Young Adult Therapist
Listed compensation
$75k-$95k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
About Altior Healthcare
Our family of services comprises three distinct mental health treatment programs, including a specialized program for US Veterans. With over 15 unique locations, we manage and support 500+ dedicated employees serving over 300 residential clients daily located across five states: California, Idaho, Maine, New Hampshire, and Texas.
Paradigm Treatment (West Coast) and Ridge RTC (East Coast) partner together under Altior, united by a shared commitment to providing exceptional mental health care. For over a decade, our core clinical and support teams have worked side-by-side, delivering compassionate, evidence-based treatment that changes lives.
As part of the Altior network, you’ll find the stability of an established organization with the heart of a close-knit treatment community where every role matters.
Job Summary *
The Young Adult Therapist provides individual, group, and family therapy to individuals ages 18-20 years old experiencing mental health and behavioral health challenges. This role collaborates with a multidisciplinary clinical team to support patients throughout a structured treatment episode and into successful aftercare.
Responsibilities
Provide individual, group, and family therapy to young adults experiencing anxiety, depression, substance use, and other co-occurring mental and behavioral health conditions.
- Conduct comprehensive clinical interviews and assessments with patients and parents/guardians.
- Develop and maintain therapeutic rapport with each assigned patient throughout a 28–35 day treatment episode.
- Maintain thorough, timely, and accurate clinical documentation, including progress notes and clinical observations.
- Synthesize and communicate relevant clinical information to multidisciplinary team members.
- Participate in and support aftercare and discharge planning, partnering with families and internal/external clinical teams to ensure continuity of care.
- Adhere to ethical standards and all applicable clinical, regulatory, and licensing requirements.
Qualifications
- Previous experience in a clinical mental health or behavioral health setting.
- Experience working with young adults.
- Master’s degree in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, or a related field (or enrollment in a Doctoral program).
- Experience providing individual, family, and/or group therapy.
- Experience with mental health, substance use, eating disorders, or trauma-informed treatment preferred.
- Licensed, pre-licensed, or license-eligible in New Hampshire, or ability to transfer license, as one of the following:
- Marriage and Family Therapist
- Clinical Mental Health Counselor
- Clinical Social Worker
- Clinical Psychologist
- Pending Licensure or Out of State Licensure accepted
Salary Range
$75,000—$95,000 USD
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package: medical, dental, and vision.
- 401k with 4% match.
- Paid Time Off Programs including vacation, holidays, and illness.
- Chef made meals onsite.
- Professional trainings provided for development; continuing education assistance for clinicians.
- Supportive clinical supervision and professional development.
- Altior Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law.
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Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 66% are remote, 36% have no call, 74% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $75k–$95k | Mental Health Therapy median $76k (middle half $66k–$87k)294 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$82k in purchasing power | New Hampshire index 104.2 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Mental Health Therapy listings in New Hampshire | 42 active | 7,993 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 66% remote · 36% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US Counselor listings: 13% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 15% offer loan repayment13,789 active listings, Oct 2026 |
| Mental Health Therapy pay trend | +1.0% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
Location & Logistics
New Hampshire has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$85k midpoint, that is roughly $3k–$6k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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