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Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Military Family Life Counselor (MFLC) - Fort Leonard Wood

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$79K - $87.4K

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

MFLC Adult and Youth Behavioral Counselors

Venesco LLC is looking for Military Family Licensed Counselors (MFLC) to support military members and families at/around Fort Leonard Wood, MO. We are currently offering an $800 sign-on bonus for new hires!

In this role you will help members and families with the complex stresses of military life by providing a wide range of problem-solving skills to address areas such as deployment, frequent relocations, isolation from extended family members, children coping with the absence of a parent, child education, and spousal employment.

This position requires an independent license in any state. Eligible license types include: LCSW/LICSW, LMFT, LPC, LCPC, and LMHC. If you are working on your independent license, let's start the conversation!

Our team of mental healthcare professionals ensures that our active-duty service members and their families receive the exceptional care they deserve. The MFLC counselor is an independently licensed mental health professional who exercises discretion and independent judgement to provide appropriate resource information in the form of non-medical counseling, coaching, training and education to military service members and their families.

Non-medical counseling is supportive in nature and addresses: living conditions; life skills; improving relationships at home and at work; stress management; adjustment issues, such as those related to returning from deployment; marital problems; parenting, fear, grief and loss.

School counselors and Child Development Center Counselors are assigned to DoDEA schools, military childcare centers, and in some cases, local community schools. Counselors should have experience working in a school setting to qualify for CYB positions.

CYB counselors are also assigned to youth programs, summer camps, and for on demand assignments. CYB counselors are responsible for working closely with military branch Points of Contact (POCs) to assure that the program is provided within the scope of the contract and meets the needs of assigned installation.

It is an honor to provide non-medical services to active-duty service members and their families, and we are grateful to support such a valued customer and important mission.

Venesco, LLC, is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Venesco is committed to administering all employment and personnel actions on the basis of merit and free of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or status as an individual with a disability.

Consistent with this commitment, we are dedicated to the employment and advancement of qualified minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, persons of all ethnic backgrounds and religions according to their abilities.

For more information on Venesco, LLC., visit venesco.com.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

  • A Master’s degree in the Behavioral Health Professions
  • Minimum 2 years of post-master’s supervised clinical experience

Mental Health Licensure at the Independent Practice level; Eligible license types include: LCSW/LICSW, LMFT, LPC, LCPC, and LMHC.

School Counselors must demonstrate past experience working in a school setting or other Child/Youth Services setting.

Must be a U.S. citizen and be able to obtain a NACI level government security clearance

Desired

Prior military service/military family member and/or strong familiarity with the military culture

Key Responsibilities

Provide non-medical counseling, coaching, and education to military service members and their families to address life stressors. Counselors will work in various settings including military installations, schools, and youth programs to support mental well-being.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Mental health counselingCrisis interventionRelationship counselingParenting supportMilitary culture familiarityCase managementAdjustment counselingGrief and loss counseling

Clinical Psychology — Counselor Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$83k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $92k in an average-cost state. 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Clinical Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 52% are remote, 28% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Clinical Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 11.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Military Family Life Counselor (MFLC) - Fort Leonard Wood at VENES a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Clinical Psychology (Counseling) — ranked against 352 active Clinical Psychology (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

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401k / retirement match
91%
Sign-on bonus
48% this job
CME allowance
15%
PSLF eligible
12%
Loan repayment
9%

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Work-life snapshot

median 7.2this job 7.2
Better work-life than 60% of Clinical Psychology (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 352 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Fort Leonard Wood

Median resident rent
$1,250/mo
Residents’ average commute
9 min
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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