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Tower Behavioral Health
Reading, Pennsylvania

PRN Therapist 1

Counselor / TherapistPer Diem

Compensation

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Job Description

Purpose Statement

Assess, diagnose and provide clinical services for those with behavioral health disorders

Essential Functions

  • Apply psychotherapeutic techniques and interventions in the delivery of services to individuals and families for the purpose of treating such diagnosed emotional and behavioral disorders.
  • Conduct a psychosocial assessment and develop an initial discharge plan.
  • Conduct individual, group or family sessions as appropriate for the treatment plan of the patient.
  • Provide initial treatment planning for patient based on assessment and coordinate any additional services needed, revising as necessary.
  • Maintain documentation of therapy services provided to each patient according to facility and professional standards and revising as indicated by facility or professional standard.
  • Maintain a caseload as assigned.
  • Participate in treatment team meetings and collaborate with other staff to facilitate services for the patient, as appropriate to their treatment plan.
  • May provide these services in an inpatient or outpatient setting.
  • May perform case management, discharge or after care planning as needed.
  • Demonstrate a positive, empathetic and professional attitude towards customers always. When patient needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.

Other Functions

  • Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

  • Master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or Human Services field required.
  • One or more years’ experience working with comparable patient population required.

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

  • Requisite state or national licensure for professional therapy providers or eligible for state licensure as a professional therapy provider.
  • CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
  • First aid may be required based on state or facility.

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e. g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.

TOWBH

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

PsychotherapyClinical assessmentDiagnosisDischarge planningCrisis interventionCollaborationGroup therapyIndividual therapyFamily therapy

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 28% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedMental Health Therapy median $68k (middle half $60k–$81k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingPennsylvania index 97.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Pennsylvania432 active7,936 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 36% remote · 28% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedPennsylvania Counselor listings: 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 13% offer loan repayment729 active listings, Nov 2026
New Mental Health Therapy listings2,572 in the last 30 days1,547 the 30 days before (+66%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Mental Health Therapy pay trend−2.5% 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.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Sign-on bonus
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 4.8
Better work-life than 40% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,846 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Reading

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$268k
Typical market rent
$1,472/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.1
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 · Reading, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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