Outpatient Therapist
Listed compensation
starting at $64K
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Job Description
Ready for a summer schedule that works for you?
Summer Fun Fridays at Northeast Family Services!
We close at 12:30pm every Friday from Memorial Day through Labor Day — giving our team more time to relax, recharge, and enjoy the summer sunshine!
Are you looking for a rewarding career helping children, adults and families thrive? If you are a dedicated mental health professional seeking a new role, we are looking for you! Don’t miss the opportunity to join a wonderful team of invested professionals at a rapidly growing and well-regarded organization.
Positions offer flexible schedules, highly competitive benefits including comprehensive health plans, generous vacation and sick time, education time as well as 11 paid holidays and additional self-care days.
Supervision provided to achieve advanced licensure!
The Outpatient Therapist is a mental health professional who serves as the primary therapist and contact for clients. The Outpatient Therapist develops treatment methodologies and ensures the effective implementation of all treatment for clients on their caseload.
Stipend available for Bilingual candidates English / Spanish!
Qualifications
- MA degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or related Human services field.
- LCSW, LMHCA, LICSW, LMHC license in State of Rhode Island
- Clinical experience working with children, adolescents, and adults
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills
- Experience in quality management preferred
- Proficiency with computers, including Microsoft Office
Benefits: (Full time employees)
- Health, dental & vision
- 3 weeks paid vacation
- 11 Paid holidays (including Juneteenth, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and NY Eve.)
- Generous sick time including mental health days
- 401k retirement plan with up to 4% match
- Voluntary short and long-term disability
- Voluntary Life Insurance
- Mileage reimbursement
- Longevity award - Monetary bonus and a vacation day annually
- Company provided laptop and cell phone
- Opportunity for professional growth
- Supervision for licensure provided
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Personal cell phone discount
- Summer fun Fridays!
Compensation
- Full Time: Salary starting at $64,000!
- Retention bonus at 6 months!
- Stipend available for bilingual English / Spanish
Key Responsibilities
The Outpatient Therapist acts as the primary therapist and main contact for assigned clients, developing treatment methodologies to ensure effective implementation of all client treatments.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Therapist at Northeast Family Services a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,863 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include flexible scheduling.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 64% are remote, 36% have no call, 74% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Rhode Island is 102.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.1% of Rhode Island clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 7.2 / 10 · top 25% in mental health therapy (counseling) | ranked against 7,863 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Mental Health Therapy median $73k (middle half $63k–$84k)298 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost of living | Rhode Island index 102.3 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Mental Health Therapy listings in Rhode Island | 52 active | 7,884 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 64% remote · 36% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,863 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.