Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) - Irvington, NY

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) - Irvington, NY Job Type Full Time, W-2 Work Modality Hybrid Location Westchester County, NY, USA Compensation Fee-for-Service (FFS) | $64,500 – $130,400 You didn't go into this field to run a business — you went into it to do clinical work that matters. Next Level is a group practice of 60+ clinicians covering 100+ specialty areas across New York State. We handle billing, admin, credentialing, and marketing, and we invest in building your caseload — so your time goes toward the clients in front of you and the clinician you're becoming, not the administrative work behind the scenes. This is a practice built for clinicians who want to grow — clinically and professionally. What you actually get at Next Level: You practice your specialty, not whoever calls. Our care team matches clients by need, history, and fit, giving them two or three clinicians to choose from. If you've built depth in perinatal work, late-diagnosed ADHD, non-monogamy, grief, couples, or culturally responsive care, that's how you get matched. Colleagues who've actually seen it. With 60+ clinicians, peer consultation is a quick conversation down the hall. A client outside your scope gets a warm internal transfer to someone who covers that work. Room to go deeper or wider. Individual, couples, family, and group therapy. Ages 6 to 65+. 100+ specialty areas. Build your caseload entirely in your niche, or expand into something new, all under the same roof. A real path past session hours. Supervision, mentoring, leading groups, building trainings, specialty programming, leadership as we grow. Most group practices gesture at this. We've built it. W-2, not 1099. Benefits, structure, and a practice that invests in developing you rather than renting your hours. what you'll do Provide individual, couples/relationship, family, and/or group psychotherapy in your areas of clinical expertise. Conduct assessments and develop diagnoses, treatment plans, and therapy goals. Complete progress notes, treatment plans, discharge planning, and other required documentation accurately and on time. Support clients throughout the full course of treatment, including intake, ongoing care, referrals, and discharge. Consult with clinical leadership and colleagues on complex cases. Build and maintain a consistent caseload by actively responding to Next Level referrals, participating in client matching, and independently pursuing opportunities to grow your caseload and professional presence. Contribute to the clinical community through peer consultation, case discussion, and the trainings we run in-house. How your caseload actually works: We contribute referrals and matching. Clients come to you based on fit with your expertise. You contribute responsiveness and visibility. A full caseload is shared work: respond to referrals quickly, follow through, and stay active in how prospective clients see your work. We provide the resources to support that. Full-time: Minimum 20 weekly direct client hours in year one, 25 after. We're building a team of clinicians who are here to grow a career, not just fill a role. That's why we accommodate a lighter caseload, 20 direct client hours weekly, during your first year, giving you real room to ramp up. After that, we ask everyone to sustain a full caseload of 25 clients weekly. what you bring Master's or doctoral degree in Mental Health Counseling or a closely related counseling field Active New York State LMHC license Strong clinical foundation and demonstrated ability to provide culturally responsive care Commitment to ethical, client-centered practice Strong communication, organizational, and technological skills Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative clinical team Demonstrated multicultural competency and cultural humility Availability for in-person sessions at our Midtown Manhattan or Irvington office You'll do well here if you: have a point of view about your clinical work, want colleagues who'll challenge it, stay open to feedback and self-reflection, and are interested in building something past a full schedule. Multilingual clinicians are especially valued. compensation Session-based compensation with built-in opportunities for growth: First year: 50% fee-for-service After 1 year + reaching a full caseload (25 clients/week): 55% fee-for-service After 2 years + sustaining a full caseload: 60% fee-for-service Health, dental, and vision insurance (we cover 75% of the premium!) Paid time off and sick time 401(k) with employer match $1,000 continuing education stipend Plus trainings and workshops we run in-house and access to external advanced trainings and master classes. Professional development in this field tends to go untaken, whether because of cost or because the opportunities are hard to find. This removes the first barrier. Becoming a supervisor is a real path here Supervision is the pillar this practice was built on. Our supervisors are selected and trained, and they supervise our MHC-LPs and Mental Health Counselors In-Training. What we require of them is that they be accessible, clinically competent, and willing to have the hard conversations. If that’s the supervisor you wish you’d had, this is where you’d build it. Room to grow past your caseload Mentor newer clinicians, lead psychoeducational or therapy groups, develop and facilitate trainings and master classes, pursue continuing education provider pathways where applicable, develop specialty programming, and participate in leadership and succession planning as the practice grows. Credentialing support Admin and billing handled Next Level Mental Health Counseling is a group practice of 60+ clinicians serving clients across New York State, virtually and in person from our Midtown Manhattan and Irvington offices. We provide individual, couples, family, and group therapy across 100+ specialty areas for clients ages 6 to 65+. Our founder, Dr. Christine Romano, built Next Level after years of seeing the same problems from both sides of the therapy room. Clients were spending their first sessions explaining their lives, their culture, their families, and their identities before the real work could even begin. At the same time, clinicians were being ground down by heavy caseloads and too little support. Those aren’t two separate problems. A therapist who’s stretched thin can’t be fully present for the person sitting across from them. So Next Level was built to create something better on both sides: care where clients feel understood sooner, and a practice where clinicians have the support to do their best work. What we hold ourselves to: Clinical excellence. Competency is an obligation, not an aspiration. Our standard is that a client should never have to educate their therapist. Multicultural competency. Being able to address identity, culture, and context directly in session is a clinical skill, not an add-on. Inclusivity. 100+ specialty areas, insurance and self-pay accepted, and sliding scale availability, so fewer people get turned away before they start. Professional growth. Trainings we run ourselves, CE support, and real paths into groups, training, supervision, and leadership. We welcome clinicians from different backgrounds, cultures, languages, identities, and clinical perspectives, and we want people who'll bring an actual point of view to the work. #J-18808-Ljbffr Next Level MHC