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Los Angeles, California

AMFT or ASW therapist for addiction treatment

Counselor 8.0 Work-LifeFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not disclosed

  • Top 10%work-life in Addiction Medicine (Counseling)

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Description

Harmony Place treatment facility is located in the upscale area of Woodland Hills, California. We specialize in helping our clients obtain the life skills needed to overcome drug and alcohol addiction as well as co-occurring mental health problems.

  • Medical (Company pays 80% for Full time employees), Vision and Dental Insurance offered
  • Paid Time Off
  • 401K with match up to 3.5%
  • Free meal every day prepared by amazing chef.
  • Your talent, experience, and ambition are recognized and rewarded.

Primary Purpose and Function

The therapist fulfills direct service, including individual, couple/family and group psychotherapy, consultations, and crisis intervention.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Master’s or Doctorate Degree in psychology, social work, or counseling.
  • Licensed by California Board of Behavioral Sciences license eligible (AMFT; ASW), in good standing.

Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in evaluating and/or treating persons suffering from substance abuse and/or mental illness.

DHCS Standard 13010(b)(6) requires personnel file to contain health screening report and tuberculosis test results.

Core Competency (minimum skills, knowledge, and experience needed to preform essential functions and responsibilities)

  • Clinical assessment & diagnosis
  • Treatment planning
  • Case presentation
  • Therapeutic interventions
  • Discharge planning

Requirements

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

  • Knowledge of drug and alcohol dependency, mental health, family systems and 12-step/recovery resources in the community.
  • Maintain appropriate documentation as required.
  • Conduct assessments of clients at the time of admission and re-assessments as required.
  • Conduct mental status examinations.
  • Provide appropriate diagnoses and treatment recommendations based on a review of the client’s history, signs, and symptoms.
  • Provide individual, couple/family, and group psychotherapy as needed.
  • Ability to demonstrate respect for cultural and lifestyle diversities of clients and staff.
  • Crisis intervention services, including 5150 determinations.
  • Treatment Planning.
  • Participation in Case Conference Reviews.
  • Provide Utilizations Reviews as required.

Knowledge of current legal standards pertaining to professional practice, reporting requirements, professional boundaries, and relate issues.

Harmony Place’s Core Values

Harmony Place employees form a team with the highest standards who are individually and collectively committed to provide the highest level of care and service for our clients, their families and referents. As such, we require all of our employees to embody our core values detailed below:

Integrity: We are honest and accountable for our performance. We treat our clients and colleagues with respect and dignity.

Quality: We focus on consistent and competent performance of our duties. Careful attention to communication and follow-through produces excellent delivery of care.

Compassion: Harmony Place prides itself on being a safe, comfortable and contained environment that supports healing, recovery and hope. Every client is treated with empathy, caring, and kindness.

Collaboration: We employ a “whole person” perspective to treatment. To that end, our program not only focuses on the client, but the family system as well. We pool resources form clients, families, peers, partners and professionals to deliver exceptional care.

Service: We aid by creating a safe, calm shelter for our clients to risk exploring emotional issues that emerge in treatment.

Key Responsibilities

The therapist provides direct clinical services including individual, couple, family, and group psychotherapy. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, creating treatment plans, and performing crisis interventions for clients with addiction and mental health issues.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Mental Status ExaminationUtilization Review

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates AMFT or ASW therapist for addiction treatment at JMG INVESTMENTS a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Addiction Medicine (Counseling) — ranked against 1,299 active Addiction Medicine (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 8.0
Among the best 10% of Addiction Medicine (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,299 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Los Angeles

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$923k
Typical market rent
$2,778/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance (80% paid)
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
Paid Time Off
401K with 3.5% Match
Free Daily Meals