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Part Time Licensed Talk Therapist - Fee For Service
About the Role
Part-time licensed therapist providing hybrid telehealth and in-person sessions. Flexible scheduling, 401k match, CEU reimbursement. Buffalo, NY.
Join Thriveworks as a Licensed Talk Therapist – Fee For Service, Hybrid in Buffalo, New York. Thriveworks is currently seeking Licensed Clinicians to provide a mix of telehealth and face-to-face sessions in Buffalo, NY. About the job Thriveworks is a mental health care company founded by clinicians in 2008 and still led by them today.
Benefits & Compensation
- 401(k) with employer matching
- Paid time off
- CEU reimbursement
- Free in-house training
- Paid orientation and training
- Clinical support
- Monthly case consultations
Work Schedule
- Part-Time position.
- Hybrid position - combination of remote and on-site.
- Flexible scheduling available.
This position offers hybrid flexibility. Work with Thriveworks in Buffalo, New York.
Key Responsibilities
Provide compassionate, evidence-based mental health care through a mix of telehealth and face-to-face sessions. Maintain clinical documentation and collaborate with a community of providers to ensure high-quality patient outcomes.
Requirements
Must be an independently licensed clinician in New York such as an LMHC, LMFT, LCSW, or PhD. Requires availability for at least 15 sessions per week and proficiency with modern clinical technology.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Part Time Licensed Talk Therapist - Fee For Service at Thriveworks a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Mental Health Therapy counselor listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.
Counselor Career Context
Thriveworks ranks #12 of 21 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 71/100, 285 active listings.
In New York, the Mental Health Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$75k (327 salary observations; 490 listings), vs ~$75k nationally (8,756 salary observations; 17,779 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 18% have no call, 50% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Position Insights
AI ANALYSISThis role scores 6.0/10 on work-life balance for Counselor roles.
Career trajectory: This position offers advancement within 2-3 years. The compensation analysis shows this employer pays...
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