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Shorewood Behavioral Health
Madison, Wisconsin

Therapist

CounselorIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Therapist
  • Full time 8a-430p
  • Weekend rotation

Why Join

Competitive compensation with industry leading annual performance-based bonus opportunity

  • Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match to support your financial future
  • Generous paid time off for vacation, sick days, and holidays
  • Professional development & leadership training to sharpen your skills

Purpose Statement

Assess, diagnose and provide clinical services for those with behavioral health disorders

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

  • Apply psychotherapeutic techniques and interventions in the delivery of services to individuals and families for the purpose of treating such diagnosed emotional and behavioral disorders.
  • Conduct a psychosocial assessment and develop an initial discharge plan.
  • Conduct individual, group or family sessions as appropriate for the treatment plan of the patient.
  • Provide initial treatment planning for patient based on assessment and coordinate any additional services needed, revising as necessary.
  • Maintain documentation of therapy services provided to each patient according to facility and professional standards and revising as indicated by facility or professional standard.
  • Maintain a caseload as assigned.
  • Participate in treatment team meetings and collaborate with other staff to facilitate services for the patient, as appropriate to their treatment plan.
  • May provide these services in an inpatient or outpatient setting.
  • May perform case management, discharge or after care planning as needed.
  • Demonstrate a positive, empathetic and professional attitude towards customers always. When patient needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.

Other Functions

  • Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

  • Master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or Human Services field required.
  • One or more years’ experience working with comparable patient population required.

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

  • Requisite state or national licensure for professional therapy providers or eligible for state licensure as a professional therapy provider.
  • CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
  • First aid may be required based on state or facility.

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e. g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.

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Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

PsychotherapyClinical assessmentDiagnosisDischarge planningCrisis interventionPatient careCollaboration

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 32% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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).

Top Counselor Jobs

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution33 jobs

13
<$75k
7
$75k-100k
6
$100k-125k
7
$125k-150k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
89% this job
CME allowance
33%
Sign-on bonus
26% this job
PSLF eligible
15%
Loan repayment
11%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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Allina Health · Edina, Minnesota

$125k-$140k
#2

Virtual School Based CounselorContract

Lets Therapy · Springfield, Pennsylvania

$66 per hour
#3

Remote Licensed Professional Counselor-Virginia

$66/hr
#4

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (Bilingual)

$65/hr
+ 39 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 1.5
Below most Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,084 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Madison

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$433k
Typical market rent
$1,616/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.3
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 · Madison, WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Shorewood Behavioral Health

Mental Health Care
Madison, Wisconsin
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation with annual performance-based bonus opportunity
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) with company match
Generous paid time off
Professional development & leadership training