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La Crosse, Wisconsin

Addiction Therapist, Residential Addiction Treatment Facility

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Emplify Health (Gundersen Region) currently has a need for a full-time Addiction Therapist (mental health & substance use disorder) within our Residential Addiction Treatment Facilities. Acceptable licensure includes: LPC, LCSW or LMFT.

This position will focus primarily on providing mental health and substance use disorder therapy services to patients involved in our Residential Addiction Treatment Facilities. This Therapist will join a multidisciplinary team of providers (e. g. Addictionologists, Psychiatrists, Nurse Practitioners’, Registered Nurses’, Medical Assistants’ and social workers) to provide quality Behavioral Health services to a diverse population.

Practice Highlights

  • Competitive Salary, Relocation, and Exceptional Benefits
  • Teaching and Research are supported
  • Highly collaborative team includes Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Psychiatric NPs, an Internal Medicine physician and a host of Master’s prepared Therapists and Counselors
  • Colleagues in Palliative Care, Neurology, Sleep Medicine, Women’s Health, Pain Medicine and many others contribute to integrated, multispecialty health care for our patients

We offer a competitive compensation package including loan forgiveness, CME dollars & days, vacation, an outstanding retirement package and great work-life balance among a collaborative and collegial group of behavioral health providers.

Must have completed an accredited program and be eligible to obtain a license to practice in our multi-state region with no restrictions or limitations. Advanced practice clinicians work under the direct supervision of a physician. Clinician staff may need to provide outreach service as part of their role in the system. Teaching students, residents, fellows or clinical staff is cornerstone to our Medical Education philosophy and an expectation of all clinicians.

Primary Recruiter

Brent Wood

Recruiter Email Address

bawood@emplifyhealth.org

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Key Responsibilities

The therapist will provide mental health and substance use disorder therapy services to patients within a residential treatment facility. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver quality behavioral health care and participate in the education of students and clinical staff.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a valid LPC, LCSW, or LMFT license and have completed an accredited program. The role requires the ability to obtain licensure in the multi-state region and a commitment to medical education and collaborative care.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Mental Health TherapyClinical CounselingMultidisciplinary CollaborationPatient CareCrisis InterventionTreatment PlanningClinical DocumentationOutreach Services

Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 48% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Wisconsin is 94.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.7% of Wisconsin clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many Substance Use / Addiction Counselor jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingWisconsin index 94.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings in Wisconsin258 active13,632 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 40% remote · 48% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
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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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 30% of Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,008 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Gundersen Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
La Crosse, WI
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Loan Forgiveness
CME Dollars & Days
Vacation
Retirement Package
Relocation Assistance

Living in La Crosse

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$277k
Typical market rent
$1,080/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.8
State income tax
Up to 7.7%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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