Therapist
Listed compensation
$70k-$90k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
- Pay: $70,000 - $90,000 a year (DOE)
- Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PMSome weekends for intakes and occasional evenings to accommodate family schedules
- Location: 7809 Schelhorn Rd, Alexandria VA 23306
- Position Type: Full Time
We are looking for a skilled and empathetic Adolescent Therapist that wants to make a difference and be part of an amazing and growing team located in White Haven, Pennsylvania, along the Lehigh River near the Pocono Mountains.
Our serene and private environment nestled within the rolling woodlands and meadows of the foothills provides an ideal setting for reflection and growth. 77 beautiful acres within the Pocono Mountains create a natural, tranquil, peaceful and healing setting.
Join us at Embark at our short-term residential facility at White Haven, Pennsylvania where therapists offer guidance and support to female adolescents and their families that include multi-modal family system approaches to amplify and solidify change.
At Embark Behavioral Health, therapists will be advocating for client and family care through strong assessments and treatment planning, ongoing progress monitoring with detailed case management, community based support and robust aftercare planning.
Responsibilities
Managing a caseload size of six (6) clients; we believe allows for you to build good rapport with clients and families for effective treatment and outcome results
- Provide individual, family and group therapy
- Parent coaching
- Case management and team management
- Crisis management / de-escalation
- Treatment planning
- Utilize assessment tools
- Utilization review
- Documentation in our electronic medical record
Qualifications
Minimum master's Degree in Behavioral Sciences - Social Work (MSW,) Clinical Social Work (CSW,) Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or a related discipline.
- Fully licensed in state of Pennsylvania or working toward licensure.
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Social Worker (LSW) or equivalent
NPI Number and CAQH Profile
- A desire to facilitate client growth through a team approach, working with other care providers.
- A desire to perform and develop counseling/therapeutic expertise in individual, family, and group therapy.
Preferred - Two years of working experience as a licensed therapist leading individual, family, and group therapy sessions.
Preferred - One year of experience in a residential setting using relational, experiential, and systemic modalities.
- Ability to plan, implement, and adjust a course of treatment as required.
- Ability to pass a state background check
Benefits
Access to professional growth using our leading edge strategies and trainings with our exceptional leaders
Competitive Salary
Comprehensive Benefit Program that includes medical insurance with a generous company contribution towards a high deductible plan, dental insurance, vision insurance, voluntary life and AD&D insurance, long-term disability, 401K with company matching, and paid maternal leave.
Company Paid Holidays plus a PTO accrual schedule.
Opportunity to foster relationships with adolescents and their families, create joy in their lives, and heal generations.
Join a team of nationally recognized industry leaders who provide you with a framework of training, support, and long-term advancement opportunities.
Embark and team members embrace the core values of empathy, trusting relationships, service, growth, and results.
Embark is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Embark is committed to enriching the therapeutic and healing experience it offers through the diversity of its employees and community. Embark seeks to recruit and support a broadly diverse staff who will contribute to the organization's excellence, diversity of viewpoints and experiences, and relevance in a global society.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Therapist at Embark Behavioral Health 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 7,961 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 30% have no call, 52% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$80k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $82k in an average-cost state. 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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