Outpatient Mental Health Therapist

Benefits

• Free CEU trainings
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Flexible schedule
• Competitive salary
• Bonus based on performance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Training & development
• Wellness resources
• Company parties

Straightforward, transparent compensation — hourly pay plus commission on claims. PTO accrual and an excellent benefits package for eligible employees. Professional development opportunities and access to a continuing education (CEU) library. Furnished, welcoming clinical offices designed to provide a comfortable therapeutic environment. Career growth opportunities as our clinics continue to expand. A leadership team that values communication, collaboration, and the people who make our clinics successful.

About the Role

We're a locally owned, rapidly growing practice committed to expanding access to high-quality mental health care. We believe great therapy happens when clinicians feel supported, valued, and empowered to do what they do best. Our culture embraces autonomy, flexibility, creativity, authenticity, humor, compassion, and collaboration. Whether your passion is working with individuals, children, adolescents, couples, or families, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized, evidence-based therapy to a diverse client population.
• Complete comprehensive assessments, develop treatment plans, and maintain timely, accurate clinical documentation.
• Maintain a full-time caseload of 25 completed client sessions per week.
• Use creativity and clinical expertise to help clients achieve meaningful progress.
• Collaborate with families, schools, medical providers, and community resources when appropriate.
• Participate in clinical meetings, training, and professional development.
• Contribute to a positive, supportive, and collaborative team environment.
• Bring your ideas, personality, and passion to the clinic!

Qualifications

• Master's degree in counseling, social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, or a related behavioral health field from an accredited institution.
• Current Virginia clinical licensure or appropriate Resident in Counseling status.
• Experience completing assessments, treatment plans, and clinical documentation.
• Strong clinical judgment, professional boundaries, and ethical decision-making.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.
• Comfort utilizing Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems.
• Commitment to timely documentation and quality client care.
• For telehealth services, access to a private, professional, HIPAA-compliant workspace.

Preferred Qualifications

• EMDR and trauma-focused treatment experience
• Bilingual capabilities
• Play therapy and child-centered interventions
• Specialized or advanced clinical treatment modalities

We welcome clinicians who bring unique specialties and a desire to continue developing their skills.

Compensation

$68,000 – $85,000 per year (hourly pay plus commission on claims).

Schedule

Full-time position with a caseload of 25 completed client sessions per week. Flexible scheduling that supports work-life balance.

Why Ellie?

Because we believe mental health care should be different — for both clients and clinicians. We want you to feel comfortable being your authentic self, using your creativity, and practicing in a way that reflects your clinical strengths. We work hard, support one another, celebrate successes, and believe a little humor goes a long way. We're not just filling positions. We're building a team of clinicians who want to grow, make an impact, and be part of something meaningful.

About Ellie Mental Health

We take care of our people. From investing in their financial future, to providing wages that shatter the ceiling in our industry to reasonable caseload expectations, we ensure that our people are happy. Happy employees do better work and provide better client care! Our employees have clear growth paths for advancing their careers. We have created a culture that reminds us that our employees are our leaders!

Ellie is a socially responsible for-profit business, which allows us to be flexible and responsive to our community's needs. We put flexibility, innovative decision-making, creativity, and our people first, while remaining a socially conscious and responsible for-profit business focused on changing how we treat mental health. In short, we're just people helping people.

This position operates under the general direction of the Clinical Director. Learn more at www.elliementalhealth.com.