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Casper, Wyoming

THERAPIST (LICENSED)

Counselor / TherapistIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$65k-$85k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Join Wyoming Behavioral Institute as a CLINICAL THERAPIST (LPC, PPC, LCSW, PCSW, LMFT, PMFT) -Your passion, inspiration and talents are invaluable to us and our mission to serve others. Our facility can provide a place for you to thrive and continue your professional development. Join us in working to change lives and transform the delivery of healthcare. Provisional Candidates Welcome! (supervision provided on site)

Quality healthcare is our passion, improving lives is our reward. Wyoming Behavioral Institute, located in Casper, WY is an 85-bed psychiatric hospital providing excellent care to children, adolescents and adults. We take pride in being a cohesive, family-friendly, flexible, educational and welcoming work environment!

Salary: $65,000 to $85,000 (based on license level, education & experience)

Shift – Mon - Fri from 8am - 5pm - Some weekend call coverage (EARN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION-See below)

Your Benefits Will Include

  • Up to $10,000 Relocation bonus (where eligible)
  • Therapy Incentive Program - Participate in a program that awards therapists ADDITIONAL compensation (from $2,000 - $10,000 annually) for additional duties outside regular worktime

Paid Clinical Hours and Continuing Education Program

  • FREE clinical supervision provided by clinical leaders, collaborate with other licensed professionals
  • Excellent and affordable full benefits package within 30 days (including employee wellness)
  • Start earning Paid Time Off and Paid Sick time from your first day of work

Continuing Education/Professional Development program – get paid while you continue to develop your clinical skills

Supportive, involved clinical team with extensive expertise in a multi-disciplinary collaborative clinical environment

Your Role and Responsibilities

You will provide for therapeutic treatment as an active member of the clinical treatment team, using your clinical expertise, clinical therapeutic treatment modalities & comfort measures to meet the treatment needs of our patients.

You will serve as the point person for patient families and regularly engage with patients to ensure they have clinical support to participate in treatment groups, activities and clinical therapeutic treatment or physician treatment in support of the patient’s ongoing treatment needs & goals.

You will work closely and productively with psychiatrists, nursing, clinical and case management resources to assure overall coordination and therapeutic functioning of the patient in the treatment setting

Provides input to improve care coordination and functioning of the patient during the inpatient hospitalization and during discharge and after care.

You will document patient presentation, treatment, interactions and engagement on a consistent basis as well use clinical assessment and case management skills to optimize patient improvement during inpatient hospitalization.

Your Skills & Qualifications Will Include

Master's degree and licensed in the State of Wyoming with LCSW, LPC, LMFT license - Provisional license eligible candidates (PPC or PCSW or PMFT) encouraged to apply & clinical supervision provided by the facility (AT NO COST to employee).

Prefer two (2) years of progressive experience in therapeutic or clinical treatment, psychiatric acute care, residential care, partial care or equivalent.

Must have knowledge of developmental tasks of children, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients and apply knowledge in assessment and planning of care.

Must be 21 years of age or older and able to pass a background check and drug screen.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical therapyPsychiatric careTreatment planningPatient assessmentCrisis interventionClinical documentationTherapeutic modalitiesCollaborationDischarge planning

Counselor Career Context

Of the 48 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 27% have no call, 81% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Wyoming is 92.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$75k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $81k in an average-cost state. 57.2% of Wyoming clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$65k–$85kMental Health Therapy median $73k (middle half $63k–$83k)299 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$81k in purchasing powerWyoming index 92.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Wyoming12 active7,933 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 56% remote · 27% no call · 81% no weekends48 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS Counselor listings: 14% state a sign-on bonus (median $4k) · 15% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Oct 2026
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.

Location & Logistics

Wyoming has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$75k midpoint, that is roughly $3k–$5k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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Salary Distribution

40 jobs · 13 employers
13
<$85k
9
$85k-100k
5
$100k-115k
13
$115k-130k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

38 jobs · 13 employers
401k / retirement match
95%
Sign-on bonus
47% this job
CME allowance
8% this job
Loan repayment
3%
PSLF eligible
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$92k-$125k
#3

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMFT, LMHC, LCSW)

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#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,926 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends
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About UHS

Hospitals and Health Care
Aiken, South Carolina
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Up to $10,000 Relocation bonus
Therapy Incentive Program ($2,000 - $10,000 annually)
Paid clinical hours and continuing education program
FREE clinical supervision
Excellent and affordable full benefits package within 30 days
Paid Time Off and Paid Sick time from first day
Continuing Education/Professional Development program

Living in Casper

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$312k≈ 4.8× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,422/mo≈ 26% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.8
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Casper, WY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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