Clinical Therapist
Listed compensation
$72K - $86K
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
Join Community Resources for Justice as a Clinical Therapist in New Haven, Connecticut. Work as part of the clinical team to provide outpatient individual and group therapy both in general outpatient and intensive outpatient programs. Provide clinical assessment including behavioral health diagnosis and referral for medication management when needed.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform biopsychosocial evaluations/treatments for a panel of clients with mental health and substance use disorders.
- Assist the clinical team by providing strengths-based, client-centered, and trauma-informed assessments and treatment to clients with mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders.
- Provide crisis intervention as needed.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in social work, counseling or related field and relevant clinical experience. Behavioral Health Licensure such as: LCSW/LMHC/LPC/LADC required.
- Experience providing mental health and substance abuse treatment both group and individual therapy preferred.
- Experienced in providing Cognitive Behavioral Treatment, Dialectical Behavioral Treatment, Seeking Safety Treatment, and working with criminal justice population preferred.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $72K - $86K
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
Work with Community Resources for Justice in New Haven, Connecticut.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Addiction Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 36% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Connecticut is 103.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$79k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $76k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Connecticut clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Addiction Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Therapist at Community Resources for Justice a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Addiction Medicine (Counseling) — ranked against 1,293 active Addiction Medicine (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.
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