Outpatient Mental Health Therapist
Listed compensation
$80k-$90k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
We’re hiring a master level Therapist / Social Worker / Counselor to join our established Intensive Outpatient Therapy Program, serving older adults in Yreka, CA community since last summer (2025).
- Role: Outpatient Mental Health Therapist
- Location: Yreka, California
- Setting: Intensive Outpatient Therapy Program (IOP)
- Population: Older Adults, Ages 65+
- Salary: Up to $90,000/ year, dependent upon experience (THIS POSITION OFFERS A 1K SIGN ON BONUS!)
- Schedule: Full Time (Monday to Friday, 8a-5p)
*PMC can provide supervision for provisionally licensed Therapists, Counselors, and Social Workers.
*This opportunity provides up to 6 months of housing - if needed.
You’ll work alongside a collaborative care team providing compassionate mental health support to older adults!
Responsibilities
Collaborate with a small disciplinary team comprised of a psychiatric physician, RN Director, and medical office coordinator providing services to the senior population
- Use evidenced based therapeutic approaches and develop, personalize, and update treatment plans with your team
- Provide compliant documentation based on Medicare guidelines within a designated time-frame
- Our main focus is utilizing group therapy but also include:
- Individual sessions
- Family therapy (as needed)
- Assist with local community education
- Other duties as assigned
Work-Life Balance
- Monday-Friday
- No Weekends
- No On-Call
- 7 Paid Holidays Off Per Year
- PTO accrual
Competitive Benefits
- Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Matching 401k - vested on day one
- Furthering Education Assistance
Unmatched Clinical Support
- We have online resources at your fingertips 24/7, including a group curriculum toolkit.
- We connect you with our top therapists/social workers for peer-to-peer training and support.
- Previous Senior Life Solution employees ready to train you.
About Us
Senior Life Solutions is an intensive outpatient therapy program designed to meet the unique needs of individuals, typically 65 and older, experiencing depression and/or anxiety related to life changes often associated with aging.
Requirements
Licensure: License in Social Work or Counseling as recognized by the state; may include LISW, LCSW, LPC, LMFT, etc. – required *We can provide supervision for provisionally licensed therapists. *
Work with kindness and accountability to enhance the quality of life for our patients. required
Other
Upon an applicant’s request, the Company will consider a reasonable accommodation.
Successful completion of a full background check is required for employment. At times, this may include drug testing.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Mental Health Therapist at Psychiatric Medical Care a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,964 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.
Counselor Career Context
Psychiatric Medical Care ranks #5 of 23 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 24% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$85k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $77k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No call
- No weekends
Living in Yreka
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $269k≈ 3.4× annual pay
- Median resident rent
- $987/mo≈ 15% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 16 min
- State income tax
- Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.