Mental Health Counselor Masters - Behavioral Health
Listed compensation
$37.84-$58.75/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Part-Time
- Call expectations
- No call
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
This is a part time position working 32 hours/week.
Provides therapeutic counseling interventions and psycho-education to patients
and their families on an outpatient basis.
Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team
at Providence Physician Service Organization and thrive in our culture of
patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and
mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and
retain the best people, we must empower them.
Required Qualifications
* Master's Degree in Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Social Work, or health
related field.
* Upon hire: Basic Life Support (Facility Managed)
* Family counseling or therapist experience.
Why Join Providence?
Our best-in-class benefits
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uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing
professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you
can focus on delivering our Mission [https://providence. jobs/mission/] of caring
for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.
The Providence family of organizations has a vision of health for a better
world. As such, we are called to care wisely for our communities, resources, and
earth. Our organizations strive to become carbon negative by 2030.
Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence
family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits,
including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include
changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies,
availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various
reasons.
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease
my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your
role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support
others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace
where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected.
Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals,
over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska,
California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a
comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing
best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the
poor and vulnerable.
Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this
position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this
position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other
applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional
compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials,
standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus
opportunities.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k)
Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental,
vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental
leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being
resources and much more. Learn more at providence. jobs/benefits
[https://providence. jobs/benefits/].
Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications
with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in
accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for
Employers and the California Fair Chance Act
[https://s3-us-west-2. amazonaws. com/images. provhealth. org/HR-onboarding/LA_County_Fair_Chance_Ordinance_2024. pdf].
Key Responsibilities
Provides therapeutic counseling interventions and psycho-education to patients and their families in an outpatient setting. Collaborates with the care team to deliver patient-focused, whole-person care.
Requirements
Requires a Master's degree in Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Social Work, or a related health field. Candidates must possess Basic Life Support certification and have prior experience in family counseling or therapy.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Counselor Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Alaska is 102.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$100k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $98k in an average-cost state. 58.9% of Alaska clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 40 active Mental Health Counseling listings this role was benchmarked against, 63% are remote, 38% have no call, 38% require no weekends.
Mental Health Counseling pay on WeekdayDoc is down 6.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Mental Health Counselor Masters - Behavioral Health at Providence a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Counseling — ranked against 554 active Mental Health Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Location & Logistics
Alaska has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$100k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$7k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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