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MASTERS LEVEL EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPIST (PER DIEM)

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Job Description

Responsibilities

The Horsham Clinic is seeking a dynamic and talented Expressive Arts/Activity Therapist Per Diem

The Horsham Clinic is a 206-bed, private behavioral healthcare facility located on a beautiful 55-acre suburban campus in Montgomery County. We are minutes from Philadelphia and serve patients and families from Southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

The Horsham Clinic provides comprehensive behavioral health services to children, adolescents, adults, and their families. In addition to our main campus in Ambler, we have two satellite partial hospitalization programs in Chester County and Delaware County.

Our program diversity reflects the needs of the community and the expertise of our board-certified Medical Directors that offer a combined 40-year of tenured experience at Horsham Clinic.

Visit us online at horshamclinic.com

The Expressive Arts Therapist is also responsible to provide a variety of group therapies consistent with the clinical needs of the population and the philosophy and objectives of The Horsham Clinic.

Job Summary

The Expressive Therapist is an active member of the treatment team responsible for providing trauma informed group therapy and psycho-education routed in the dialectical behavior therapy model.

They will lead a variety of skills training groups, process and/or expressive Therapy groups designed to meet the individualized needs of the population served. They is responsible to provide a variety of opportunities for patients to learn and demonstrate healthy adaptive skills. Certification in Creative Arts Therapies (Music, Dance/Movement and/or Drama).

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $11.6 billion in 2020.

In 2021, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2020, ranked #281 on the Fortune 500; and listed #330 in Forbes ranking of U.S.’ Largest Public Companies.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 89,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 334 behavioral health facilities, 39 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 38 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

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We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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Qualifications

Job Requirements

  • Exposure to psychiatric patients ( adults, adolescents and dual diagnosed patients), General hospital environment.
  • Experience in Group Therapy required**
  • Masters Degree and Certification in Creative Arts Therapies (Music, Dance/movement and/or Drama)
  • Licenses Certifications: CTRS, MT-BC, RDT, R-DMT, LPC
  • Demonstrates working knowledge of behavioral mental health, nursing clinical practices, and management
  • Knowledge of principles and practices relevant to nursing and patient care activities
  • Highly Developed written and verbal communication skills
  • 1 or more years of progressive experience in behavioral health setting preferred

Ability to plan, direct, and monitor others activities with demonstrated leadership abilities that contribute to a positive work environment.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Trauma informed careCreative arts therapyMusic therapyDance movement therapyDrama therapyClinical documentation

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 24% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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

median 6.1this job 2.8
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,035 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Horsham

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$431k
Typical market rent
$1,695/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.