Therapist | Columbus, GA
Listed compensation
$60k-$70k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Columbus, GA | $60,000 - $70,000 Annually | Full-Time | On-Site
About Resilience Behavioral Health
Resilience Behavioral Health is a behavioral health treatment organization focused on supporting individuals experiencing mental health and related behavioral health challenges. The organization seeks to provide compassionate, individualized care that helps clients address their needs, develop coping strategies, and work toward meaningful treatment goals.
The Opportunity
Resilience Behavioral Health is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Therapist to join its clinical team in Columbus, Georgia. This full-time, on-site opportunity offers a daytime schedule and the chance to provide individualized therapeutic services to individuals receiving behavioral health treatment. The ideal candidate is committed to delivering client-centered care, building therapeutic relationships, and helping individuals make progress toward their treatment goals.
What You'll Do
Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments to identify client needs, presenting concerns, and appropriate treatment recommendations.
- Provide individual therapy using evidence-based therapeutic approaches tailored to each client's needs.
- Develop, implement, and regularly review individualized treatment plans in collaboration with clients.
Monitor client progress, evaluate treatment effectiveness, and adjust therapeutic interventions as clinically appropriate.
Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation, including assessments, progress notes, and individualized treatment plans.
Collaborate with clinical providers and interdisciplinary treatment team members to coordinate services and support continuity of care.
Maintain professional boundaries, client confidentiality, and compliance with applicable clinical, ethical, and regulatory standards.
Requirements
Required
Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, or a related behavioral health field.
Active Georgia clinical licensure as an LCSW, LMSW, LPC, APC, LMFT, or Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT), as applicable to the clinician's discipline and permitted scope of practice. Associate-level clinicians must practice under appropriate supervision.
Minimum of 1-2 years of relevant clinical experience providing mental health or behavioral health services.
Knowledge of clinical assessment, treatment planning, evidence-based therapeutic interventions, and clinical documentation.
Strong clinical judgment, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish therapeutic relationships and provide individualized, client-centered care.
Availability to work full-time, on-site in Columbus, Georgia, during daytime hours.
Benefits and Compensation
$60,000 - $70,000 annually, commensurate with experience and education.
This is an opportunity with Resilience Behavioral Health. Atlantic Health Strategies is recruiting on their behalf.
Key Responsibilities
The therapist will conduct comprehensive clinical assessments and provide evidence-based individual therapy to clients. They are also responsible for developing individualized treatment plans and maintaining accurate clinical documentation while collaborating with the interdisciplinary team.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Counselor Career Context
Atlantic Health Strategies ranks #12 of 17 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 42% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $60k–$70k | Mental Health Therapy median $118k (middle half $54k–$118k)13 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$67k in purchasing power | Georgia index 96.3 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Mental Health Therapy listings in Georgia | 169 active | 7,502 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 46% remote · 42% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Georgia counselor listings (all specialties): 8% state a sign-on bonus · 16% offer loan repayment295 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Mental Health Therapy listings | 2,575 in the last 30 days | 1,373 the 30 days before (+88%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Atlantic Health Strategies | #12 of 17 for pay | Top Employers work-life index |
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