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Canvas Health
Cambridge, Minnesota

Outpatient Therapist or Clinical Trainee

CounselorNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$60k-$80k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Outpatient Therapist or Clinical Trainee

All are welcome! We encourage veterans, people of color, individuals with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community to apply!

Salary Range

  • Clinical Trainee Base Salary $60,004.41 - $69,478.79/annually
  • Fully Licensed Base Salary $68,755.06 - $79,611.12/annually

The expected compensation range for this position represents a good faith estimate for this position and the specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, experience, and/or FTE.

Benefits Eligibility Includes (But Not Limited To)

  • Generous paid time off, including holidays and personal days
  • Wide-ranging healthcare coverage with options to fit your needs
  • Flexible accounts for medical savings and expenses
  • Supportive services through the Employee Assistance Program
  • Access to exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, dining, and more
  • Retirement savings plan with contributions from the employer
  • Recognition opportunities through performance-based awards

About Us

This mission of Canvas Health is to bring hope, healing, and recovery to people's lives.

Canvas Health's mental health and substance use disorder providers, clinicians, and staff bring their diverse lived experience to help inform and guide the care they provide to clients. Our integrated programs and services offer coordinated care to people of all ages in their homes, the community, and in our clinics.

We strive for excellence in clinical care as we serve those living with mental illness, substance use disorders, crisis, unstable housing, and trauma. Canvas Health is a non-profit, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) specializing in serving clients who are on Medicaid.

Position Summary

This clinical position is responsible for conducting diagnostic assessments and providing ongoing individual and/or group psychotherapy to children, adolescents, adults and families.

  • Location Cambridge, MN
  • Schedule Monday through Friday – minimum 4 hours past 5pm per week.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Master's or doctorate degree in social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or Clinical Counseling.
  • Currently licensed OR currently pursuing LICSW, LMFT, LP or LPCC Mental Health Professional Licensure.
  • Licensure Supervision is provided!

Preferred Qualifications

  • Preferably a provider who works with ages 7 and up, and willing to see Families.
  • Experience working with and/or delivering services to diverse populations.
  • Experience with Electronic Health Record systems.

Canvas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. Canvas Health will not discriminate against any employee or applicant based upon a person's race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, status with regard to public assistance, age, sexual or affectional orientation, familial status, ancestry, local human rights commission activity, citizenship, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other protected class.

Key Responsibilities

The therapist is responsible for conducting diagnostic assessments and providing individual or group psychotherapy to children, adolescents, adults, and families. They will deliver coordinated care within a clinical setting to support clients dealing with mental illness, trauma, and substance use disorders.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Individual psychotherapyCrisis interventionSubstance use disorder treatmentMental health assessment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Therapist or Clinical Trainee at Canvas Health a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Mental Health Therapy counselor listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 28% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$70k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $71k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs · 23 employers

401k / retirement match
89% this job
Sign-on bonus
26%
PSLF eligible
22%
Loan repayment
19%
CME allowance
11%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 6.0
Better work-life than 50% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,038 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Cambridge

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$340k≈ 5.7× annual pay
Median resident rent
$1,302/mo≈ 26% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
104.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Canvas Health

Mental Health Care
Oakdale, MN
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Generous paid time off
Holidays and personal days
Wide-ranging healthcare coverage
Flexible spending accounts
Employee Assistance Program
Discounts on entertainment, travel, dining
Retirement savings plan with employer contributions
Performance-based awards