

$35-$47/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Join the Mindfully Team – Where Compassion Meets Purpose

At Mindfully, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do. As a minority woman-owned company, we are dedicated to creating a supportive environment where every team member feels valued, respected, and empowered.

Our mission is simple yet powerful: to make high-quality mental health care accessible, affordable, and personalized for every individual we serve. We match clients with providers who specialize in their unique needs, ensuring better outcomes for clients and deeper professional satisfaction for our clinicians.

As a mental health professional, you chose this path to make a difference, not to spend your time juggling billing, insurance contracts, credentialing, and administrative work. That’s where we come in. At Mindfully, we handle the business side of things so you can focus on what matters most—your clients.

Why Work With Mindfully?

When you join our team, you gain the freedom of private practice with the support of a strong, collaborative community. Our goal is to help you grow, thrive, and maintain a healthy work-life balance while providing exceptional care to your clients.

Here’s What We Offer

Competitive Compensation – Attractive rates for part-time 1099 contractors ($35–$47/hour, based on license and caseload).

Full Administrative Support – We take care of scheduling, billing, insurance, and other behind-the-scenes work.

Training & Growth Opportunities – Access to our Mindfully Academy, with paid CEUs and specialized trainings such as DBT, EMDR, trauma, eating disorders, couples counseling, and more.

  • Flexible Schedules – Design a schedule that fits your lifestyle and client needs.
  • Client Matching Technology – Build a caseload aligned with your passions and expertise.
  • Peer Support & Collaboration – Participate in regular peer-to-peer consultations and small pods for connection and professional growth.
  • Wellness Perks – HealthiestYou by Teladoc, Crunch Fitness discounts, and voluntary pet insurance.
  • Autonomy in Practice – Choose the insurance panels you want to work with.

Stipends & Incentives – Tenure stipends for maintaining a full caseload, plus monthly stipends for supervisors.

Qualifications

  • Current, valid license to practice as a clinician in the state of Ohio.
  • Ability to work in-office at our Kenwood, OH location.
  • Comfortable with a part-time 1099 contractor role.

Compensation

Hourly Pay: $35–$47/hour (based on license type and caseload).

Additional Stipends

  • Tenure stipend for full caseload maintenance.
  • Monthly supervisor stipend (for eligible clinicians).

Mindfully Behavior Health is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and internship.

Mindfully Behavior Health makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. Furthermore, the Company will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality mental health care and couples counseling to clients. Manage client sessions while the company handles administrative tasks like billing and insurance.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Mental health therapyTrauma therapyEating disorders treatmentClinical documentationCase management

Counselor Career Context

In Ohio, the Mental Health Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$65k (217 salary observations; 1,177 listings), vs ~$74k nationally (5,791 salary observations; 23,259 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 30% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Ohio vs national$65k median in Ohio$74k nationally (−12%)217 state / 5,791 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$92k in purchasing powerOhio index 92.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Ohio401 active7,579 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 32% remote · 30% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedOhio counselor listings (all specialties): 23% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 17% offer loan repayment612 active listings, Nov 2026
New Mental Health Therapy listings2,476 in the last 30 days1,365 the 30 days before (+81%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Mental Health Therapy pay trend−1.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Counselor Jobs

31 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

31 jobs · 21 employers
17
<$70k
8
$70k-90k
1
$95k
2
$120k
3
$130k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

28 jobs · 21 employers
401k / retirement match
89%
Sign-on bonus
46%
CME allowance
46% this job
Loan repayment
36%
PSLF eligible
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 4.8
Better work-life than 40% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,558 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Mindfully Behavioral Health

Mental Health Care
Cincinnati, Ohio
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Schedules
Paid CEUs
HealthiestYou by Teladoc
Crunch Fitness discounts
Voluntary pet insurance
Tenure stipends
Monthly supervisor stipend

Living in Cincinnati

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$240k
Typical market rent
$1,432/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.4
State income tax
Up to 4%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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