Behavioral Health Therapist

Counselor / TherapistIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$54k-$92k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

Location Address

1202 Highway 60 Socorro, NM 87801-3914

Compensation Pay Range

Minimum Offer $53,768.00 Maximum Offer $91,520.00

Summary

  • Responsible for the delivery of behavioral health services to individuals, families, and groups.
  • How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.
  • Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
  • Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
  • Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
  • Malpractice liability insurance
  • Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
  • EPIC electronic charting system

Type of Opportunity: Full time FTE: 1.00 Job Exempt: Yes Work Shift: Days (United States of America)

Responsibilities

Presbyterian is seeking a compassionate and skilled Behavioral Health Therapist to deliver comprehensive counseling services to individuals, families, and groups. In this role, you will work primarily with senior and disabled adults presenting with diverse behavioral health diagnoses.

As a core member of an interdisciplinary care team, you will conduct patient assessments, develop and execute individualized care plans, and facilitate engaging therapeutic group sessions to drive high-quality patient outcomes and enhance overall well-being.

Direct Clinical Care: Provide individual, family, and group therapy sessions tailored to the unique needs of senior and disabled adult populations.

Care Planning & Execution: Conduct clinical assessments to design, implement, and adjust comprehensive individualized plans of care.

Engaging Group Therapy: Design and facilitate creative, interactive group activities to enhance participant engagement and therapeutic effectiveness.

Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Partner closely with an interdisciplinary healthcare team to coordinate care and drive optimal patient health outcomes.

Patient Advocacy & Support: Assist patients and families in navigating and accessing community resources and support services to promote long-term health and quality of life.

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in counseling/social work.
  • 1-3 years’ experience in Clinical Therapy
  • Licensure required LCSW or LPCC preferred; will accept LMSW with commitment to test within 1 year for LCSW.
  • We're all about well-being, starting with yours.

Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more.

Learn more about our employee benefits.

About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.

Compensation Disclaimer

The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.

We're Determined to Support New Mexico's Well-Being | Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Behavioral health therapyIndividual therapyFamily therapyInterdisciplinary collaborationCrisis intervention

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 82% are remote, 16% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$54k–$92kMental Health Therapy median $75k (middle half $64k–$87k)313 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$79k in purchasing powerNew Mexico index 92.2 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in New Mexico70 active7,883 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 82% remote · 16% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentNew Mexico Counselor listings: 13% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 43% offer loan repayment147 active listings, Oct 2026
Mental Health Therapy pay trend+2.0% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
21%
Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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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 7,907 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends
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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Hospitals and Health Care
Albuquerque, NM
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Educational and career development options
Tuition and certification reimbursement
Scholarship opportunities
Staff Safety wearable badge
Differentials for night/weekend shifts
Malpractice liability insurance
Loan forgiveness through NM Higher Education Department
EPIC electronic charting system

Living in Socorro

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$214k≈ 4.0× annual pay
Median resident rent
$711/mo≈ 16% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
11 min
State income tax
Up to 5.9%
Sources & methodology

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

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