Group Therapist - PRN

Counselor / TherapistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$32 per hour

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Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

  • Job Title: Group Therapist I
  • Job Type: PRN
  • Location: Rockwall
  • Reports to: Executive Director
  • Job Salary: $32.00 per hour

About CWG

At Connections Wellness Group, our mission is to provide you with meaningful, life-improving mental health support to promote positive change for your overall wellness.

We provide comprehensive mental health services and accelerated group therapy, including Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), designed to offer structured support and guidance during critical times.

Our purpose is to create a safe and nurturing environment where individuals can develop coping mechanisms, build resilience, and rediscover their inner strength, ultimately leading to a more fulfilling and balanced life.

We believe everyone deserves access to quality mental healthcare, and we’re dedicated to being a trusted partner on your journey.

Position Summary

Day-to-day job functions include facilitating psychoeducational groups and process groups, completing treatment plans and updates, and active engagement with a dynamic treatment team. This team member will also assist in the development and implementation of a holistic, evidence-based curriculum that focuses on addressing patient symptoms and building necessary skills to assist our patients in connecting back to what matters most while establishing a clear path to long-term wellness.

As a PRN employee with Connections Wellness Group, you must meet the following requirements to maintain your employment status:

  • You must ensure that your available time is updated on the PRN availability calendar.
  • Cannot deny three (3) provided shifts within each quarter.
  • You must respond to coverage requests by leadership within 48 hours.
  • You must attend all training/in-service in order to stay on top of process and policy updates. If you are unable to attend, you must communicate with your primary supervisor to ensure you receive the information.

Qualifications

Education: Master’s degree in social work, counseling, or equivalent field.

License: Current unencumbered clinical license (LPC, LPC-A, LCSW, LMSW, LMFT, LMFT-A, LCDC) per state of practice guidelines.

Experience: Demonstrated experience supporting individuals with mental health and substance use disorders, including dual diagnosis populations. Proven background working across higher levels of care, including inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization (PHP), and intensive outpatient (IOP) settings

Additional Requirements

A thorough knowledge of and adherence to ethical guidelines as well as state and federal guidelines and compliance regulations (HIPAA, Mandated Reporting, etc.). Employees will also maintain adequate professional liability insurance.

Please Note: This is a drug-free workplace. All candidates must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and be willing to submit to a national background check. If interested in this position, please apply with a complete resume and work history.

Disclaimer

Applicants who have been patients of any program or provider at the facility are eligible for employment under the conditions outlined below: For private practice therapy and medication management, the applicant must have discontinued or transferred their treatment to a provider or providers outside of the facility. For PHP/IOP services, the applicant must have been discharged from the program at least 2 years before applying for employment

Job Type: PRN

Job Salary: $32.00 per hour

Key Responsibilities

Facilitate psychoeducational and process groups while maintaining accurate treatment plans and updates. Collaborate with a dynamic treatment team to develop and implement evidence-based curricula for patients in PHP and IOP settings.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Treatment planningClinical documentationCrisis interventionHIPAA complianceResilience buildingPatient assessment

Counselor Career Context

Of the 40 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 43% are remote, 33% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$67k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $69k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$69k in purchasing powerTexas index 97.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Texas461 active7,871 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 43% remote · 33% no call · 80% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$67k midpoint, that is roughly $3k–$5k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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Salary Distribution

19 jobs
6
<$55k
6
$55k-70k
4
$70k-85k
1
$89k
2
$100k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

25 jobs
401k / retirement match
72%
CME allowance
44%
Loan repayment
28%
PSLF eligible
12%
Sign-on bonus
8%

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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 7,838 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Connections Wellness Group

Mental Health Care
Denton, Texas
51-200 employees

Living in Rockwall

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$380k
Typical market rent
$1,764/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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