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Monte Nido & Affiliates
White Plains, New York

Primary Therapist

Counselor / TherapistIncludes weekendsPart-Time

Listed compensation

$31.89-$40.87/hr

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Job Description

  • Grow with us!
  • Primary Therapist
  • Eating Disorder Center of Westchester
  • White Plains, NY

Monte Nido Eating Disorder Center of Westchester, located in White Plains, NY is a primary eating disorder day treatment program exclusively for aadults seeking treatment for Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, or Exercise Addiction. Through partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programming, clients participate in group and individual therapy, benefit from Monte Nido’s clinical, medical, psychiatric and nutritional expertise and experience real life challenges.

  • We are seeking a Primary Therapist to join our multi-disciplinary treatment team.
  • Salary: $31.89-$40.87/HR
  • Schedule: Part Time 3 days a week (8am-4pm)
  • Saturday availability needed

Total Rewards

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Responsibilities Include

  • Providing individual, group, and family therapy
  • Serving as liaison with families and outpatient providers
  • Interact with insurance companies for pre-certification and utilization management
  • Participating in discharge and aftercare planning
  • Therapeutic meal support, while modeling a healthy relationship with food

Provides safe, empathetic, and affirming care for each client and their unique circumstance based on the clients' intersecting identities

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in clinical counseling or related discipline, at minimum
  • State license (or license-eligible) in a counseling field (e. g., Psychologist, LMFT, LCSW, LPC)
  • Prior experience with eating disorders and higher levels of care is helpful
  • Knowledge of diversity, equity and inclusion practices

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Key Responsibilities

The Primary Therapist will provide individual, group, and family therapy while serving as a liaison with families and outpatient providers. They are also responsible for managing insurance pre-certifications and participating in discharge and aftercare planning.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Group therapyEating disorder treatmentDischarge planningCrisis interventionCase managementPsychotherapyDiversity and inclusionInsurance pre-certification

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 22% have no call, 62% 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 pay$66k–$85kMental Health Therapy median $48k (middle half $43k–$69k)64 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$70k in purchasing powerNew York index 107.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in New York325 active7,880 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 46% remote · 22% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNew York Counselor listings: 10% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 11% offer loan repayment801 active listings, Nov 2026
New Mental Health Therapy listings2,570 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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Benefits & Perks

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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 7,846 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in White Plains

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$863k
Typical market rent
$3,301/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

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