Therapist | Columbus, GA

Counselor / TherapistNo nightsFull-Time

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

Mental health counselingCrisis interventionInterdisciplinary collaborationRegulatory complianceCommunication 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.

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$60k–$70kMental Health Therapy median $118k (middle half $54k–$118k)13 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$67k in purchasing powerGeorgia index 96.3 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Georgia169 active7,502 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 46% remote · 42% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedGeorgia counselor listings (all specialties): 8% state a sign-on bonus · 16% offer loan repayment295 active listings, Nov 2026
New Mental Health Therapy listings2,575 in the last 30 days1,373 the 30 days before (+88%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Atlantic Health Strategies#12 of 17 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 5.1
Better work-life than 40% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,459 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Benefits & Perks

Daytime schedule

Living in Columbus

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$163k≈ 2.7× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,331/mo≈ 27% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.3
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Columbus, GA-AL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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