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Backpack Healthcare
Rockville, Maryland · Remote OK

Licensed Therapist - Maryland

CounselorIncludes weekendsPart-Time

Listed compensation

$45 - $65/hr

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Job Description

  • Licensed Mental Health Therapist — Maryland
  • Peak Hours | Evenings & Weekends | Fully Remote
  • Maryland License Required | Part-Time | Monthly Bonus Potential
  • Make an Impact When Families Need You Most

The hours families need care most are often the hours traditional providers aren't available. That's where you come in.

Backpack Healthcare provides accessible behavioral healthcare to children, teens, young adults, and their families — 100% online and covered by most insurance.

We're a clinician-led, minority-owned organization that believes great outcomes start with supporting great clinicians.

We're looking for Maryland-licensed therapists who are energized by evening and weekend work and want to make a meaningful impact during these high-demand peak care hours.

If you're looking for competitive pay, additional monthly bonus potential, professional growth, and a team that actually supports you, we'd love to meet you.

Your Schedule. Their Time of Need.

  • This role is designed specifically around our highest-demand hours:
  • Weekdays: 3:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Weekends: 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • Part-time schedule with peak-hour availability required.
  • These are the hours when kids are home from school, parents are available, and families are often most ready to engage in care.
  • Your availability can help a family get the support they need when they actually need it.

Competitive Pay + Monthly Bonus Potential

  • We believe clinicians should be rewarded for both their clinical expertise and their commitment to providing consistent, high-quality care.
  • $65 per billable hour — LCSW-C, LCPC, or LMFT with independent licensure
  • $45 per billable hour — LMSW or LGPC (supervision provided; limited openings)
  • Monthly bonus potential for eligible clinicians based on applicable productivity and performance criteria
  • Medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) with 3% company match
  • Paid time off
  • $300 annual CEU reimbursement
  • Free clinical supervision for eligible licenses
  • $25,000 company-paid life insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Clinical leadership opportunities, including our Residency & Fellowship Program

Boost Your Monthly Earnings

Eligible clinicians have the opportunity to earn an additional monthly performance-based bonus on top of their regular billable compensation.

Bonus eligibility is based on applicable productivity and performance expectations, giving clinicians another opportunity to increase their monthly earnings while being recognized for consistently delivering high-quality care.

What You'll Do

You'll provide compassionate, evidence-informed care to children, teens, young adults, and their families through secure telehealth.

Your Day-to-day Will Include

  • Conducting clinical intakes and developing individualized, trauma-informed treatment plans
  • Providing individual, family, and group therapy via telehealth
  • Collaborating with therapists, PMHNPs, psychiatrists, and other members of our interdisciplinary team
  • Supporting families through education and care coordination
  • Maintaining timely and accurate documentation in our EHR
  • Building meaningful therapeutic relationships with clients and families
  • Delivering culturally responsive care that meets families where they are
  • Why Clinicians Choose Backpack
  • 100% Remote

No commute. No office. Just meaningful clinical work from wherever you do your best work.

Strong Growth Opportunities

Build your clinical skills today and explore mentorship, supervision, and leadership opportunities tomorrow.

You're Part of a Team

You won't be left to figure everything out alone. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary clinical team that believes in shared care.

We Invest in You

Access supervision, CEU reimbursement, professional development, and our Residency & Fellowship Program.

Your Work Matters

You're helping families access care during the very hours when finding an available provider can be hardest.

What We're Looking For

  • Active Maryland license: LGPC, LCPC, LMSW, or LCSW-C
  • Experience working with children, adolescents, and families
  • Comfortable working independently in a fully remote environment
  • Strong communication, documentation, and technology skills
  • Commitment to trauma-informed and culturally responsive practice
  • Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred

Why Backpack Healthcare?

  • Since 2020, we've served 12,000+ children and families through accessible behavioral healthcare.
  • 78% of families report that their child is doing better after three months of care.
  • We're building something real in Maryland — and we're looking for clinicians who want to grow with us.
  • Whether your future is in clinical expertise, supervision, mentorship, or leadership, Backpack creates opportunities to build the career you want while doing work that matters.
  • When clinicians thrive, kids thrive.

That's not just a tagline. It's how we build.

Ready to Make Your Hours Count?

If you're a Maryland-licensed therapist who wants to use your evening and weekend availability to make a real difference, while earning competitive compensation and having monthly bonus potential, we want to hear from you.

Backpack Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity in age, background, identity, experience, ability, and perspective — and we're committed to creating a team that reflects the communities we serve.

Key Responsibilities

Provide compassionate, evidence-informed therapy to children, teens, and families via secure telehealth platforms. Conduct clinical intakes, develop trauma-informed treatment plans, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team.

Requirements

Must hold an active Maryland license such as LGPC, LCPC, LMSW, or LCSW-C. Requires experience working with children, adolescents, and families in a remote environment.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Trauma-informed careClinical intakeTreatment planningIndividual therapyFamily therapyEHR documentationCommunication skills

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Therapist - Maryland at Backpack Healthcare a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 8,035 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 40 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 78% are remote, 15% have no call, 83% require no weekends — this position is remote.

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

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Better work-life than 60% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

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About Backpack Healthcare

Mental Health Care
Elkridge, Maryland
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, and vision
401(k) with 3% company match
Paid time off
$300 annual CEU reimbursement
Free clinical supervision for eligible licenses
$25,000 company-paid life insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Clinical leadership opportunities