Behavioral Health Therapist
Compensation
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Job Description
Could you be our next Behavioral Health Therapist at Mirmont Treatment Center?
Why work as a Behavioral Health Therapist with Main Line Health?
Make an Impact! If you’re passionate about mental health and helping individuals and families live full lives, join us as a Behavioral Health Therapist. You will assess and treat patients, lead educational lectures, crisis intervention, treatment and discharge planning and more. The work you do makes a tremendous impact!
Develop and Grow your Career! Invest in furthering your education through seeking certifications or advanced degrees by taking advantage of our Tuition Reimbursement! This position is eligible for up to $6,000 per year based upon your Full or Part Time status.
Join the Team! Like our patients, the Main Line Health Family encompasses a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Just as each of our patients requires a personalized care plan, each of our employees, physicians, and volunteers, bring distinctive talents to Main Line Health. Regardless of our unique design, we all share a purpose: providing superior service and care.
Position-Specific Benefits include: You are eligible for up to 160 hours of paid time off per year based on your Full or Part Time status. We also offer a number of employee discounts to various activities, services, and vendors... And employee parking is always free!
Position: Behavioral Health Therapist
Shift: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm; Monday - Friday plus 1 weekend per month; 1 holiday per year
Experience
1. Knowledge of mental health and/or substance abuse treatment standards.
2. Emergency psychiatric and/or acute psychiatric experience preferred.
Education
1. Bachelor's degree required.
2. Master's degree or above from an accredited college or university with a major in psychology, social work, counseling, nursing or other related field preferred.
Licensures/Certifications
Will help obtain certification or licensure as an addictions counselor or licensed mental health professional if not already obtained.
Key Responsibilities
The Behavioral Health Therapist will assess and treat patients while leading educational lectures and managing crisis interventions. They are also responsible for developing comprehensive treatment and discharge plans to support patient recovery.
Requirements
A bachelor's degree is required, with a master's degree in a related field preferred. Candidates should have knowledge of mental health or substance abuse treatment standards, with emergency or acute psychiatric experience preferred.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Behavioral Health Therapist at Main Line Health a 6.4 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.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 36% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.4 / 10 · above average in mental health therapy (counseling) | ranked against 7,558 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Mental Health Therapy median $70k (middle half $54k–$81k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Pennsylvania index 97.6 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Mental Health Therapy listings in Pennsylvania | 430 active | 7,579 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 20% remote · 36% no call · 72% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Pennsylvania counselor listings (all specialties): 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 12% offer loan repayment710 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Mental Health Therapy listings | 2,476 in the last 30 days | 1,365 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 |
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,558 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
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- Includes weekends
About Main Line Health
Benefits & Perks
Living in Lima
- Median resident rent
- $3,000/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 34 min
- State income tax
- Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology
Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.