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PATH (People Acting to Help)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Outpatient Therapist

Counselor / TherapistFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Why Work at PATH?

A Career with Meaning

At PATH, our team members are at the heart of what we do, so we work hard to give them the best reasons to work here — and to stay here.

In addition to the satisfaction of making a real difference in people's lives, we offer:

  • Competitive pay
  • Annual increases
  • Performance and longevity bonuses
  • Comprehensive benefits package for staff and family
  • Generous number of paid holidays, vacation, sick, and personal time
  • No-cost pension plan
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities, including licensure supervision
  • Cutting-edge treatment facility, resources, and treatment modalities
  • Opportunities for advancement and growth within the organization
  • Eligible for the Federal Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program
  • Referral bonus for referring a friend who accepts employment

Qualifications

  • Master’s Degree from an accredited college/university in a Human Services profession.
  • LCSW, LPC or LMFT, or licensure eligible preferred.
  • One year post-Master’s experience with children/youth/families.

SPECIFIC DUTIES: Adult Outpatient

  • Provide direct clinical treatment including individual, couple, family, and group therapy using approved treatment modalities and interventions
  • Provide case management services as needed for children/families
  • Maintain liaison contacts with schools and other agencies involved with assigned children/families
  • Work 2 – 3 evenings per week.

Physical Demands

Minimal in nature.

Key Responsibilities

Provide direct clinical treatment including individual, couple, family, and group therapy using approved modalities. Maintain liaison contacts with schools and other agencies while providing case management services for children and families.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Individual therapyCouple therapyFamily therapyChildren and youth services

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 18% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingPennsylvania index 97.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Pennsylvania438 active7,894 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 20% remote · 18% no call · 80% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentPennsylvania Counselor listings: 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 14% offer loan repayment740 active listings, Nov 2026
New Mental Health Therapy listings2,509 in the last 30 days1,511 the 30 days before (+66%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Mental Health Therapy pay trend−2.9% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Counselor Jobs

48 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

47 jobs · 37 employers
22
<$65k
13
$65k-80k
9
$80k-95k
3
$95k-110k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

38 jobs · 37 employers
401k / retirement match
95% this job
CME allowance
32%
Sign-on bonus
21%
Loan repayment
18% this job
PSLF eligible
3% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Student Mental Health Counselor

Advocate Health · Winston-Salem, North Carolina

$30.7-$46.05/hr
#2

Child and Adolescent Therapist - LSW, LAPCContract

Blackbird Health · Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania

$40k-$95k
#3

Remote Child and Adolescent Therapist, PA License (LCSW, LPC, LMFT)

$45k-$95k
#4

Licensed Therapist

$30-$45/hr
+ 46 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,891 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Benefits & Perks

Competitive pay
Annual increases
Performance and longevity bonuses
Comprehensive benefits package for staff and family
Generous paid holidays, vacation, sick, and personal time
No-cost pension plan
Ongoing professional development including licensure supervision
Opportunities for advancement

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$203k
Typical market rent
$1,757/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 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.