Recreation Expressive Therapist
Listed compensation
$25-$27/hr
Listing transparency3 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job Description
Mountain Lakes Services’ mission is to partner with people of all abilities to live their very best lives. Its vision is to be an inspirational model for advancing people’s journey through excellence, innovation, and connections.
Pay Range: $25.00-$27.00 per hour
Hours Available: (Flexible) Monday-Friday [8:00am-4:30pm] | Saturday-Sunday [OFF]
Do you currently have experience working in the mental health field leading individual and group activities and looking for a flexible schedule? Then Mountain Lake Services might be the place for you!
We are offering a flexible Monday through Friday schedule for our Recreation Expressive Therapist position located in Keeseville, NY.
What you get to do: Includes but is not limited to the following.
Provide individual, family, and group therapy sessions.
Help in the development of person-centered care plans in collaboration with the CTI Case Manager and clinical team.
Fulfill job duties in community settings such as homes, schools, hospitals, outpatient treatment locations, and TRS once open.
Requirements
Education: Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree with LCAT preferred.
Experience: Experience working with youth with mental health challenges, substance use issues, and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families is preferred.
- Develop your skills in an environment rich with training opportunities and career advancement.
- Employees matter! Benefits include:
- Paid Time Off (a heavy focus on work life balance)
- Pay on Demand
- Health, Dental, Vision, Agency funded Life Insurance at 4x annual salary
- Agency Paid Retirement
- Educational Assistance
- Eligible Employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- Opportunities for advancement and training
- Robust Employee Assistance Program
- Mentorship program
Key Responsibilities
Provide individual, family, and group therapy sessions in community settings. Collaborate with the CTI Case Manager and clinical team to develop person-centered care plans.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Recreation Expressive Therapist at Dayforce a 6.8 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 7,850 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 34% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$54k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $50k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Listing-based score
Above average in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling)
- No weekends
Living in Keeseville
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $217k
- Median resident rent
- $1,091/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 21 min
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.