Licensed Mental Health Therapist - Virginia

About the role

We're looking for therapists who want meaningful part-time work — without the full-time pressure. Backpack Healthcare provides mental health care for children, teens, and young adults — all online, covered by most insurance. We're clinician-led and minority-owned, and we know that great clinicians come in all configurations. Some are supplementing a private practice. Some are balancing family life. Some just want consistent evening hours doing work that matters. Whatever your reason for wanting part-time, this role is built around it.

Responsibilities

• Carry a caseload of 15–22 sessions per week, providing individual and family therapy via telehealth.
• Work weekday afternoons and evenings (2–9 PM) — right when kids and teens are available after school.
• Weekend availability is a plus.
• Conduct intakes and build client-centered, trauma-informed treatment plans.
• Collaborate with our interdisciplinary team — therapists, PMHNPs, and psychiatrists working together.
• Maintain timely documentation in our EHR.
• Support families with education and care coordination, not just the child in the room.

Requirements

• Active Virginia license: LPC, LPC-R, LCSW, or LMSW.
• Experience with children, teens, and families.
• Comfortable working independently in a remote setting.
• Bilingual English/Spanish — strongly preferred.
• Committed to trauma-informed, culturally responsive practice.

What we offer

• $65/billable hour — LCSW or LPC (fully licensed)
• $45/billable hour — LMSW or LPC-R (supervision provided)
• 401(k) with 3% company match
• $300 annual CEU reimbursement
• Company-paid life insurance ($25,000)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Option to grow into full-time or supervisory roles if that's ever where you want to go.

Who we are

We've served 12,000+ kids and families since 2020. 78% of families report their child is doing better after three months. We're not going to promise we're perfect — but we're serious about building a team where clinicians actually want to stay. When clinicians thrive, kids thrive. That's not a tagline. It's how we build.

Backpack Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We celebrate diversity in age, background, identity, and experience — and we mean it.