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THERAPIST (MA/MSW)

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Join the excellent team at Cedar Hills Hospital as an Inpatient Therapist! This position performs functions assisting patients in meeting their biopsychosocial needs and gaining skills through therapeutic treatment. This includes delivering clinical therapy and crisis intervention, providing personalized care plans, conducting group therapy and discharge planning. It also includes ensuring required documentation is completed in a timely, compliant manner.

Qualifications

Requirements

Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, or equivalent

  • 1 year of related experience is preferred
  • State license within two years of employment

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Biopsychosocial AssessmentCare Planning

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 24% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Oregon is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.0% of Oregon clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Counselor Jobs

46 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution44 jobs · 34 employers

17
<$80k
15
$80k-105k
3
$105k-130k
9
$130k-155k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks40 jobs · 34 employers

401k / retirement match
83%
CME allowance
40%
Sign-on bonus
38%
Loan repayment
28%
PSLF eligible
25%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Mental Health Therapist, Contractor - LA / (Remote)Contract

Cartwheel · Cambridge, Massachusetts

$60-$70/hr
#2

Psychotherapist Outpatient Clinic – LCSW / LMHC / LMFT/Full-Time Employment/Signing Bonus 5000USDContract

Harmony United Psychiatric Care · Winter Garden, Florida

$60-$70/hr
#3

Licensed Therapist

$60-$70/hr
#4

Licensed Mental Health Therapist

$123k-$141k
+ 44 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,995 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Portland

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$526k
Typical market rent
$1,732/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
105.4
State income tax
Up to 9.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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