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Pathways For Change
Emmaus, Pennsylvania

Licensed Mental Health Therapist, LPC, LCSW, LMFT

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$80k-$90k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Love Working with KIDS?

You Should Love Where You Work, Too.

Pathways For Change Children's Counseling Center is growing, and we are looking for exceptional LPC's, LCSW's, and LMFT's who want more than just another therapy job.

We are a thriving, established children's counseling practice in Emmaus PA built around one simple belief:

We Build Experts

If you want to become exceptional at treating children, adolescents and families, we will invest in helping you get there.

  • Imagine coming to work where...
  • Your caseload is built for you
  • You have strong administrative and billing support
  • You are not expected to spend your evenings hunting for referrals
  • You work alongside clinicians who genuinely love this work
  • Specialized training and professional development are encouraged and supported
  • Your office is designed for working with children, not a generic room with two chairs and a desk
  • You can focus your energy where it belongs: doing excellent clinical work.
  • We are looking for clinicians who...

Are independently licensed in Pennsylvania as an LPC, LMFT, LCSW, and genuinely enjoy working with children, adolescents, and their families.

Our greatest client deman occurs after school, so clinicians must be comfortable providing substantial afternoon and evening availability.

We are looking for therapists who are curious, motivated, dependable, and excited about continuing to grow clinically.

What We Offer

  • Competitive Compensation
  • Health Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Strong, Established Referral Flow
  • Specialized Training and Professional Development
  • Clinical Consultation and Support
  • Administrative and Billing Support
  • Beautiful, Child-Centered Therapy Spaces
  • An Established Practice With Over 20 Years of Roots in the Community
  • You Become a Therapist to Help People.

You shouldn't have to become a marketer, biller, and business owner just to build a successful clinical career:

Come do the work you love

We will help build the rest

Pathways for Change

  • Children's Counseling Center
  • We Build Experts

Apply today to start a conversation. We would love to meet you.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality clinical therapy services to children, adolescents, and their families. Maintain a consistent caseload and engage in ongoing professional development and clinical consultation.

Requirements

Must hold an independent license in Pennsylvania as an LPC, LCSW, or LMFT. Candidates must be available to work during afternoon and evening hours to accommodate client needs.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Mental Health TherapyChild CounselingAdolescent TherapyFamily TherapyClinical DocumentationTreatment PlanningCrisis InterventionPsychotherapyCase Management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Mental Health Therapist, LPC, LCSW, LMFT at Pathways For Change a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 8,029 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 22% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$85k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $87k in an average-cost state. 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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$70k-90k
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$90k-110k
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$110k-130k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 28 employers

401k / retirement match
97%
Sign-on bonus
35%
CME allowance
35%
Loan repayment
13%
PSLF eligible
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,029 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Emmaus

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$361k≈ 4.5× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,808/mo≈ 27% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.0
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Pathways For Change

Non-profit Organizations
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Paid Time Off
Strong referral flow
Specialized training
Clinical consultation
Administrative and billing support