Community Licensed Mental Health Therapist

Counselor / TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$30-$40/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

ACE Wellness Center is seeking a licensed Clinical Psychotherapist to join our team. The Clinical Psychotherapist provides individual, group, and family psychotherapy to a small caseload of young adults in Northeast Ohio.

ACE Wellness Center is a mental health agency that provides psychotherapy services for children, youth, and adults. Many of the individuals we serve struggle with anxiety, depression, attention difficulties, and learning challenges that interfere with their ability to live independently.

We utilize a collaborative treatment team approach, providing support in areas such as academics, executive functioning, life skills, wellness, and therapeutic development.

Clinical Environment

We are committed to providing exceptional therapeutic services. To support this commitment, our clinicians participate in:

Regular supervision and case conferences

Ongoing professional training

Bimonthly group psychotherapy consultation

Psychoanalytic case consultation

Recent Trainings Have Included

Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP)

Our program also incorporates an experiential therapy model, placing clinical work within the context of structured activities.

Responsibilities

Provide individual, group, and family psychotherapy

Conduct diagnostic intakes upon admission and complete discharge summaries upon program completion

Maintain clinical documentation, including progress notes and treatment plans

Requirements

Active Ohio licensure (LPC, LPCC, LSW, LISW, or equivalent)

Experience working with clients exposed to trauma, PTSD, and a variety of mental health conditions

Experience documenting clinical and progress notes in an electronic health record (EHR) system

Willingness to perform additional duties as assigned by the Clinical Director

JOB TYPE: Full-Time

Pay

$30.00 – $40.00 per hour

Benefits

401(k)

Dental insurance

Employee discount

Flexible schedule

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Referral program

Vision insurance

SCHEDULE: Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay

Bonus pay

WORK LOCATION: One location (in-person)

Flexible work from home options available.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Individual psychotherapyTreatment planningTrauma-informed carePTSD treatmentCase managementCrisis intervention

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Community Licensed Mental Health Therapist at Ace Wellness Center a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,558 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Counselor Career Context

In Ohio, the Mental Health Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$65k (217 salary observations; 1,177 listings), vs ~$74k nationally (5,791 salary observations; 23,259 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 32% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.6 / 10 · above average in mental health therapy (counseling)ranked against 7,558 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Ohio vs national$65k median in Ohio$74k nationally (−12%)217 state / 5,791 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$78k in purchasing powerOhio index 92.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Ohio401 active7,579 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 30% remote · 32% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedOhio counselor listings (all specialties): 23% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 17% offer loan repayment612 active listings, Nov 2026
New Mental Health Therapy listings2,476 in the last 30 days1,365 the 30 days before (+81%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Mental Health Therapy pay trend−1.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (7,558 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings), 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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Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.6
Better work-life than 60% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,558 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • On-site
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About Ace Wellness Center

Mental Health Care
Berea, Ohio
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

401(k)
Dental Insurance
Employee Discount
Flexible Schedule
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off
Referral Program

Living in Lorain

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$156k
Typical market rent
$1,104/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
State income tax
Up to 4%
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.