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Highfields
Jackson, Michigan · Hybrid

Outpatient Therapist

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$48k-$56k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

The Outpatient Mental Health Therapist provides supportive assessment, treatment and resource development for individuals and families through the provision of services underwritten by insurance companies, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services counseling contracts, and/or community mental health authorities.

Essential Functions

  • Engage with children, adults and families, assisting them to improve their functioning.
  • Assess, provide a diagnosis, and devise practical intervention strategies.
  • Provide clinical interventions in settings including, but not limited to, homes, community settings, or office.
  • Provide services according to model expectation across multiple referral bases.
  • Interact with clients in non-traditional settings and during non-traditional hours.
  • Document services using an electronic medical record and/or other formats.
  • Represent Highfields and the clients served through interacting with referral sources.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Master's degree in counseling, social work, or directly related field.
  • State licensure commensurate with required degree (Consideration given if currently in process of obtaining or ability to obtain.).
  • One year or more experience in providing counseling services to children and families.
  • Valid driver's license.

Benefits

  • 4 weeks paid time off (accrual begins on first day)
  • 11 paid holidays and paid birthday and paid floating holiday
  • Paid mileage
  • Ability to work remotely
  • License supervision
  • Paid licensing practice exam, seminar, and final exam
  • Paid training opportunities
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance (after 30 days)
  • Short term disability
  • 401(k)
  • Student Loan Forgiveness qualifying employer
  • Work-Life balance

Key Responsibilities

The therapist provides supportive assessment, treatment, and resource development for individuals and families across various settings. They are responsible for documenting services in electronic medical records and representing the organization to referral sources.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in counseling, social work, or a related field and possess appropriate state licensure. At least one year of experience in providing counseling services to children and families is required.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Clinical assessmentCase managementFamily therapyChild therapyCrisis intervention

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Therapist at Highfields a 6.3 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 8,029 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Counselor Career Context

Highfields ranks #18 of 19 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 32% have no call, 70% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$52k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $54k in an average-cost state. 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Benefits & Perks24 jobs · 21 employers

401k / retirement match
96% this job
CME allowance
42%
Loan repayment
25% this job
PSLF eligible
21% this job
Sign-on bonus
13%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 6.3
Better work-life than 50% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,029 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Highfields

Individual and Family Services
Onondaga, MI
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

4 weeks PTO
11 paid holidays
Paid birthday
Paid floating holiday
Paid mileage
Ability to work remotely
License supervision
Paid licensing exams