Associate Mental Health Therapist
Listed compensation
$65k-$75k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
- Associate Mental Health Therapist
- Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
- Work Setting: Fully Remote
- Salary: $65,000–$75,000 per year
- Schedule: Monday–Friday
Role Overview
This remote position is open to an associate-level therapist who will provide counseling under the guidance of a licensed supervisor. You’ll have regular client sessions while continuing to build your clinical skills through supervision, feedback, and case review. The role offers a balance of independent client work and ongoing support, giving you space to develop your own style while having someone to turn to when questions or more complex situations come up.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct virtual counseling sessions with individual clients
- Complete initial client meetings and gather relevant history
- Bring active cases to supervision for review and guidance
- Use feedback from supervision to support your work with clients
- Keep clinical notes and required records accurate and current
- Follow established steps when urgent or safety-related concerns arise
- Work with support staff when scheduling or client coordination is needed
- Protect client privacy and maintain professional boundaries
- Follow Arkansas requirements for associate-level mental health practice
- Graduate degree in an appropriate behavioral health discipline.
Current state-issued associate, provisional, temporary, intern, candidate, or other supervised-practice credential in counseling, clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, or a related mental health discipline.
Credential must authorize the applicant to provide clinical services under supervision to clients located in AR.
- Ability to work under the supervision required by the applicable licensing board.
- Salary range of $65,000–$75,000 annually.
- Fully remote employment.
- Stable Monday–Friday schedule.
- Regular supervision and collaborative case consultation.
- Opportunities for clinical and professional development.
- Operational support for scheduling, documentation, and telehealth delivery.
- Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply today.
Requirements
Requires a graduate degree in a behavioral health discipline and a current state-issued associate or provisional credential for clinical practice in Arkansas. Candidates must be capable of working under supervision as mandated by the state licensing board.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Associate Mental Health Therapist at Gotham Enterprises a 6.7 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 7,896 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, remote work flexibility.
Counselor Career Context
Gotham Enterprises ranks #4 of 21 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 79/100, 729 active listings.
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 70% are remote, 26% have no call, 60% require no weekends — this position is remote.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.7 / 10 · above average in mental health therapy (counseling) | ranked against 7,896 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $65k–$75k | Mental Health Therapy median $83k (middle half $73k–$98k)155 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | remote | peers: 70% remote · 26% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US Counselor listings: 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 18% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Mental Health Therapy listings | 2,572 in the last 30 days | 1,558 the 30 days before (+65%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Mental Health Therapy pay trend | −2.1% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
| Gotham Enterprises | silver tier, 79/100 · #4 of 21 for pay | Top Employers work-life index729 active listings |
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- No weekends
- Remote