MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST

1 day ago
La Crosse, WisconsinFull TimeMental Health Therapy
✓ No Call✓ No Weekends

Job Description

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligible

This position qualifies for federal student loan forgiveness. After 10 years of qualifying payments while working full-time for a nonprofit employer, the remaining balance on your Direct Loans may be forgiven.

About the Role

Join La Crosse County as a Mental Health Therapist – Justice-Involved Focus in United States.

Key Responsibilities

  • making processes. Drive initiatives that create positive impacts beyond the organization. Demonstrate Emotional Intelligence Show self
  • time clinicians, social workers, and interns. Collaborates with the Re
  • making. May provide administrative supervision of interns, consistent with educational and licensure

Requirements

  • involved populations. Familiarity with Motivational Interviewing or other evidence
  • based practices for co

Benefits & Compensation

  • PSLF eligible (Public Service Loan Forgiveness).

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • Flexible scheduling available.

This position offers student loan benefits. Work with La Crosse County in United States.

Key Skills

Clinical assessmentTreatment planningSubstance use assessmentIndividual therapyGroup therapyCrisis interventionSuicide risk assessmentCare coordinationDocumentationMotivational interviewingClinical supervisionBehavioral healthCase managementEvidence-based practicesData entry
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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST at La Crosse County a 7.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% of all Mental Health Therapy psychologist listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Positions in this range offer a solid balance between clinical responsibility and personal time. Most providers report manageable workloads with adequate recovery time.

Mental Health Therapy — Psychologist Career Context

This Mental Health Therapy position at La Crosse County is open to psychologist candidates.

Psychologists are seeing unprecedented demand driven by the mental health crisis, with telehealth dramatically expanding access and enabling fully remote practice.

Compensation Analysis

This employer qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Eligible clinicians can have their remaining federal student loan balance forgiven after 120 qualifying monthly payments (10 years). For physicians and advanced practice providers carrying significant educational debt, PSLF eligibility can represent hundreds of thousands of dollars in long-term financial benefit.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Why This Position Stands Out

  • No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
  • No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Clinical assessment, Treatment planning, Substance use assessment, Individual therapy, Group therapy, Crisis intervention, Suicide risk assessment, Care coordination. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Mental Health Therapy role.

Core responsibilities: The therapist will conduct mental health and substance use assessments, develop treatment plans, and provide individual and group therapy to justice-involved individuals. They will also collaborate with re-entry programs and provide clinical support to staff and interns within correctional and commu...

Benefits package: Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension, Affordable health, dental, vision insurance, Generous paid time off, 10+ paid holidays, Flexible schedules, Wellness programs, Clinical supervision available. A comprehensive benefits package is an important factor in evaluating total compensation beyond base salary.

About WeekdayDoc

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About La Crosse County

Government Administration
La Crosse, WI
2-5

Benefits & Perks

Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension
Affordable health, dental, vision insurance
Generous paid time off
10+ paid holidays
Flexible schedules
Wellness programs
Clinical supervision available
7.7

Work-Life Balance Score

Top 25%

Protective Factors (3)

No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)

No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)

Flexible scheduling (Schedule control protective)

Interpretation: Position demonstrates strong burnout protection with 3 validated protective factors.

Job Details

Employment Type

Full-time

Posted

yesterday

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