Become a Staff Counselor
Counselors love working at Therapy Austin! We fill their caseloads with therapy-ready clients, provide personalized mentoring, host exclusive high-quality clinical trainings, nurture a supportive community and offer career tracks for motivated therapists.
We are committed to making high-quality counseling accessible by offering a range of fee options and extended office hours for adults and couples. We invest heavily in our counselors’ clinical and professional growth by providing high-quality training and individualized mentoring. Multiple career tracks are available.
We are currently hiring for Staff Counselors, part-time positions for LPC Interns, LMSWs, and LMFT Associates. Please do not make phone inquiries.
Are you a licensed mental health counselor interested in working with therapy-ready adult clients, alongside a fantastic group of practitioners, in a private-pay counseling agency?
We receive so many requests for service every week that we don’t have enough counselors to serve everyone!
Our Mission
Therapy Austin has a dual mission. We are committed to making high-quality therapy accessible to more Austin adults by offering a range of fee options and extended office hours. We are also dedicated to training, mentoring, and shaping counselors into compassionate, curious, clinically astute practitioners with the experience, skills, depth, and business acumen needed to thrive in private practice. These counselors learn how to run a successful counseling business without relying on insurance panels. The agency provides the marketing, the clients, beautiful offices, effective and unique business practices, a culture of support and encouragement, robust weekly CEU trainings, and direct access to ongoing expert and peer consultation. We employ clinicians who are dedicated to developing their own unique craft of long-term counseling.
Therapy Austin counselors report learning with us what they didn't learn in school -- specific treatments, the nuances of practice, how to work with wide-ranging clinical presentations, and how to do the business part of therapy. We are proud to offer all employees a formalized training program.
Therapy Austin garners praise from staff as a "well-oiled machine," maintaining effective systems and explicit policies and procedures, employing an outstanding Leadership Team, and adhering to the highest clinical and professional practices.
We practice first and foremost from a heart-centered relational place; all further treatments and interventions flow from there. In managing this agency, we take the same relational approach and expect all counselors to share that orientation with their clients and coworkers. We remain steadfastly outside the dictates of managed care in order to maintain, along with our clients, full choice about the course of clients' mental health treatment.
Perks & Benefits
Incomparable training program
Ongoing coaching and mentoring for both clinical and professional development, including 50+ hours of free and exclusive CEU opportunities
Successful marketing provided by the agency
Constant flow of new adult clients seeking both individual psychotherapy and couples counseling
Heart-centered, relational culture
Practice independently, but not in isolation – loads of support, encouragement and compassion for this challenging and meaningful work
Multiple career tracks available
Maintain a part-time practice; grow your caseload to a full-time level; pursue salaried Leadership positions with benefits; earn Senior Counselor status
Cool Austin vibe
Clients and staff love Therapy Austin
Competitive pay as a W-2 employee
Making $34/session after the Probationary Training Period with the potential to quickly grow into Senior Counselor roles, making $40+ per session
Counselor Testimonials
"During my interview process with Therapy Austin, I highlighted my desire to have a caseload comprised of diverse client identities and presenting issues. The wonderful clinicians who provide referrals have clearly taken this to heart, and I have been so impressed with their warmth and thoughtfulness in matching me with clients."
So, What's The Job?
Who makes a great candidate for Staff Counselor at Therapy Austin? Any therapist...
has a passion for psychotherapy
looking for a fantastic place to learn, grow and practice
desires a full caseload without doing the marketing
thrives in a well-structured, well-run environment
values peer relationships and the support of colleagues
enjoys practicing with autonomy
readily utilizes available consultation
dedicates time to expanding their knowledge and skills
strives to make professional development part of a successful career
appreciates beautiful spaces
those interested in learning how to maintain a sustainable practice without joining insurance panels
Qualifications
Licensed to provide mental health treatment in the state of Texas
Strong clinical background with solid experience in a psychotherapy setting
Highly-organized, self-motivated, collaborative, curious, and proactive
Responsive to a fast-paced environment
Requirements
Minimum time commitment: two to three shifts per week, for a starting total of 15 scheduled hours
Maintain a minimum of 10 sessions per week
Evening, early-morning, or weekend shifts may be required
If hired, intern or associate-level applicants must procure their own board-approved supervisor outside of the agency
Submit to a background check if hired
How To Apply
Interested applicants should click the Apply Now button below and fill out our online application.
Resumes should reflect the applicant’s full training, working, and educational background.
Cover letters should be concise, well-written expressions of the applicant’s clinical orientation and interest and experience in counseling. Letters should give an overall sense of who the applicant is and how the applicant will show up as an employee and as a therapist. Include information about where you learned about this job opening, whether it was a friend, colleague, web search, or employment site.
We really do read these and sometimes the cover letter matters more than the resume.
