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Psychiatric Medical Care
Collierville, Tennessee

Program Therapist

Counselor / TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$70k-$75k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Come join Psychiatric Medical Care's adolescent behavioral health outpatient program, "Embrace U". Embrace U is a combined IOP and PHP treating patients ages 10-18.

  • Location: Collierville, TN (onsite)
  • Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm
  • Salary: $70,000-$75,000 based on experience and licensure

Must have 2+ years of psych experience post Master's graduation. Must be licensed.

The Program Therapist provides therapeutic services for patients utilizing group, individual, and family therapy sessions to adolescents in an intensive outpatient environment. They work within a small, interdisciplinary team with a focus on quality patient care and provision of services ordered by a physician. The Licensed Therapist documents all completed services in compliance with provided standards and regulations and is thorough with details and organization.

  • 3 Cs:
  • Care – Provide the best possible patient care
  • Compliance – Ensure the program operates within all regulations
  • Community – Become a wonderful addition to your local community

A. Care: All employees are expected to provide the best possible patient care.

  • Ensure accurate completion of the psychosocial assessment on each patient.
  • Ensure accurate completion of group psychotherapy notes for each patient.
  • Ensure accurate completion of treatment plans.
  • Demonstrate understanding of mental health assessment of child/adolescent population.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of adolescent counseling treatment, group therapy, and evidenced based practices.
  • Provide understanding of adolescent case management.
  • Ensure appropriate discharge plan is in place for each patient.
  • B. Compliance: Ensure the program operates within all regulations
  • Participate in outcome studies timelines, understanding of administration of the tests and when they are to be reported.
  • Participate in treatment team meetings with medical director.
  • Complete all notes in prescribed timeline.
  • Comply with all regulations.

C. Community: Become a wonderful addition to your local community.

  • Demonstrate understanding of community education definitions and activities.
  • Participate in customer service training as it relates to community integration.
  • Present Embrace U to community as directed by Administrator.
  • Participate in cohesive team environment to ensure program success

Requirements

Education: master’s degree in social work from an accredited graduate school of social work or master’s degree in other counseling related field.

Licensure

License in Social Work or Counseling as recognized by state. May include LCSW, LPC, LMFT, etc.

Certification: Must meet any applicable state certification standards. CPR/BLS certification may be required based on site staffing needs, as at least one staff member onsite must maintain current CPR/BLS certification

Experience: Two to three years of clinical experience with adolescent population preferred.

Key Responsibilities

The Program Therapist provides therapeutic services including group, individual, and family therapy to adolescents in an intensive outpatient setting. They are responsible for maintaining accurate clinical documentation, treatment plans, and psychosocial assessments while working within an interdisciplinary team.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Individual therapyTreatment planningCrisis interventionInterdisciplinary collaborationEvidence-based practices

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Program Therapist at Psychiatric Medical Care a 6.4 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 7,926 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 44% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in mental health therapy (counseling)ranked against 7,926 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$70k–$75kMental Health Therapy median $73k (middle half $62k–$82k)311 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$79k in purchasing powerTennessee index 91.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Tennessee166 active7,885 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 34% remote · 44% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedTennessee Counselor listings: 12% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 10% offer loan repayment279 active listings, Oct 2026
Mental Health Therapy pay trend+2.3% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (7,926 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$73k midpoint, that is roughly $3k–$5k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
47%
Sign-on bonus
21%
Loan repayment
16%
PSLF eligible
5%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.4
Better work-life than 60% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,926 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Collierville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$363k≈ 5.2× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,891/mo≈ 32% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.2
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.