THERAPIST (LICENSED)
Listed compensation
$65k-$85k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Weekend work is also flagged as required; confirm which days and how often.
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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
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).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $65k–$85k | Mental Health Therapy median $73k (middle half $63k–$83k)299 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$81k in purchasing power | Wyoming index 92.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Mental Health Therapy listings in Wyoming | 12 active | 7,933 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 56% remote · 27% no call · 81% no weekends48 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US Counselor listings: 14% state a sign-on bonus (median $4k) · 15% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Oct 2026 |
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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